Does Acupuncture Hurt? What Does It Feel Like?

Does acupuncture actually hurt? I mean, when you think about the idea of putting needles in your body, we've all been kind of conditioned since childhood to hate it and not ever want to go to the doctor. But in today's video, I want to share with you why acupuncture, first of all, is nothing like getting a hypodermic needle inserted into your body, but the sensations you experience are quite different. And I also want to cross compare and show you the size of an acupuncture needle compared to many household objects. Hey guys, I'm Alex Hein, current doctoral student in Chinese medicine. So let's go ahead and take a look at the comparison between an acupuncture needle and many of the other things you might find around your home or just in your life day to day. Alright, so here's one of the standard gauge acupuncture needles and I want to just cross compare it to a few things so you can see just how tiny this really is and it's not like a hypodermic needle at all. Here's a staple, pretty thick, actually incredibly thick compared to an acupuncture needle. You can see it side by side. Match really obviously is humongous compared to an acupuncture needle. I mean it's like what 10-15 times the thickness. Here's a normal thumbtack. I mean look at the difference here. It's that pin is bigger than the handle alone. Here's my normal ballpoint pen. Obviously this is huge but just comparing it to the tip you can see it's just it's almost invisible compared to the tip. Paper clip. Also you're going to see how big this is compared to an acupuncture needle. It's bigger than the handle or comparable the same size and this is a single human hair I caught off my head. That's the closest thing I could find to the actual size of the needle. Look at them laying on top of each other. I mean that really is the closest thing you could find so that's a little demo. So I hope that helps explain a little bit about what you might feel, what acupuncture is like. I've got more videos on this exact topic so you can know exactly what to experience, what your first appointment might be like, as well as any adverse side effects you could expect. But before you go I want you to leave a comment there below. Let me know for you what is one of the biggest questions you have about acupuncture. Comment right there below. I hope you liked today's video. Before you go there's a few ways to stay in touch with me. Go over to my site alexhein.com to download that free guide on how to add 10 years to your life with Chinese medicine. You can click that monk dude right there to subscribe, watch the last video that just came out and you can also follow all those links in the description there below. Otherwise I'll catch you in the next video.