Accounting for acupuncture

I had my first meeting with my acupuncturist today. She is Chinese and a liccensed physician's assistant. No needles today, but wonderful massaage. She says my neck and shoulders are tight. People who are trained in massage have said that about me for years and I never paid it any mind. There are different types of acupuncture. She did extra study of Japanese techniques, so she has an above average arsenal. Who knew you had to know all these things to find an acupuncturist? She also gave me diet advice about foods that aggravate inflammation and foods that help. This is no problem because many of the foods are in my regular diet anyway. It will be interesting to see if following her diet suggestions strictly will assist the problem. She did an exam and showed me where she found cold spots on my body. She says these represent a lack of energy that is out of balance with other places in the body and causes pain. The cold spots help determine where needles go next itme. She also explained that western medical doctors have discovered a correlation between nerve endings and acupuncture spots, which is why the procedure works to alleviate pain especially. This is encouraging! And to top it all off, the acupunturist is a pianist. She has the same brand of baby grand piano I do, and like me plays classics for herself. She says I need to drink less green tea and more water. The bad part is I have to do weekly treatments. Just what I need = something else to schedule every week. And she is only in my preferred location on Wednesday and Thursday. Another thing I need - fewer choices in scheduling. I think I am going to enjoy this adventure in aging. Well, it's soething new and different, definitely!!!