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By Sahely Mukerji
Times-Democrat Staff Writer
A few years ago, Karol Wagner was almost immobile with painful osteoarthritis in her knees. She was contemplating total knee replacement.
Instead of optirfg for knee surgery, she tried acupuncture.
This April Wagner finished second in a 10K run for women between 50 and 59 years of age.
“I tried ‘conventional’ medicine, like anti-inflammatory drugs, for two and a half years,” said Wagner, a resident of Washington, Va. “They did nothing other than aggravating my stomach.”
It has been five years since she first started her treatment. Ibday Wagner jogs, power walks, rides bikes, hikes and canoes. “Acupuncture has changed my life,” she exclaimed.
In New Baltimore, Mamie Gray tried water aerobics, physical therapy and painkillers for her chronic back pain.
“For four months I tried everything for the pain, but nothing gave me complete relief,” she said. “The day after I started acupuncture, I didn’t have to take any muscle relaxer or pain killer.”
Acupuncture works best on all kinds of chronic pains, said Marie Stephenson, a registered nurse who is currently attending the Maryland Institute of Traditional Chinese - Medicine to be a licensed acupunc.turisU„.. _■. . ‘
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