12/11/2025
A 14-year-old girl came to see me after more than a year of treatment from her general practitioner. The doctor diagnosed her with growing pains and prescribed painkillers, but they didn’t actually help relieve her symptoms.
Her current symptoms include:
• Pain in major joints
• Sweaty palms
• Cold feet
• Headaches
• Painful menstrual cycles
According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, joint discomfort in adolescents is often not just attributed to musculoskeletal development issues, or what Western medicine commonly calls “growing pains,” but is more due to underlying internal imbalances—like in this girl’s case: there was cold-dampness or damp-heat in the body. These pathological factors are believed to hinder the proper circulation of qi and blood, leading to joint pain or other physical discomforts. During the acupuncture treatment I administered, the pain in various parts of her body was significantly relieved. The girl has received three acupuncture treatments, with noticeable improvement each time, and she is still continuing treatment. Both the girl and her parents are very happy with the results.
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