Since I'm lying on his acupuncture table I can't see him work. Then he rubs and taps a spot below each knee.
Acupuncture is probably the most accepted alternative treatment in America after chiropractic.
Mortell, working in Highland Park, says there's virtually nothing it can't treat. But as with every alternative therapy it tries to reach the cause and change the person before changing the illness. It's another form of energy medicine. Of course, in one session, he can only relieve my symptoms temporarily. Acupuncture is supposed to stimulate the interconnecting energy pathways of the body.