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Anyone tried Dry Needling or Acupuncture for Pain or Neuropathy?

Posted by judypall @judypall, Mar 22, 2019

Has anyone had any luck with either dry needling or acupuncture? I have tried each of them one time. But made my feet tingle more. The PT who was administering the dry needling said that it goes through a cycle of pain to get better. I wasn’t too sure on that. Anyone?

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pitou | @pitou | Jan 27 5:00pm
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@wisfloj

<p>18 sessions, twice a week and feeling it’s a waste of time and money. Still have good days and bad, trying PEA also, but would like to hear if acupuncture worked for anyone and perhaps I need to continue....? I guess trying one solution at a time is wiser. Thanks for sharing your experiences.</p>

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I tried acupuncture several times, several places, over 15 years. Didn’t help me, but doesn’t mean it won’t help you. We’re all different.

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vvvalsigkap | @vvvalsigkap | Jan 28 5:36pm

I have had 3 dry needling treatments for lower back pain. Because of scheduling problems, mine were not 3 weeks in a row, but a couple of weeks apart. I thought it felt somewhat better after the treatment and heat after for about 15 minutes. However, it did not seem to last long.

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marcia | @marciak9 | Jan 29 8:27am

I have tried acupuncture. 10 sessions over 10 weeks it didn’t help at all with my neuropathy.

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julbpat | @julbpat | Jan 29 8:58am

My PT does dry needling often. Most of my trigger points are in my glutes, and along my outer thigh, from hip to knee. When I poke around, I can easily feel them as super tender spots. The dry needling immediately releases the tension.
When the trigger point “releases”, there are spasms of pain. But afterward I feel better, and can walk without hobbling.
But it all comes back, over and over! There is no cure for neuropathy, only periods of relief.
I haven’t been to PT in over 2 weeks, because we had a snow and ice storm. Since then I’ve done some walking outside, enjoying the winter storm. I’ve taken stairs 3-4 times instead of an elevator. So the painful knots are all there, and starting to cause hip pain during the night that wakes me up. So we will do dry needling today.
That’s how it works for me.

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mlwilloughby | @mlwilloughby | Jan 29 9:45am

Who delivers the dry needling? A doctor? A PT?

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daj3333 | @daj3333 | Jan 29 2:58pm

I tried acupuncture for several months. It did not help me.

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gramham | @gramham | Jan 29 6:43pm
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@lisalucier

Hi, @judypall - I would be curious, too, if trying dry needling or acupuncture for neuropathy made my feet tingle more. Hoping other members can weigh in on the concept of going through a cycle of pain to get better with these therapies. I'd like to invite members who have talked about these modalities for various types of pain on Connect to weigh in on your experiences and these therapies and how they have worked for them, like @scgraham @awag @2011panc @mrhappy @nancgdav.

@judypall, are you scheduled for more of these treatments coming up soon?

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I have had dry needling for my upper back. I helped me. It has been about a year since I have been and my upper back is hurting again. It is a temporary fix, but if it helps for a few months that's good. My Physical Therapist was hoping to work on the neuropathy in my feet with needling but my insurance sessions ran out. My new pain doctor has ordered more for my upper back. If I can, I will have it done on my feet.

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orville85 | @orville85 | Jan 30 7:24pm
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@pitou

I tried acupuncture several times, several places, over 15 years. Didn’t help me, but doesn’t mean it won’t help you. We’re all different.

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I have also tried acupuncture and it was not helpful for my pain.

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orion7578 | @orion7578 | Jan 31 8:54am
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@orville85

I have also tried acupuncture and it was not helpful for my pain.

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I had Acupuncture for 13 sessions for a total of $1100 and it helped overnight. However the back pain/spasms returned the next morning. It wasn’t worth it to me to pay $85/ session for only a short window to be pain free.

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