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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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naturegirl16 | @naturegirl16 | May 23 4:00pm
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@sueinmn

LDN works for my husband's RA pain as he cannot use NSAID's or most RA meds.
I am dealing with chronic pain and inflammation, and per my pain doc it will be the next step after we max out duloxetine and curcumin.
Afte much experimentation he has settled on 4.5mg for now, but this will undoubtedly change over time.
We are extremely fortunate to have a fabulous pain management doc with a supportive team.
Sue
PS All of the early titration was done with liquid, now he gets capsules from the compounding pharmacy.
S

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What do you mean by "max out on duloxetine and curcumin"? I take duloxetine for fibro pain...

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | May 23 8:21pm
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@naturegirl16

What do you mean by "max out on duloxetine and curcumin"? I take duloxetine for fibro pain...

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We have had to adjust my duloxetine dose to 90 mg. Based on my tolerance and increasing inflammation and pain, as well as fibro, I will probably eventually need to increase again in a year or two. I also take 900mg of curcumin (3x 300mg) a day. When I try more, I have side effects. NSAID's are not even possible for me.
So, we raised the possibility of LDN last week, and decided to hold off for now.
Sue

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fef | @fef | May 28 5:44am

Yes indeed, I did and guess what, for me it was a waste of time!
On saying that, everyone’s body is different and reacts differently to various procedures so my recommendation to you is give it a try.
Me, I take Advil at bed time, the rest of the day I just suck it up.
For the record I turned 90 in April and I do not let pain stop me, I fish, bowl, play golf, pickle ball and hike.
Lastly, maybe a pain management doctor would be helpful.
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pollypolly | @pollypolly | Jun 3 4:03pm
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@awag

Before I was finally diagnosed with PMR in my hips, I had a course of physical therapy, which included dry needling. It made my hip pain MUCH worse!! However, dry needling worked miracles on a shoulder injury I had last summer.
The ONLY thing I have found (except prednisone) that gives me any relief for my PMR hip pain is high quality CBD lotion. You have to make sure to know how much CBD is in the lotion as some of the stuff on the market is worthless. I am using a lotion that contains 100MG CBD. When I get hip pain in the middle of the night, I rub in some lotion and within 5-10 minutes I am PAIN FREE and can go back to sleep.

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What is PMR? Acronyms should be forbidden because many of us have no idea what you’re referring to!

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Jun 3 4:58pm
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@pollypolly

What is PMR? Acronyms should be forbidden because many of us have no idea what you’re referring to!

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Welcome @pollypolly, PMR stands for polymyalgia rheumatica or as some of us call it Mr. Ugly (and painful). Thank you for asking what it stands for as acronyms can be an issue when we don't know what they are. For a lot of us that have had polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) it's just easier to type PMR and we sometimes forget about those who are not familiar with the acronym. Do you mind sharing what brought you to Connect? Are you looking for information or answers to health related questions?

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francine0612 | @francine0612 | Jun 3 9:01pm

Dry needling hurts like hell and didn't help my pain at all.

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John, Volunteer Mentor | @johnbishop | Jun 4 7:30am
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@francine0612

Dry needling hurts like hell and didn't help my pain at all.

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Welcome @francine0612, Sorry to hear that you had a bad experience with the treatments and it didn't help your pain. Do you mind sharing a little more about your diagnosis and any treatments you've tried?

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mikaylar | @mikaylar | Jun 5 8:00am

Acupuncture useless for me. Tried cupping too. Didn't seem to do anything.

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holdrege | @holdrege | Jun 5 8:12am

Acupuncture helped just a little bit but any improvement was very temporary.

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bowersra | @bowersra | Jun 5 8:31am
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@johnbishop

Welcome @pollypolly, PMR stands for polymyalgia rheumatica or as some of us call it Mr. Ugly (and painful). Thank you for asking what it stands for as acronyms can be an issue when we don't know what they are. For a lot of us that have had polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) it's just easier to type PMR and we sometimes forget about those who are not familiar with the acronym. Do you mind sharing what brought you to Connect? Are you looking for information or answers to health related questions?

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You with Polymyalgia Rheumatica PMR …are you having eye problems with giant cell arthritis…I did and having lose in vision…

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