tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post3251320027125869166..comments2024-03-29T07:31:49.016+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: challenging my own skepticismKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-20477608099045371002017-12-21T10:00:09.020+09:002017-12-21T10:00:09.020+09:00John,
Thanks. Luckily, I know a good chiro. A f...John,<br /><br />Thanks. Luckily, I know a good chiro. A friend of mine has been going to him for years; I visited the guy once myself, just for a generic working-over, and while I didn't come away feeling like an utterly changed man, I could tell the guy knew his stuff when it came to the professional cracking of joints, etc.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-77183324878926663752017-12-21T02:39:41.462+09:002017-12-21T02:39:41.462+09:00You might need to track down a chiropractor to rea...You might need to track down a chiropractor to realign your back. I know I was very surprised when what I thought was a serious leg issue ended up really being a severe back issue instead.<br /><br />And like with every doctor, you might want to do a thorough search to find a good one.John from Daejeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431973044799010218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-44404373177029574922017-12-20T23:48:38.541+09:002017-12-20T23:48:38.541+09:00C,
I may have told this story before, but in the ...C,<br /><br />I may have told this story before, but in the 90s, I came down with something awful while I was teaching at my first-ever hagweon. I was so sick that my students wondered whether I was drunk or something. When I went back across the street to my yeogwan after barely making it through my morning classes, I heard a knock on my door. A student of mine had gone to a pharmacy and described my symptoms to the druggist, who gave the student a bottle of some kind of liquid and a few packets of pills and herbs. I thanked the student, downed the bottle, swallowed a packet of pills and herbs... and was almost completely better within an hour or two. The recovery was incredible. So at the time, I may have become something of a believer—at least to the extent that <i>herbal</i> medicine seemed to have some effect. As for <i>ki</i> manipulation, cupping, acupuncture, and all the aspects of Eastern medicine that deal with subtle forces—I'm very much a scientific skeptic. But that may change tomorrow if I walk out of the clinic pain-free. We'll see.<br /><br />Thanks for the well-wishes.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-75777571725594570182017-12-20T23:31:39.709+09:002017-12-20T23:31:39.709+09:00"Eastern medicine" casts a rather wide n..."Eastern medicine" casts a rather wide net. I've had good experience with some aspects of traditional medicine in Korea, whereas there are other aspects that I have a hard time taking seriously.<br /><br />At any rate, I hope you start feeling better soon.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.com