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Fri, May 25, 2007

Acupuncture

Posted at 9:06 pm MDT to Miscellaneous

I went to my acupuncturist today -- Jeffrey Chapman at the Louisville Clinic of Traditional Chinese Medicine -- to see if he could do anything about this vision doubling symptom I've been having. Muscle tremors seem like a prime candidate for being helped by acupuncture. I've had good results in the past with acupuncture for things like back pain. And a few odder problems.

He stuck needles in my face, hands knees and feet and gave me some Chinese herbs to take. I'll see him again June 4 to see whether there has been any improvement and get another treatment.

Jeffrey also said that eye problems seem to happen when the muscles get ischemic and suggested trying to get more sleep. I don't see that happening. I have always been relatively insomniac, averaging less than 6 hours of sleep per night (generally closer to 5). But I've got some equipment and references for 'restorative' yoga -- relaxation rather than stretching. I'll see whether I can find something about relaxing the facial muscles to improve blood flow. Just relaxing with a beanbag on my face would probably help when the doubling gets bad, if only because it would give the doubling some time to wear off.

A session with my massage therapist probably wouldn't hurt, either.

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