Crooked hands bear traces of a man who worked all his life. Since the age of 10, the 63-year-old woman, who wished to remain anonymous, has been working in the field. Over time, his arms began to hurt inexplicably and automatically began to bend.

Acupuncture as a treatment for rheumatism – Photo: Freepik/ND

After seeing a doctor at the age of 50, she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Thirteen years ago, she had already tried every possible treatment, but the problem only got worse when another rheumatologist referred her to acupuncture.

“My arms are crooked, and all this causes great pain, but after acupuncture everything changed,” the woman explains. She claims that after starting the procedure, she felt that the problem decreased and her arms stopped bending.

After all, can acupuncture help with these problems?

Acupuncturist Murielli Garcia points out that apparently strange points for treatment can be used in the acupuncture procedure, since distant points are usually used to achieve the goal of treating disharmony.

Despite the fact that it is wide, the causes of rheumatism can be considered an increased load on the tendons and muscles, as happened with the woman mentioned above.

“So important points, like the main point of the tendons, are one of the places taken into account in the treatment, as well as others,” says Murielli.

According to the expert, acupuncture from a physiological point of view improves the overall blood circulation in the area of ​​needle application, as well as its variants of Chinese medicine, moxibustion and cupping therapy.

During the procedure, he manages to influence the central nervous system, releasing endorphins and cytokines into the blood, which improve the general condition of the patient and have a very noticeable effect on reducing inflammation and pain.