Acupuncture Treatments : Acupuncture for Bulging Discs

Hi, my name's Bob Lindy. I'm an acupuncture physician and registered herbalist in St. Petersburg, Florida. Today I'm gonna talk to you about using acupuncture for dealing with a bulging disc. So one of the most important things once you find your local acupuncturist is to make sure that you do a complete evaluation to find out as to why you're getting a bulging disc so that they can select the best points, exercises, and herbal formulations to help correct the bulging disc. So, what we've done is we've gone through and we've already evaluated this particular person for their bulging disc. In this case, it's in their low back, which is a very common place to find a bulging disc. We're gonna go ahead and select a couple of points that are just local, and your acupuncturist might select points on the arms, legs, feet, and they may even use some electrostimulation that will speed up the pain-relieving properties and the inflammation that's oftentimes associated with a bulging disc. So, we're gonna use a couple of extra points. These are some of my favorites called the Hua Tu Jia Ji points. Mostly, I just like the name of them. We're also gonna find one point that's on the Ren meridian, or excuse me, one on the Du meridian, as well as the urinary bladder meridian. Once we get these points in, we can go ahead and leave them in for about 20 minutes. A very important part of this is also making sure that you get massage and herbal formulations, as well as things like exercises, stretching techniques, and even diet modification can all be helpful for dealing with bulging discs. Once we've left those points in for about 20 minutes, we can go ahead and get those needles out of there. So, you can find your local acupuncturist either in the yellow pages, or you can check NCCOM to locate a qualified and licensed acupuncturist in your area. So, make sure that you go ahead and make an appointment to get a full medical evaluation by your acupuncture physician, and they can deal with not only bulging discs in the low back, but they can work for pain pretty much anywhere in the body, as well as dealing with a variety of internal medicine disorders that you may be having problems with, or just to help you maintain better health. This is Bob Lindy in St. Petersburg, Florida, talking to you about using acupuncture for bulging discs.