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Using Acupuncture In Diabetes: What
Benefits Are There?
 What pressure points are relevant in diabetes?
 The advantage of acupuncture is that it can be tailored to meet specific
needs. The most common pressure points are found in hands and feet.
In addition to professional acupuncture sessions, people living with
diabetes are encouraged to follow a daily routine and a specialist can
offer counsel on how to best do it. At home treatment does not involve
the use of needles, but of manually manipulating the points that
otherwise would have been stimulated by needles.
 Does it hurt?
 The majority of diabetics who have undergone acupuncture have not
reported treatment-related pain. Due to the fact that the needles are
extremely thin, there is only a lightly stinging feeling to it. Once the
process of inserting the needles is over, the patient is left to relax for a
determined period of time, which most of the people deemed to be very
relaxing.