Which one is bad for the body, acupuncture or massage bone setting

In fact, as long as they are performed by qualified practitioners in regular medical institutions, and the indications are strictly understood in advance, acupuncture and massage and bone setting will not cause additional harm to the body. There is no such thing as "inherently bad for the body". I have been in a community physical therapy department for almost ten years, and nine out of ten cases where problems have occurred are caused by informal operations and inappropriate symptoms.

Last week, I saw a young man in his 20s. He watched a short video and learned the bone-setting technique of "cracking the neck" from an internet celebrity. He did it twice in front of the mirror. He felt dizzy and numb on the spot. He couldn't bear it for three days before he came. After taking a CT scan, it was found that the cervical facet joints were misaligned and the vertebral artery was involved. Fortunately, nothing serious happened in time. When he came, he muttered that "bone setting really hurts the bones." I couldn't laugh or cry. He himself had congenital abnormality of the vertebral artery, and he dared to do it on his own without even doing the most basic assessment. This was not a problem with bone setting, but he was too brave.

Don’t think that only bone setting can cause problems. There are also many people who suffer from acupuncture. Last month, an aunt came to see a doctor. Her belly was red and swollen and there were several pustules. She said that the beauty salon downstairs said that acupuncture can help lose weight. After 299 ten times, she went there three times and it became like this. When I asked, I found out that the person who performed the acupuncture did not even have a medical certificate, the needles were not sterilized, and he could not even feel the depth of the acupuncture points on the stomach. If the needle was inserted deeper into the intestines, it would be possible. In the past two years, I had seen patients with pneumothorax who received acupuncture from informal institutions. These problems are essentially human problems and have nothing to do with acupuncture itself.

Of course, there are also many people who find it uncomfortable to undergo regular treatment. For example, the area where acupuncture was performed was sore and swollen for two or three days, or the back was sore for several days after bone setting, and they feel that this treatment is harmful to the body. In fact, it's like you suddenly climbed ten floors without exercising all year round. It's normal for your legs to be sore for two or three days. The soreness after acupuncture and the soreness after muscle stretching after bone setting are all normal stress reactions. They usually subside on their own in two or three days and are not considered "bad for the body."

Of course, not everyone is suitable for these two treatments. For example, for patients with severe osteoporosis and severe cervical spondylolisthesis, there is a risk of bone fractures and aggravated spondylolisthesis if they have rash bone correction. People with coagulation disorders and skin ulcers and infections are also prone to bleeding and spread of infection after acupuncture. These are contraindications that must be checked before treatment. If practitioners start without asking clearly in advance, it is indeed easy to cause problems.

To put it bluntly, these two are traditional external treatment methods that have been passed down for thousands of years. There is no distinction between good and bad, and there is no argument about which one is more harmful to the body. Choosing the right formal institution and the right therapy that suits you is much more useful than worrying about which one is "worse".