- What's up everyone, it's Chris Heria,
welcome to another vlog.
Today I'm with my homie, Brandon Williams.
- What's up.
- Yesterday we had a full day of training.
- Yeah, it was tough, man.
We went hard all day, two hours of Muay Thai as well.
My whole body's completely sore right now.
Super tight on the traps.
I need something to help that, dude.
- That's excellent
because today we're actually gonna have a recovery day.
We're outside of a acupuncture clinic
and I've actually never had acupuncture before.
- Me neither
but I've heard a lot of good things about.
- I've also heard some things as well, some health benefits
and there's some risks to it too.
So, we're gonna get to the bottom of it
and find out the truth.
Is acupuncture legit? Does it even really work?
- Let's go find out.
- [Chris] I was actually Googling
some of the health benefits
and the risks of acupuncture right before we got here.
Acupuncture reduces stress, gives you energy,
helps you sleep, build self-awareness,
boosts the immune system. - Okay.
- There's also some risks, Brandon.
- Risks?
- Yes, so I looked up something that you can get.
It's called pneumothorax,
that's basically a collapsed lung.
- Collapsed lung? Bro, what?
- We're gonna get to the bottom of this.
We're gonna find out the truth.
See if acupuncture is legit and if it's even worth it.
You ready to get started? - Let's get it!
- Are you nervous?
- A little bit, man, a little bit.
- We're about to get punctured by like a million needles.
- 113, 121, 117, 19 that way.
Place is a fricking maze, bro.
Miami Acupuncture Therapy.
All right, boys, this is it.
His name was Dr. Adrian, right?
Hello? Dr. Adrian?
- [Dr. Adrian] Yes.
- [Chris] Awesome, can we come in?
- [Dr. Adrian] Yeah.
- Excellent, nice to meet you.
This is Brandon.
- I'm Brandon. Nice to meet you.
- We just had a really tough training day yesterday.
We're ready to do some recovery.
- All right, come on down.
- Awesome, all right guys come on in.
So, before we get started,
we did have like a couple of questions to like, learn
about like acupuncture.
- Basically acupuncture has been around for over 3000 years.
Even though there's been scientific studies,
there's even more like centuries and centuries
and millennial of anecdotal evidence
of the results and the benefits of acupuncture.
Acupuncture is mostly known for like pain etcetera.
But if you have like a stomach condition,
if you have like any kind of condition,
acupuncture can help that too.
- Well, how does it help that?
- Acupuncture basically accesses
the body's own natural energy,
which flows through acupuncture channels
that flow throughout the body.
And then among those channels are little points.
Each point has a function
and there's some points that elevate the Chi energy
of a specific channel.
And then there's other points,
that are kinda like release points.
You have like excess and you're too stressed out.
It helps with that too.
- Is there any like really cool healing stories you have?
- One time I was doing a acupuncture protocol
for someone that had hiccups for like days on end,
like every few seconds.
They went to urgent care, nothing, nothing, nothing,
with my acupuncture protocol for the hiccup,
I combined the microcurrent
and I put the frequency 29 Hertz,
which is like an anti-spasm.
Right on the moment within a minute,
hiccups stopped and disappeared.
A lot of the things I do with the acupuncture
and microcurrent helps like speed, accelerated recovery
in athletes and stuff.
- That's why we're here.
- [Brandon] Yeah.
- Sounds like I need that. (Chris laughing)
What are the risks, if there are any risks to acupuncture?
- The risks are very few.
Occasionally might prick a little blood vessel
and might have like little bruising.
It's very rare, if it's somebody that's not qualified,
you can get a pneumothorax,
which is basically a puncture of the lung,
if you go too deeply.
As long as it's a qualified acupuncturist,
risk are very small.
- I'm pretty much ready to give this a shot.
- All right, let's get to it.
- [Commentator] 12 seconds later.
- Bro hold on, I don't know if we should do this.
He was like stuttering, bro.
- Yeah, I wasn't sure if he actually knew everything
what he was talking about.
- It sounded like he was making that shit up on the spot.
- What do you think, should we do it?
- Let's do it.
- Let's just give it a shot, man. If we die, we die.
All right, we're back.
Sorry, we just had to use the bathroom.
Alrighty, just had to use the bathroom.
- [Brandon] Yep.
- Are we in good hands to be getting needles inside us?
- He's got a very loyal following.
- Oh, perfect.
The benefits come after a couple days, is it right away?
After a couple weeks, after a couple sessions?
- Some people, they feel it right away, it's immediate.
Other people, it's kind like an ongoing process,
a little more gradual.
I once had somebody that had a stroke.
The granddaughter brought the guy right from the hospital.
I was able to restore his function almost immediately.
- What! I read that it improves your mood.
- Does anyone like start crying out of nowhere?
