Eli5: how are treatments like acupuncture, kinetic tape and homeopathy still a thing, if scientific studies disproving their effectiveness are publicly available to everyone and doctors?
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A lot of people are already speaking to the point about acupuncture but here’s an anecdotal example of why it’s awesome and can have great benefits. I had a ganglion cyst in my wrist that persisted over time and was getting bigger. Western medicine’s only treatment option at that point was surgery which carried a significant recovery time for full recovery.
Instead I did about four weeks of acupuncture (2x/week) at which point the ganglion cyst was completely gone and has not returned in 2+ years. That experience sold me on acupuncture as a viable and effective option. The randomized controlled trials that show it’s effectiveness will probably be more convincing to a lot of people but having that personal experience with it made a big difference in my perspective of acupuncture.
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