Ooh, Aah… Ouch!

Tense moments: Dr Farook Khan attends to Bihari Milwani

“Until you are slapped, you won't understand the hurt!”
On this dramatic note, Dr Muhammed Farook Khan drew an analogy with the subjective aspect of Sujok Therapy which, in his opinion, provides the “quickest, on-the-spot relief for joint pains” with zero side effects.
Dr Khan was speaking on the topic, ‘Treating Pain with Pain’, as a follow-up to his last talk on pain management (ref post of February 1). “As I said earlier, there is no permanent cure for pain,” he reiterated. “We can at best manage, or treat pain in order to provide relief.”
Advocating the Korean acupuncture therapy, Dr Khan revealed that Sujok provided an effective reprieve, even for frozen shoulder and Parkinson’s disease.

Dr Muhammed Farooq Khan

However, restricting himself to treating only joint pains today, he produced an array of tiny needles (he described as his ‘Ram Vaan’) with which he would puncture our hands.
That was enough to take our breath away. “Other doctors may use five to eight needles to locate your pain, but I shall use only one,” he comforted us,

Banoo Apa hosted a lavish breakfast treat for all participants

drawing upon his experience of 45 years in the field.
Through a process of mirroring the joints of the human anatomy on the fingers of one’s hand, Dr Khan demonstrated how ‘the theory of correspondence’ came into play on locating pain. Rukhsana Khan offered herself as his first guinea pig and was duly given a prick on the finger for the persistent pain in her right knee joint.
That was enough to embolden others, ranging from Mrs Shekhawat to Khatoon Baig. Bihari Milwani also submitted himself for an issue in his lumbar region, but “no correspondence pain” could be detected. Dilip Babani, in spite of repeated goading from wife Kajal, refused to admit he had pain in his knees.
Mallika Kagzi was equally petrified by the sight of shining needles and declared that two rounds of the Garden were enough to give her a full-blown body ache from head to foot. “After the age of 40, the pain is not localized in any specific area. It is there from top to toe. You should have come to us with this therapy 20 years back,” she joked with Dr Khan.
The lec-dem had to be cut short due to paucity of time. And in the end of the hour-long session, Banoo Apa treated us to a lavish breakfast of home-made delicacies, including dahi-wada and of course, tea.
Bihari Milwani:
Dr Khan was actually applying Newton's theory: "Action and reaction are always equal and in opposite direction". So by locating your pain he gives new pain with his needle so that the two opposing pains nullifies one another and disappears!
Dilip Babani:
We all are happy to learn about pain from Dr Khan. Really, he is a very straightforward and honest doctor. He speaks truthfully. Now everybody knows that pain will not go away forever. Again and again, it will come back and we have to go for therapy again and again. We are grateful to Dr Khan for revealing this truth about pain.
Lt Col Angad Singh (from Mohali):
Dr Khan is teaching us simple mathematics: (-) + (-) = + [minus + minus equals plus] or hurt + hurt = HAPPINESS!!!