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Letter From Dr. Erika Kirgis, Germany
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Dear Dr. Ma,
With delight I read your book. I
felt such a relief, that finally someone cleared up some
mysteries that had been lingering around for decades.
Coming from western medicine and from a traditional
background I had already realized that this medicine
relying on "prescription" , that equalizes "cases"
because of the same diagnosis, was highly inefficient.
Discovering Dry needling for me was like an expansion
towards more personalized treatments
The real
challenge started when Janet Travell taught at our
Institute and I were introduced to myofascial pain and
Triggerponts. From then on I was convinced that the
crucial treatment is that which works on the myofascial
blockages.
The way you describe the
needle-technique and the needling depth, the
treatment-time and the results, it sounds like a frat
step forward at Triggerpuncture that I mainly practice.
As you describe, the art is to 'feel' the Trigger points
whether they are active or passive.
You call them
HAs or SAs and I agree, some are subjective and patients
are aware of them, some are HAs and the patient is
unaware but they are crucial to be treated as well, if
they are located in the vicinity of the pain.
I
am impressed by your pragmatic approach and the
structured systematization you introduced.
Equally impressive and thus unknown to me is the fact of
predictability of the number of treatments needed and of
the period before the next incident in the same
tissue-area will occur.
To my understanding the
reason for re-injury lies in the loss of electrical
potential of the cell membrane. It usually is 70-90mv in
the healthy cell and diminishes with every injury,
inflammation or irritation of any kind. (Nowadays my
treatment after successful elimination of the local pain
continues with bioelectrcal stimulation over the area-
PAPIMI, see there,- and it is actually possible to raise
the electrical potential difference with this device and
restore normal conditions in the tissue thus preventing
re-injury).
In all I feel a liberation and a
renewal has happened to the medical world. As much as I
am impressed by the medical art, I would also agree to
let go of ancient rituals and beliefs and ignorance.
Thank you for your courageous and encouraging book
Dr. Erika Kirgis
Germany
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