- Can it trigger like emotions?
- I've heard of that with other practitioners, not with me.
I do get people who are anxious and stressed.
- I could definitely use that.
All right so I'll jump on first and just get started.
And I have a lot of like pain in my brachialis,
my brachioradialis.
Also like my arms used to be able to hyper extend.
But one time I was curling with a resistance band
and it snapped my arm back really hard.
I was never able to like make it straight again.
But other than that,
also like when I hold my baby like this,
this part of my shoulder has crazy excruciating pain.
And other than that, you know,
I'm an athlete, train every day.
We had a really tough day training yesterday.
We did like muay thai.
We did some strength training, weight training, we ran.
So yeah, we can start if you want.
- Yeah, shirt off, face down.
- All right.
- Before I put the needles I use microcurrent probes
where I do it like over in an area helps like disinflame it.
But it's kind of like a little supplement to the needle.
- Everyone watching is like,
"c'mon Chris, you have like a million tattoos, bro".
Will I know when something's happening or?
- Well with microcurrent, you either feel nothing
or a slight tingling and sometimes like a little itching.
- I felt a little something, but the sound is cool.
It's like Pac-Man or something. (Brandon laughing)
- Imagine this completely cures my arm.
- [Brandon] That'd be sick
- [Dr. Adrian] On both sides, so that's one.
- Ah!
- [Brandon] Yo, you chillin'?
(Brandon and Chris laughing)
- [Dr. Adrian] That's two.
(bright jazz)
- Oh, that went too deep!
- I was like, uh-oh.
Do you feel that one?
- [Chris] Yeah, man.
- [Brandon] Interesting.
- [Dr. Adrian] So this is the micro current inferential.
- [Chris] Is this a painful procedure?
- [Dr. Adrian] Not really.
- Just curious, I mean I can take pain. I just wanna know.
- [Dr. Adrian] All right so we got that in.
So this I'm gonna set it at 20 Hertz,
which is anti-inflammatory
- Still feel nothing?
- I feel hot.
All right, so I'ma just be vibing right here.
I'll see y'all in 30 minutes.
What's the difference between this
and like let's say sports therapy
or other types of recovery?
- Acupuncture is basically physical therapy,
plus the needles.
- So when you're getting acupuncture,
how many needles typically do you use?
- It really depends on the area.
Sometimes if I'm doing somebody with a little bit of stress
and anxiety, I might put a pair here, in the liver three,
this one here, here on the wrist, forehead.
- All at the same time? - Yes.
- Can we try that? - Sure.
- I got hella stress.
So I'ma let you guys know if this is legit, bro.
I appreciate you man, I'm kind of like stuck here.
- The hairiest socks.
- Yeah.
I can get used to that, that feels kind of cool actually.
It just feels like a focus point.
- [Brandon] Ooh, okay.
- [Chris] I felt that one on my left leg though.
- [Dr. Adrian] Yeah, one time I put that point on someone
and I just feel like I took value.
- I mean, I can't tell yet.
I don't know about these lips
but I do feel like, a bit relaxed, I don't know?
(Brandon laughing)
Whoa, that one felt weird.
- How do you know these, like the exact spots?
Or is it just like a general area?
- The Chinese, they came up with a system
and it's called tsun, C-U-N.
There's like little reference point.
So like for example, like Ren 12
is like right between the belly button
and the corner of like this zaquoid process.
For stomach 36,
where you feel like there's little bone here,
and it's go off to the side
and then like, you feel like around the edge of the muscle.
Then you know, you just put it in there.
- [Chris] Woo, that one I felt you felt.
- [Brandon] You felt that?
- Yeah, it was the most painful one.
I forgot that the one in my forehead was there
and I squeezed my face and then I felt it.
- [Brandon] Oh, yeah. - Between my nose.
(machine beeping)
- Yo, you have so many needles in you right now.
It's like, what are you feeling?
- [Dr. Adrian] That's one out?
- I can say he has a very light hand
because when you take them out, I really can't feel it.
- [Brandon] You really can't? Wow.
It's awesome how it just, yeah it's not painful.
- Needle free.
- [Brandon] Let's go.
- I don't know if it's placebo or what
but I do feel like my mood has improved.
- [Brandon] Really? Yeah?
- Yes!
- Rotate your fore arms a little bit, see how you feel.
- My arms do feel like relieved
but I know stim, like the stimulation,
like electric stim works.
- Mm, yeah.
- I'm sure I would definitely have to give
it a day and see like how I feel tomorrow.
We gotta give it some time.
- I'll go and then we'll see how you feel.
We both feel, yeah? Let's get it.
For me, the biggest thing is the traps.
I have a lot of tension in the traps.
So this is the antiinflammatory, right?
