The other night I ventured uptown to visit my favorite acupuncturist, Dr. Mark Seem. I had explicit instructions from Rocky, my physical therapist, that he should focus his attention on the sartorius muscle and tendon on the bad hip. The sartorius is kind of where that long diagonal muscle going across the thigh from the outside top of hip to the inside of the knee in the picture above is. Mine had turned into a pluckable guitar-string-like band. Fun, but apparently it’s not supposed to be like that.
Meridian Man.
These guys fascinate me. Instead of laying a body out flat and pin-pointing the appropriate spots like a dissected animal, these show beautifully clothed individuals in graceful poses, exposing the proper paths. I think they’re really cool. Mark has like six of them hanging in one of his treatment rooms.
M
Ever since I’ve been sick I’ve been trying different remedies (some which have worked and others that have not) but acupuncture is one of my new favorites. I do it at West Side with Paula, and am finally getting used to it. I had a few panic attacks during my first visits with all those needles in! Hope you are well!
Aug 02, 2007 @ 22:29
caitlin
ive been considering acupuncture for a while for my tendonitis.. does it really work well? theres supposedly a great acupuncturist at my school and i may go see him. i hope youre feeling better and im so excited for the intensive to start monday!
Aug 03, 2007 @ 02:52
Tania
That’s so funny that you see Mark Seem. I used to see his wife, who is also an acupuncturist (and a former dancer), in that same office. She was great too. I remember all those illustrations. Acupuncture is great stuff.
Aug 03, 2007 @ 16:27
sasha
acupuncture and acupressure, when done right by the right type of person can yeild amazing results! my old roomate is studying it now at a school here in Chicago. he used to come home and have some really interesting stories about what he was learning. Like, how to work on one part of your body, the doctor might put a needle in a part that would seem to be totally un-related. but, like those cool diagrams explain, there are various channels that connect parts of the body together in interesting ways. neat stuff!
Aug 04, 2007 @ 02:11
billy
Great info. thanks. I may try to get him to teach some of this stuff in Austin.
B : )
Mar 02, 2010 @ 22:29