Acupuncture started before China’s first dynasty more than 4,000 years ago, benefiting all humans.

TCM massage has existed longer than any other branch of this medicine. Chinese ancestors gathered experience through trial and experiment, where they found certain movements ease pain in certain muscles and joints. In the old days, these practices were passed from a master to a disciple. Now, you’d have to be a medical student and know Western medicine, and then learn the techniques. About half of the patients that frequent this tuina department are young adults, coming for a range of injuries in their neck, shoulder, and lower back. Most common injuries after skiing and ice skating are sprains and spasms in the shoulder and lower back and broken bones. But these sports are most damaging to the knees as skiing involves knee rotation from a squatting position. Those who seek remedies to sports injuries at this clinic increased about 5 percent this winter, some took to exercising inspired by the Winter Olympics. In many cases, a badly treated lower back injury can bar them from further exercise for a long time The earliest acupuncture started before China’s first dynasty more than 4,000 years ago. Sheng’s Method, a school of acupuncture that started at the end of Qing Dynasty that specialized in neck and lower back pain and problems stemming from a spinal disorder. Acupuncture helps with joint and ligament damage in shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees and ankles, and acute back spasms. In the example of acute back spasm, acupuncture can be applied immediately. Most young adults can recover instantly after one treatment. __________________ Powered by Shanghai Media Group, ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality content for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. Nobody knows Shanghai better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What's up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city    • Playlist   ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them    • Amazing Shanghai and China 淘宝魔都玩转中国   ■ What Chinese people's lives are like during the post COVID-19 period    • COVID-19 新冠疫情   ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs    • Voices, Let's Listen! 听她他说   ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings    • Playlist   ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today    • Stories & Documentary 奇闻逸事记录中国   __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!