After the first treatment last week the persistent back pain appeared to have intensified on the second day and then eased gradually until it almost stopped completely. For the past three days prior to her second visit she had not experienced any pain.
After looking at the x-ray of her slightly curved spine the TCM physician explained that her spine has degenerated due to bad posture and onset of osteoporosis. As a result her back bone pressing against the nerves cause her to experience pain and that the post-treatment intensified pain was due to her body reacting to the needle treatment naturally. After the treatment was completed the TCM physician then advised her to come back for a third session next week and then after that on a as-need basis.
For a 30-minute session and a week's supply of herbal medicine the hospital charged her only RM29.00 (RM8.00 for the needle treatment and RM21.00 for the medicine). I remembered about two years ago a chiropractor charged her more than RM100.00 and no medicine for a 30-minute session of spinal manipulation and electric electrode therapy, yet brought her only temporary relief. The herbal concoction which is to be taken two times a day is supposed to tone up her sluggish blood circulation system and also to relax her tensed nerves.
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