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Author Topic: Are trigger point injections the same as acupuncture?  (Read 11 times)
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« on: November 20, 2008, 02:55:13 AM »
If no, what's the difference?
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« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2008, 05:26:24 AM »
I've heard acupuncture gives you cancer
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« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2008, 12:45:33 PM »
They're not the same. Acupuncture is simply super fine needles being barely inserted into the skin....nothing is injected. TPI is when the area is numbed (usually), and then a needle is inserted to deliver pain medication to the area. One works with medication and the other doesn't.
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