Chinese Medicine, Does this actually work, Ive recently injured my shoulder in a judo comp and thought about visiting one of the shops.

Heya, well iv tried chinese herbal painkillers n sum ointments 4 injury n thought they were s*** (well the ointment was in a fancy bottle, but was no different than mainstream products) and the painkillers didnt work at all lol.

But other people can and do have success with chinese medicine so its worth a try. I went to a store called 'Dr and Herbs' its an international chain i think but if you do decided to give it a try u might notice the products dont have prices and its easy for you to be too trusting about what ur actually buying when all the packaging is in chinese!

When i went 2 dr n herbs i had to fill out personal info and state why i was there b4 the doctor would see me; part of which was 2 state ur occupation- i think this is how they determine what to charge 4 anything u buy.

Chinese stores appear to have a strong belief in accupuncture,so they might recommend that for u; i have also had accupuncture on a leg injury but at the physio n wud defo recommend it if a doctor suggests it as it can be used for many injuries and doesn't actually hurt which I found surprising & u do feel a but high afterwards lol! :-) KAT

I think Chinese med can be awesome.. Just like anything else it depends on the quality of the person you are seeing and how what they do works with you.

i have had acupunture for ailments in the past, Mark is right,get someone good and the experience can be surreal. However a lot of people practising who havent a clue and stick a few meridian charts up and try and sell you a bag of panda droppings. For a shoulder injury i think you need to see somebody who specialises in joint movement/manipulation like a chiropractor first, possible impingement of nerves /discs can cause referred pain. Might be a rotator cuff injury...best to get it looked at. I had a rotator cuff injury for a year and now i have almost completely fixed it.

im very skeptical of chines medicine, tried it a few times mainly for eczema though, but its enough to put me off it!

Got to find wgat works for you. Keep in mind that you may go to a gym and find a shitty trainer of MuayThai and another gym may have a great trainer...

Finding someone good and that works for you plays a big part in anything...

they say much of recovery is down to state of mind and that a lot of remedies (chinese or otherwiase) are psychosomatic so if you think it works then it works for you.

My mum had great success with accupuncture for whiplash but medical studies have shown that accupuncture is at best unrelieable

The power of the mind is HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nazi's did placebo operations with Jews etc that need surgery. They knocked them out, cut them open and stitched them back up without doing the op. If memory serves they had a 64.5% success rate.

Placebo is not to be taken lightly.

No matter how well soemthing does work physiologically, belief it will work will had to the effects. Studies have been done that show if the practitioner or doc believes it will work chances are better it will. Patient believes, chances are better, both believe, then chances are best.

With acupuncture, like everything else, there are better and worse practitioners. There is also western and eastern approaches. medical studies on acupuncture will also likely be funded by the medical community... biased money.

Ihave had positive experiences with acupuncture and no results... its largely who you go to and what it is for... partly mental and partly what works for you in my opinion.