Maybe I'm just too westernized, but I wasn't really convinced.
It all started...
When I was scrolling through fave app. It's like an online entertainment booklet where you can occasionally find a list of cheap deals for sale.
I found this particular offer which is a 75 min meridian chiropractic therapy under RM50, worth at a price of RM150. I thought it was a killer of a deal and I needed to get myself a Christmas present anyways. So I did! :) Not to mention my neck is killing me from bad posture
The massage was good, we started off with a 30 min warm up session where the practitioner placed a few electric nodes behind me. The shock stimulated my muscles to contract artificially. The process continued for 30 minutes with 3 blankets covering me. The purpose of this "warm-up" is so that the body is ready to be "cracked". They needed to heat up the muscles and get you sweating so that there won't be any injuries when they actually crack your bones.
After that, he strategically positions my body and places his knees on my joints and his hands on my shoulder,
"Alright now do not close your mouth and breathe out when you feel the pressure." He said.
Before I could say a word he presses me against the bed. All I could mouth were a few wheezing gasps.
Craaaaaaaackkakakakak.
I could feel the tension release, there was no pain at all.
Guys if the opportunity arrives, try chiropractic it was pretty therapeutic!
"Your shoulder is a bit tense, Your cholesterol might be a bit high."
Alright, guilty as charged. I have been eating a lot of eggs and chicken breast on a daily basis so no surprise there.
He continues to my hips and then my legs.
Make no mistake, it wasn't a gentle massage where he gently pushes your muscles. This guy was legit cracking my neck, to my back to my knees. Felt I needed some readjustments and man! It was good!
Overall it was a pretty relaxing experience!
###BUT Here's where it gets weird.
After that, I was brought into another room where a more aged man was sitting there waiting for me. I put my hand on a hand pillow. He places three fingers right below my wrist. Searching for my arteries and veins.
He reads intently, shuffling from three fingers to two, as if playing a flute with my hands. The Chinese call it reading the "mai" when directly translated.
The proper term would be Traditional Pulse Diagnosis.
A method used from traditional Chinese doctors He moves to the next hand and does the same thing.
Asks me a few questions about my sleeping habits, exercise logs, and eating routine.
" You always sleep under the air conditioner?" Er... no...?
" You always go into an air conditioned room after an exercise..? Errr... no...?
" You seldom exercise?" Er.... no...?
" Do you always sleep late?" Yes... :(
At this point I was beginning to doubt this guy
" You always sleep late?" Yes
" You always drink cold water?" Yes
At this point, he started to gain a little bit more confidence
That's when he blurted out a statement which to me sounded like well phrased nonsense.
"You have too much Yin and you need to balance it out with your Yang. That was what the doctor said to me. Chinese doctor. "
You should really take care of your body. Sleep more, drink more water, watch the air conditioning usage and watch your chi. You are still young now and your body can handle the damages, but give yourself 5 years and you might experience more chronic pain in your body.
Don't get me wrong, I believe in Traditional Chinese Medicinal efforts, but you mean to tell me you were able to fortune tell my fate of my health within ten minutes of finger dancing on my wrist?
Maybe i'm too pragmatic, but I'm going to need more facts than that xD
But I wasn't convinced, that diagnostic was a bit too general in my opinion.
What do you think? Believable source?
With all due respect at the end of the day, it serves as a reminder to me I guess;
That you can never take your health for granted. Reminder at the end of the day from the meridian therapy treatment
Get enough sleep. (You can gym for 6 days a week and see no results if you don't get enough rest )
Drink more water (always get yourself hydrated to prevent yourself from risks like, kidney stones, and other health risks)
Practice good posture! (You wouldn't need chiropractic adjustments if you did it right in the first place!)
Eat right, everything in moderation I guess, that includes food that boosts your cholesterol levels, sugar levels, etc.
At the end of the day, I'd still take his advise, just that his diagnostics won't raise any red flags. I'll just take it with a pinch of salt. Just like how we all do with what we see on the internet these days ;)
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