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Acupuncture looks scary especially to young children because the doctor needs to insert thin needles into a body part which is very stressful to children. However to me, when I was ten years old, it had been very helpful and a good thing to me. At first, I was nervous and scared but I trusted my mother who recommended it and brought me to the clinic. The atmosphere seems fine and good. There were a lot of people who were waiting. We also did the same. Finally, after about 30 minutes, it is our turn. My mother explained what happened to my foot.

In 2009, one afternoon, I was walking on my way back to my house from my school. It is a 5 minute walk but I was in a hurry at that time. I needed to get there on time because I had to study with my tutor. I didn’t want her to wait so I half ran and walk but suddenly, my right foot didn’t have a good landing. I tripped it over and it was very painful. After a few minutes, my affected foot became bigger and it doubled in size. I was really very worried. The same with my mother, so after half an hour, she drove me to the place. As a result, we were inside the clinic of an acupuncturist.

The medical practitioner looked nice and friendly. He didn’t scare me with his needles, and I felt strangely comfortable with him. First, he told me to lie down. I got afraid when he was holding some needles, but he instructed me to be calm because it wasn’t painful, so I trusted him. He inserted all the needles into my right foot, yet I didn’t feel any poking sensation which will make it painful. It was kind of cool because the needles are all standing up in my foot. The thing is that acupuncture really healed my swollen foot.
To sum up, acupuncture is a really good treatment for everyone including children. They didn’t need to get scared and the same goes with adults who would like to try it. It’s not really dangerous and scary. It’s just a bunch of needles.