re: Carpal Tunnel Relief

KSVaughan2 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:00:59 GMT

The fact that acupuncture worked for CTS doesn't mean that EFT will work. EFT, which I am trained to use, is much more limited in the ways that it stimulates the physical body. The entire body is covered by channels, not only the 12 well known channels, but divergents, luos, and tendino-musculo channels. Within that entire body the selection of points or channels used depends upon the knowledge of the acupuncturist. The specific stimulation of points can either tonify or sedate the points and affect the direction of the qi (chi). You simply don't have that flexibility with EFT if only because fingers are a lot less precise.

CTS responds well to either needling or laser acupuncture. But the so-called sham treatment is not really inert either, although clearly ineffective. See a discussion of sham acupuncture at www.acupuncturebrooklyn.com/.../what-is-wrong-with-toothpick-acupuncture