Well, I went yesterday and hated it!!!
She put 8 needles in my lower back, bum and one in my calf. It felt like I had cramp in my nerves! It was a bit like an electric shock inside my body. I had the needles in for 20 minutes, then she did a proper Chinese massage - that was absolute agony!!!
Then she used the cups - the glass domes that they place on the skin to form a vacuum. The first one made me scream and she had to take it off. Then she asked if she could do it again, but less. I had 4 - one on my left bum cheek (that's where the majority of the pain is) and 3 on my lower back. I was almost crying with the pain. But she kept saying it was helping.
All she kept saying was that my sciatica was really bad and she could feel the swelling inside. She also kept saying that she was hardly touching me and wanted to do it a lot harder but my body wouldn't let her!
I'm left with 4 round bruises from the cups - the one on my bum cheek is amazing!!!!
She wants me back on Saturday morning and has said she's going to really try to do it much harder then!
Anyway, the upside is that I do feel much better in my sciatica! I've got much more movement, and feel more flexible, even if I am bruised. I found it tough in bed last night because I am really bruised, but am feeling a bit more normal now. I've also got some Red Flower Oil to rub on before I go to bed every night - it's the Chines herbal version of Deep Heat and smells like Ralgex!!!
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