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welcome back managing pain and other ailments does not always require a pill
bottle
what people are turning to alternative ways to treat sometimes severe and
stubborn medical conditions the so called father of acupuncture in the
military has not only taylor a procedure that seeing results downrange he's now
trading hundreds of other doctors across the services petty officer michael
welcome has more
i might be nervous went after the first one it
painted her stand maybe i'd be nervous
actor that staff sergeant candice held their has never tried anything like this
before
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whether they have been busy for about a month now but she is willing to try
acupuncture
in order to get back in the air atsc p
some days i'm not able to
nest at work
uh... on that yet still that's definitely a problem
comes on just trying to alleviate that side get back into my idea
flight attendants and pilots are just a few of the military personnel whose
mission can be hampered
by any kind of illness technology take or we can still
stay on flying status on so
invest in a meanness the relief was quick and long-lasting
before acupuncture lieutenant-colonel susan for his pain was so severe
she couldn't do required physical therapy there really are a little
uh... to where i was then able to do the strengthening exercises and stretches of
things that i needed to do to prevent it from coming back
a lot of pilots do that
wannabe and medicines they don't want to be grounded for a long period of time
you want to be able to get something done
can be done with it get back to flying
and so we can
institute bell feel that you can share
and although they will be grounded for as long as those little meal there in
the ear which is usually two to five days
the walkway quite frequented immediate results and i have to take medications
simply because the people for having mental evaluation boards being kicked
out of the military
they've been through every other country for the disorder
came in and the military is no frustrated within our
they have we given one which is we have here
congestion treatments
if we can recover them
resolve the situation in the video below the most common type of acupuncture
practice here at malcom grove medical clinic
is battlefield acupuncture that's been used in both the rock and afghanistan i
wanted something that was faster
okay that would be very simple to use
it was developed by retired air force colonel richard names out
whose practice take eastern method for decades earning him the moniker the
father of acupuncture it's based on the concept
but the marines that run from the body have an energy ball walk-ins
caused by weighing
uh... dampness he
and so forth
and by opening up the blockage
uh... possibly you
reduce the pain
in battlefield acupuncture the needles are placed in the years allowing for
ease of movement
and for patients to wear them until the fall out on their own for up to five
days rosetti okay
the needles are all so much smaller than those used in traditional acupuncture
it just feels like a piercing
intermediaries pierce interval prek it doesn't really hurt bad
that's coming to dinner and
treatment which means that it's easy to learn
that's allowed doctor news out to train hundreds of navy army as well as air
force doctors
like colonel piaf suck in this ancient eastern procedure
the acupuncture can reduce the symptoms enough where today
traditional medicines then you can go with lower doses or less medicines
which is which is great if that's the goal is less medicines less cost
associated with that in
side effects for medicines doctors are quick to note well and they provide
after one hundred percent relief in patients
acupuncture is not a substitute and his music in conjunction with traditional
medicine
electrically do the battlefield acupuncture but still give them
for example solution to take with them in case the pain came back
so instead of all of these
staff sergeant held there is walking out without medication
and at least one symptom already clear
comes from the area 'cause ***
you don't do the right
and testing people petty officer michael wilkins
ppc news
the next round of training will take place acting up with him