2020 Three Best Rated Award-winning Canadian Acupuncturists debunks the misconceptions about Acupuncture

Acupuncture is undoubtedly one of the most common and famous forms of complementary and alternative medicine. Its popularity in the Western world has rapidly increased over the years. Acupuncture has proven to be an effective treatment in pain management. There are several scientific evidence and statistical data that supports the efficiency of acupuncture. However, several myths and misconceptions about acupuncture inhibit a good number of people from opting for acupuncture. Breaking down the major misconceptions about acupuncture would help many people understand the practice and get benefited from it.

Dr.Miaoguang Lin from Saskatoon, SK, and Dr. Sung Soo Yoon from Burnaby, BC, are 2020 ThreeBestRated® Award-Winning doctors practicing acupuncture in Canada. They share their journey in practicing acupuncture and give some insights that clear the misconceptions.

Dr.Miaoguang Lin – Lin’s Acupuncture Clinic

Dr. Lin graduated in 1990 from Medical University. He practiced Trauma surgery of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine in various municipal hospitals in Guangdong province, China. He later started Lin’s acupuncture clinic in 2015 in Saskatchewan. Dr. Lin is a recognized member of both the Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Association of Canada and the Saskatchewan Acupuncture Association. He is Good at analysis, diagnosis and acupuncture treatment of various diseases, such as pain, anxiety disorder, quit smoking, verruca Vulgaris, etc. Through his rich clinical experience, he has developed unique treatment methods for general health issues, as well as rare and complicated diseases by artfully combining all major TCM treatment methods including, acupuncture, Tui-na, and herbal medicine.

Dr. Lin goes beyond traditional evaluation methods and takes into account a patient’s living environment, constitution, state of mind, and seasonal changes that can affect his or her health. His strong specialties are orthopedics/pain-management, internal, and gynecological diseases.

On talking about the misconceptions about Acupuncture, Dr. Lin says, The first thing most people ask when considering acupuncture is: “Does acupuncture hurt?” This fear is understandable, but the needles used for acupuncture are only slightly thicker than a human hair.” And in fact, Trained acupuncturists take great care to ensure that these needles do not cause pain. In most cases, patients find it so relaxing that they even fall asleep during a treatment.

Also, many people think Acupuncture is outdated folk medicine, It merely treats acute physical pain, and it is unhygienic. But that is not true, Dr. Lin explains, “Acupuncture has been around for a long, long time, but that doesn’t make it outdated. Several recent studies indicate that acupuncture is an effective solution for many common health complaints from anxiety to chronic back pain.” He further says, “One significant meta-analysis study of 17,922 patients concluded that acupuncture is effective for the treatment of chronic pain and is, therefore, a reasonable referral option.” And, “Some skeptics believe that acupuncture needles transfer illnesses from one patient to the next. In reality, acupuncturists use sterilized, individually packaged, single-use, disposable filiform (not hypodermic) needles for all patients.”

DR. SUNG SOO YOON – YOON CLINIC – ACUPUNCTURE AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE

Dr. Sung Soo Yoon saw his mother recuperate from a severe illness through Traditional Chinese Medicine when all other treatments failed to help her. That inspired him to become a TCM doctor. Dr. Yoon started his practice in Canada in 2006. Later in 2014, he opened his Yoon Clinic in Burnaby. Dr. Yoon received his doctorate in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine specialized pain management in integrative care settings from Bastyr University. Dr. Yoon is also a board of directors of the British Columbia Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Practitioners (ATCMA) and Acupoint and Regeneration Injection Association of BC (ARIABC).

Dr. Yoon’s Clinic offers various traditional treatment methods such as Acupuncture, prescripted herbal medicine and Cupping & TuiNa as well as innovative treatment methods such as Electro-Acupuncture, Acu-Injection and Electro-Magnetic pulsed therapy.

Dr. Yoon feels proud of being listed in ThreeBestRated. He says, “The proudest moment that we are facing in this industry is that when we see many patients who suffered from pain for a long time come to our clinic to get proper treatment and walk out of the door with a happy face.”

Speaking about the misunderstanding about Acupuncture in general, Dr. Yoon says, “Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine is not something spiritual that treats the Qi. It is a medicine of accumulated knowledge through enormous time and cases of practical experience.”

Dr. Yoon concludes by saying, “Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese medicine may not be the best treatment for all diseases. However, it is the best medicine to promote the full potential of self-healing ability.”

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