Can acupuncture and massage be done together?

Under the premise that most of the symptoms are correct, acupuncture and massage can be done together. Even if they are paired properly, the conditioning effect will be much better than doing either one alone. After all, acupuncture uses filiform needles to stimulate acupuncture points, deep meridians, and qi and blood pathways, which is equivalent to "opening up deep blockages" in blocked meridians, while massage gradually penetrates from the skin and superficial muscles to the middle layer of tense muscles, and rubs open the adherent muscle fibers. The combination of the two is to loosen from the inside out, and the efficiency is inherently higher. Last week, I hired a 28-year-old Internet operator. I stayed up late for three consecutive days to work on the project. When I woke up in the morning, my neck was stiff. I had to move my upper body with it when I turned my head. I grinned from the pain. I first acupunctured his Stochastic Point, Neck Jiaji and Hegu. During the acupuncture, he complained about the tightness in his neck. The pimple seemed to have dispersed a bit. After leaving the needle in place for 15 minutes and removing it, he was given another 20 minutes of release of the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles. After the treatment, he could turn his head from side to side on the spot. When he came back the next day, he reported that the pain was basically gone. Before switching to acupuncture alone or massage alone, it would take at least two or three days to relieve the pain to this extent.

However, we can’t say too much. There are also many colleagues in the industry who do not recommend that everyone do the two projects together. Indeed, there are many cases of pitfalls. For example, for people whose coagulation function is not very good, or who are prone to bruises after just a slight touch, although the needle hole just after the needle is small, if they continue to perform a relatively strong deep massage, it will easily lead to subcutaneous bleeding around the needle hole, leaving bruises that will not go away for several days, but will become annoying. There are also people who have a weak skin barrier and are prone to allergies. There will be small micro-incisions on the skin after the injection. If the essential oil or moisturizing lotion used for massage is more irritating, it will easily become red and itchy, which is not worth the loss. I met a little girl with sensitive skin a month ago. After acupuncture and then facial massage, her cheeks turned red that day, and it took almost a week for her to heal. There are also those who are particularly weak recently, such as those who have just given birth to a baby, or who have just been discharged from a serious illness, and usually break out in sweat after taking only two steps. Acupuncture and massage are good things to do originally, but if they are done together, some people will feel exhausted, and their whole body will feel limp and tired after doing it. It is better to do it separately, and do acupuncture today and massage next time, or do another one two or three hours apart.

In fact, to put it bluntly, there is no absolute guarantee. It mainly depends on the individual's physical condition. If you have an ordinary office worker's strain, muscle soreness after exercise, and no underlying diseases, you can rest assured. Just explain your feelings to the doctor or physical therapist in advance. Communicating in advance about any basic issues can also avoid the pitfalls of discomfort.