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SHS tries out new treatment
Acupuncture, at $53.95 per session, is said to augment body's natural healing process
Lauren Sigel
Issue date: 3/31/09 Section: News
For most college students, stress and anxiety are constant companions. While some people learn techniques to deal with these symptoms, they may be unaware that stress and anxiety are often signs of an underlying or unknown cause.
This is where acupuncture comes in. Student Health Services offers acupuncture sessions to any OSU student at a reduced price.
Although the fear of needles may give students a negative association with this holistic treatment, the benefits of acupuncture are worth facing that fear. Acupuncture can help treat anything from muscular and skeletal pain, stress, anxiety, hormonal imbalances, digestive problems, headaches and many other ailments.
"Acupuncture augments the natural healing process that your body already has," said Jennifer Buys, a licensed acupuncturist and massage therapist. "It stimulates your body's healing system by sending a red flag to the healing system and tells it to target a certain part of the body, which is what the needles do. It's all about using the connection points and energy pathways that already exist in the body's healing system."
Buys, who works for SHS twice a week while maintaining her own private practice in Corvallis, said that acupuncture does a lot more than just treat ailments.
"Say someone has a headache or a digestive problem. Acupuncture helps to figure out what the root cause of the problem is. Although it may take a few sessions to figure out what that root cause is, in treating the original problem it often eliminates more than just one symptom."
Buys added that the most common question patients ask her about acupuncture is about the size of the needles.
"Many patients ask me if they will be able to feel the needles," Buys said. "I tell them they might feel a tingling sensation, but that's about it. The needles are the width of two human hairs, so they are pretty tiny."
Ericka Martin, a junior majoring in merchandising management, has a "deathly" fear of needles.
This is where acupuncture comes in. Student Health Services offers acupuncture sessions to any OSU student at a reduced price.
Although the fear of needles may give students a negative association with this holistic treatment, the benefits of acupuncture are worth facing that fear. Acupuncture can help treat anything from muscular and skeletal pain, stress, anxiety, hormonal imbalances, digestive problems, headaches and many other ailments.
"Acupuncture augments the natural healing process that your body already has," said Jennifer Buys, a licensed acupuncturist and massage therapist. "It stimulates your body's healing system by sending a red flag to the healing system and tells it to target a certain part of the body, which is what the needles do. It's all about using the connection points and energy pathways that already exist in the body's healing system."
Buys, who works for SHS twice a week while maintaining her own private practice in Corvallis, said that acupuncture does a lot more than just treat ailments.
"Say someone has a headache or a digestive problem. Acupuncture helps to figure out what the root cause of the problem is. Although it may take a few sessions to figure out what that root cause is, in treating the original problem it often eliminates more than just one symptom."
Buys added that the most common question patients ask her about acupuncture is about the size of the needles.
"Many patients ask me if they will be able to feel the needles," Buys said. "I tell them they might feel a tingling sensation, but that's about it. The needles are the width of two human hairs, so they are pretty tiny."
Ericka Martin, a junior majoring in merchandising management, has a "deathly" fear of needles.
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ThorGoLucky
ThorGoLucky
posted 3/31/09 @ 11:35 AM PST
It's one thing to report about SHS offering acupuncture but another thing to espouse its effectiveness. Acupuncture is only as effective as a placebo. (Continued…)
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