The history of acupuncture goes back some 2500-3000 years depending who you talk to . The most important aspect to its history is not to argue on  semantics. More importantly how can its miraculous form help us in recovery methods an its relationship to powerlifting.

There is much to understand about the treatment, equipment and procedures, surrounding Acupuncture. To keep it simple and protect those who have been studying and practicing as Doctors of Acupuncture for century’s. The first thing is do not receive acupuncture from a Chiropractor, physio, massage therapist, Western Physician, Osteopath, or God knows who else is trying to get in on our hard work and success. Now to be fare to exceptions, they may first have been Doctors of Acupuncture then progressed to other titles, but if the first title is not a  Doctor of Acupuncture then  don’t give them the time to rip you off, they are in it for the extra money and not the spirit of the art of Acupuncture. You will let yourself down, mark my 12 years of practice/experience. I have had more unsatisfied patients from the fields mentioned, and I would wish the stick to what they know, and stay the hell out of our legitimate turf. Can you imagine if foot sucking where popular they would do a 2-3 month certification in it and now there foot specialist, it’s totally ridiculous and it gives our art a bad name.

Know enough of the crap ,and more of the cradle of it all. Acupuncture was introduce to powerlifting via my efforts in 1993-94 via the Athlete Ralf Celia Canada’s strongest Man. We met through a patient and soon the friendship grew, and off  to the Worlds in South Africa and so on. We being Mangan/Celia developed a system of treatments that benefited Ralf's performance before, during and after the Worlds. Even the Chinese team were staring at the sight of the needles and treatment during the meet. What we all learned the donation I shared with Ralf and the World team was that energy, pain, recovery can all be controlled at any on point in time, if done right by an expert.

When looking for an Acupuncturist make sure they are Doctors of Eastern Medicine or Acupuncture itself, that means a PhD, or Oriental Medical Doctor (O.K..,D.Ac.), the next thing is to inspect the equipment, is it in sterile packaging, or fresh out off a Autoclave or sterilization container that heats up to min40,000degrees. The next thing is the use of alcohol on a swab before the needles go in and immediately after they come out. Sometimes a 2-3 week procedure at two to six times at up to an hour each time is necessary to get the job done. The prices range from $ 25-to over a hundred dollars per half hour depending on the qualifications and experience of the Doctor . You will hear bargain prices from others who are not Doctors  with 8-10 years or a PhD. But remember you get what you pay for, period. If you get the cheap results but the person screws you up due to the wrong points at the wrong time of day, who’s going to fix you back to normal? now the treatment costs triple to undo the jackass’s work of 10 bucks!!!

Ask the Doctor of Acupuncture about 1-time of day, 2-angle of needle,3-rotation of needle, 4-removal of needle, 5-moxa of needle, 6- supplement with needle as a starter. 

To contact Dr. Mangan about purchasing test equipment or interpreting results please call 905-844-0072 or email gama@allstream.net .