Experiences with acupuncture anybody?

acupuncture is at least several thousand years old. the major premise behind it is that our physical (and mental) problems arise out of dysfunctions in our higher bodies, then descend into our "energy body", the non physical apparatus that is the matrix for the physical. and, only finally into the physical, itself. this "theory' has been adopted by almost all cultures everywhere except in "modern", hyper- -materialistic western ones like our own, which believe only in the physical as real. and all of those other cultures have their own versions of "energy work" used for acting upon the "energy body" to both prevent and/or alleviate the physical problems. the track record for acupuncture and other energy based systems seems very credible for a very long time, already. i've used it and others i know have used it with success. also, becoming acquainted with some of those other energy practices such as reiki, chi gung, jin shin jyutsu, etc. can help you in doing prevention work in the future for yourself and others. btw if you'd like to "experience" the chi( life force energy) that acupuncture works with in that energy body, check out www.sahajayoga.com. the program there is quite unusual and helpful, and the energy being transmitted is quite high quality "chi". good luck

Tried a couple time. Mixed results.
Doesn't really hurt.
One time it really relieved some back pain on the first time.
I suspect it was a tight muscle that it somehow relaxed.
Another time it did not help a joint pain problem.
I had acupuncture to stop smoking...worked great.. they put the needles in both wrist