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I'll just speak to why I feel acupuncture can work for some things and not others.
I look at it just like aerating your lawn. The needles are creating a pathways for blood (and the nutrients it carries) to get through muscle fibers that have become so tight/dense/malnourished blood can't get to them. It's not going to fix any bone or joint issues. But things like tight muscles or muscles that are pulling you out of alignment it may help with. If that's correct or not I don't know. But it's what makes sense to me.
I had it done to my shoulder years ago. Had a knot around my shoulder blade that I just couldn't stretch out on my own. Few trips and being a pincushion later and it's been fine ever since. For my situation it's worked. I only had to pay and extra $5 to have the chiropractor stick me. So wasn't really out anything trying it.
I think for the most part massage is similar to acupuncture in that it's allowing blood to get in and heal to places it couldn't. Muscle fibers need to be loosened to allow healing.
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