Sticking Needles Into Your Body!

I have been feeling sore on my neck and shoulders for the past few months. Some day it is OK and some day it is quite bad. When I tell this to a friend, he suggested I try the place that he goes to for his back pain. I asked him what it is. He said it’s a Chinese sinseh that does acupuncture and massage. I told my friend, “Massage is OK but no way am I gonna let some people stick needles into my body!” He assured me that I do not have to try the acupuncture, I can just ask for the massage.


So OK, one day, we made the arrangement to go together. When we reached there, the Chinese sinseh took a look at my neck, twisted it here and there while asking me whether I felt anything. Then he said, (Note: Below is my rough interpretation, which my friend’s help, of what he said. This is because it’s amazingly difficult to grasp his china slang.)


“Ok, let’s start.”


“Errr….start what?”


“Oh, your treatment.”


“What treatment?”


“Acupuncture, then massage.”


“NO! I do not want acupuncture.”


“Oh, but you want to get better, right?”


“Errr….yeah, but I do not want acupuncture.”


“You need acupuncture to get better faster.”


“Is it painful?”


“Not at all. Ask your friend.”


My friend, “Yeah, it’s not painful. Sometimes just felt like an ant bite, sometimes you do not feel anything. Do la, its good for you.”


The Chinese sinseh and my friend then tried to convince me that it is not painful at all and it actually feels quite good. And it will make my sore neck heal faster. Oh well, what the heck. You only live once. So I tried.


I was very tense at first but thank god I was lying face down and do not need to see when he poke the needles into my neck. But they are right, it does not hurt. Sometimes it felt like a small ant bite. Sometimes you feel nothing.


Then he started sticking some electrical machine onto the needles and it sent electrical current to your body. The feeling is kinda weird. You actually feel the electric current pulsing at the needle point. It does not hurt though. I lied down there for 30 minutes, feeling the pulse. Both my friend and the Chinese sinseh asked me to sleep. But how to sleep la, the thing pulsing on my neck. So time passes very slowly.
















After 30 minutes, then it’s the massage time. Wow. That is pure enjoyment. The Chinese sinseh knows the exact pressure point and exactly where I actually feel sore. I have been to quite a few massages, but none of them can compare to this. If only I can exchange the 30 minutes for massage as well. Haha.


I still remember on my 2nd visit there alone, without my friend to interpret, the conversation with the Chinese sinseh with the china slang. Its funny how both of us are talking Mandarin and yet we find such a hard time understanding each other.


Me (Msian slang) : How many needles are you poking on my neck?


Chinese sinseh (china slang) : What?


Me (Msian slang) : How many needles are you poking on my neck?


Chinese sinseh (china slang) : You want more needle? Ok. Ok


Me (Msian slang) : Huh? More needles? NO! NO! I do not want more needles. I just want to know how many needles.


Chinese sinseh (china slang) : So don’t want more needles?


Me (Msian slang) : Definitely NOT! How many needles?


Chinese sinseh (china slang) : Oooo….how many needles? 4 needles.


Me (Msian slang) : Gosh, 4 needles ah. Enough. 4 needles are enough.


Whew. That was really close. I learnt not to say anything during the needles time, too dangerous.


After 3 sessions, my neck is actually not sore anymore. I am cured! It cost roughly RM69 per session (needles and massage). Kinda pricy but that is about the same price you would pay for a 1 hour massage. If anybody has any sore body parts, I would recommend him/her to this Chinese sinseh. He is good.