Acupuncture

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by Tobra

Acupressure on occipital protruberance can be very therapeutic for migraine, squirting a little lidocaine up the nose works too

I love me some skull massage.

[gacook]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Went to the acupuncture guy today. I got cupped and scrapped and poked with the needles. He says I have liver and kidney problems plus the Piriformis issue. Interestingly, he said the same thing about the Piriformis that the MD and the PT technician said - I need to get more blood to flow to that area. He used a massage gun that hurt like hell, but worked the same area that the PT technician worked on. He was really nice, didn't seem like he was just in it for the money (charged $50 for 1:45 minutes) and at least as far as the butt pain issue goes he seemed to know what he was talking about. OTOH I felt like hell all over for the rest of the day.

As promised - no pictures.

Several years back, I developed sciatica. Hurt like hell for about a year and finally decided to see a doc about it. They gave me some type of steroid (can't remember the name, unfortunately) for it--said I couldn't take more than 5 days' worth or it'd break your liver or kidneys...one of the two.

Anyway, by day 2 my pain was gone. Finished the 5 days script and I've never had an issue with sciatica again.

[wdfifteen]

So, I gave it time and the acupuncture gave me 0 relief. Went back to the doc and he sort of threw up his hands in frustration and sent me to a spine guy.
Spine guy took X-rays and - good lord! One of my back bones looks like a piece of cauliflower. But aside from the arthritis he saw "Spondylolisthesis, grade 1 [M43.10]" whatever that is and he says that it the source of the pain. He is going to give me an injection into my spine. He's very confident he can get me pain-free, but X-rays from 2019 show the problem has deteriorated a lot in 4 years. He says surgery may be in my future.

[Steve Carlton]

Good to have a diagnosis and treatments!

[Deschodt]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

I know, I know, I should know better that to ask a bunch crusty curmudgeon's about some new age thing like acupuncture.

My sis-in -law and wife go for treatments... so at my wife's urging I gave it a try... can't say I was doing cart wheels leaving the place but honestly it made my wife so happy that I was open minded enough to give it a try it might be worth it to keep going just to make her happy.

Has anyone else here tried it? (slipping on nomex overalls)

Mixed bag. Used it for sports injuries/feet issues.. Some left needles in my body (after I asked if they got them all). You need to find a good one, with a good rep. Then I found that it does work. But it does not last long... I got decent relief for a week or 2 but not permanent fixes... All in all it's worth trying.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by Deschodt

Mixed bag. Used it for sports injuries/feet issues.. Some left needles in my body (after I asked if they got them all). You need to find a good one, with a good rep. Then I found that it does work. But it does not last long... I got decent relief for a week or 2 but not permanent fixes... All in all it's worth trying.

I've had good luck overall, and when I started, he treated something that I didn't know he was treating and noticed a huge difference.