ANDRE SHIH
TCM & ACUPUNCTURE

On and off knee pain for 3-4 months. When it was hurting very badly, the patient was limping. It was hurting on the lateral side of the right knee, but after I palpated around the knee and leg, I found out it IT band was extremely tight. So I needled the lateral side of opposite arm. Pain reduced from 4 out of 10 to 1 out of 10. It's normal for the pain to come back the next day with a chronic case like this, and it will generally take about 3-4 weeks of continuous treatment

Recently, I've been watching acupuncture videos on YouTube and found videos of Dr. Richard Tan demonstrating his acupuncture technique for pain management. One video was for the knee pain. He was able to achieve instant pain relief after a quick meridian diagnosis. Before watching the video, I kind of knew that acupuncture for pain relief can be achieved in a few minutes. But the materials I have learned from school or read on my own did not allow me to accomplish it. Many pa