Normally, you needle Ah Shi points different than Classical points. But I forgot to mention when that is not the case. In particular, when the tenderness at the point is not from damage but due to autonomic relationships to know how it should be needled. Maybe you were palpating for points on on one ofContinue reading “An Exception When Needling Ah Shi Points”
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Why do you see a degenerating disk near a history of an inflamed nerve root?
This is due to a charge related phenomena. The inflamed nerve root can cause the nearby disk to become polarized. This happens by the negative charge at the nerve root pushing away the electrons at the part of the disk nearest the inflammation (like charges repel). That makes that side of the disk nearest theContinue reading “Why do you see a degenerating disk near a history of an inflamed nerve root?”