Thursday, July 2, 2009

Traditional Chinese Medicine [Yangtze Cruise]

One of the more interesting educational sessions was a demonstration of traditional Chinese treatments. Dr. Xu (who also led morning tai chi sessions) asked for a male volunteer with back or shoulder pain.

Then he asked the volunteer to take off his shirt and proceeded to demonstrate

Acupuncture

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Cupping

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Scraping

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Acupressure

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Chris reports that he has more shoulder mobility than he’s had in years.

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