{"id":2117,"date":"2017-02-27T15:23:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T15:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/2017\/02\/27\/reasons-you-might-be-afraid-of-acupuncture-but-shouldnt-be\/"},"modified":"2017-02-27T15:23:54","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T15:23:54","slug":"reasons-you-might-be-afraid-of-acupuncture-but-shouldnt-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/2017\/02\/27\/reasons-you-might-be-afraid-of-acupuncture-but-shouldnt-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons You Might Be Afraid Of Acupuncture, But Shouldn\u2019t Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-194\" src=\"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Reasons.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Do you suffer from chronic pain?<\/p>\n<p>Have you tried just about everything, but been frustrated by the lack of results?<\/p>\n<p>If so, you should consider acupuncture.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a time-tested, time-honored holistic practice with deep roots in Oriental medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, there are a lot of skeptics in the West, and this doubt is the leading reason people are afraid of trying it.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re not afraid of acupuncture, per se, but that they\u2019ll spend the time and money to try it and it won\u2019t work. It won\u2019t have the desired effect and solve whatever problem they\u2019re having.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s completely understandable, but the reality is that acupuncture has a long and proven track record and is capable of treating a wide variety of conditions, including many that seem to stubbornly resist conventional treatment methodologies.<\/p>\n<p>The second biggest reason people cite for being afraid to give acupuncture a try is a fear of needles.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a common fear, but in the case of acupuncture, a mostly misguided one. The reason?<\/p>\n<p>Although needles are involved, of course, acupuncture needles are so thin that you barely feel them as they go in. The results aren\u2019t instantaneous, but you\u2019ll be impressed at how fast it will make you start feeling better.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from these, there are two other reasons people cite as to why they\u2019re reluctant to give it a try.<\/p>\n<p>The first is cost, and it\u2019s true \u2013 acupuncture is fairly expensive as treatments go. There just aren\u2019t many practitioners in most parts of the country, which, of course, leads to the second concern.<\/p>\n<p>There may not be an acupuncturist in your area, which means you may have to travel to have it done \u2013 that\u2019s time and expense.<\/p>\n<p>These last two aren\u2019t fears, of course, but they are valid concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, if you\u2019ve tried just about everything else, don\u2019t you owe it to yourself to see if this is the treatment you\u2019ve been searching for?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-194\" src=\"http:\/\/radianthealth.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Reasons.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Do you suffer from chronic pain? Have you tried just about everything, but been frustrated by the lack of results? If so, you should consider acupuncture. It\u2019s a time-tested, time-honored holistic &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2123,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions\/2123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radianthealth.us\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}