- Yeah, it also helps kind of like send the energy
and massage it at the same time.
Right where I feel that snap, crackle, pop.
- Ooh, yeah.
You only feel it a little bit goin' in.
- [Chris] How you feelin' Brandon?
- More relaxed, I kind of.
- [Chris] Really?
- We haven't done much yet, but--
- You didn't even put a needle in there yet.
- We got three so far,
so it looks like it's workin' fast.
- How's that left trap feeling?
- Super tight.
Ooh, that one I felt right there.
Is it going into the knots?
- [Dr. Adrian] Yes. - Interesting.
It's important to take care of your body
if you're training like Chris
or you're just pushing yourself.
'Cause man, I did the same thing
and well I didn't take care of it.
Like I didn't go get massages, nothing.
And I ended up being out for a full week.
- Yeah, I normally get a sports massage
at least once a week, what about you?
- Dude, never.
- How you feeling man?
- I don't know if it's just mentally
but it does feel more relaxed.
- That's how I was feeling too.
I was like, I don't know if it's because I don't wanna move
'cause there's needles in my body.
- [Brandon] Right, right.
- It makes you like extra still.
Do you feel like a relief
from the training we were doing yesterday?
- Yeah, a little bit, yeah
because I had so much tension after that.
Especially the muay thai keeping my hands up the whole time.
- Yeah, it looks like your face is like,
inside of a toilet bowl from that angle.
(Brandon laughing)
- Dude, serious actually though.
Yo make this the thumbnail right here.
(camera clicks)
Oh wow, I don't even feel it, dude.
Are you taking 'em out?
Dude, I don't feel it at all.
- [Dr. Adrian] You're needle free.
- [Brandon] Oh, okay.
- [Chris] Let's go, you look like a lot happier.
- Yo, the shoulders are like.
- [Chris] Really, they feel nice?
- They feel looser.
Even like just moving 'em around right now,
it's like I'm gonna-- - [Chris] Wow.
- Box again bro. - Damn, okay.
- That was only just a few needles in both traps.
Like, imagine all over the body?
- My arms, they feel like they have like a nice pump.
- You got a pump in the arms?
- I don't know, I just feel like a little boop boop,
like a little pulse or something like that.
But I think for real, I do have to wait a couple days.
I feel like we'll definitely be able
to come to a better conclusion.
Of course if we do it more,
I'm sure we'll, there'll be more of an effect.
Dr. Adrian I appreciate you so much, my brother.
- All right.
- It was a pleasure, it was an honor.
And we'll let you know how we feel too.
We'll give you an update.
All right, bro, the needles are out
and our life is finally not in his hands anymore.
- Dude I was so nervous at first
but I'm kind of glad I did that.
I genuinely feel more relaxed.
(upbeat jazz)
I don't know, maybe it could've been the heat,
'cause heat helps a lot.
So maybe it wasn't the needles themselves
'cause he only put six.
What about you, how do you feel?
- I was thinking the same thing.
I wasn't sure if it was
because that I had a bunch of needles in my body,
that I didn't wanna move and that made me more relaxed.
I don't know, I gotta see, we really have to wait 24 hours
and then give it a test man.
Do a little workout, see how my arms are feeling.
I have a smile on my face.
I don't know if it's 'cause I'm always in a good
- Well let's test it in 24 hours though.
- [Commentator] Day two.
- All right, Brandon, it's been officially 24 hours
since we've tried acupuncture for the first time.
How do you feel?
- All right bro, if I'm honest, I don't feel any different.
I think it was just a placebo.
Same tension was there, I didn't feel very much different.
I don't know, what about you though?
What about your arms? 'Cause he did a lot on you.
- To be honest, I felt way less inflammation in my arms.
The tenderness that I felt in my muscles
and my ligaments is also a lot less.
I feel like this is gonna give me a lot more progress
in my physical therapy sessions.
Now that I can relax the muscle more
and allow deeper access.
So although I only did it one time,
I definitely see the benefits of doing this
and continuing to do it.
And personally I felt enough results,
that I would definitely continue doing this
with my physical therapy session.
But this is something that you're definitely
gonna have to try for yourself.
Although you may need a couple sessions
to really feel a difference, but give it a try
and let me know what you think.
All right so the final verdict, what do you think?
Does it work?
- I think so, but you have to have more sessions.
- Let us know in the common session down below,
what type of recovery you'd like to see us do next.
And Brandon, thank you so much for coming through.
- Thanks for having me.
- You guys can all check out Brandon's YouTube channel
at youtube.com/brandonwilliams.
I love all of his videos.
I personally watch 'em myself.
Brandon's a beast at making very entertaining YouTube videos
and we just did a vlog together.
So you can go ahead and check it on his page right now.
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Mad love and peace out.
(melodic trap music)