Instant Relief of Shoulder Pain, Thigh Pain and Nasal Congestion with Acupuncture
Patient, female, 40 years old. Chief complaints: (1) Right shoulder pain, unable to move right arm with pain scale 7/10; (2) Lateral and back left thigh pain from hip to knee with pain scale 7/10; (3) Nasal congestion with congestion scale 8/10. The acupuncturist Dennis treated all of three symptoms at the same time. Once all needles were inserted, (1) The patient felt that right shoulder pain went down to the pain scale of 0/10 and right arm was able to move freely without any pain; (2) The patient felt that all left thigh pain from hip to knee went down to the pain scale of 0/10; (3) The patient felt her nasal congestion (sinus obstruction) went down to the congestion scale of 0.5/10. With one treatment of acupuncture, the patient had all three symptoms relieved instantly. This case shows an skilled acupuncturist is capable of treating various types of symptoms at the same time with instant results.