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Will insects provide pain relief?
Chronic Pain | Last Active: Aug 3 6:19am | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
I have a sure fire TEMPORARY treatment for nerve pain, getting tattooed. I've been getting tattooed by the same artist for over 20 years, so I'm heavily tattooed compared to someone who just has a few tattoos. For the last 7 or 8 years I've noticed that having some work done actually makes my nerve pain go away for as long as 3 days, or as little as 1 day. Every doctor that I've talked with has no idea why this happens, so it's a mystery. All I know is every time Brandon worked on me, I could literally feel the pain draining out of my feet after an hour or so. It was fucking awesome, I could walk like a normal person without the nerve pain. It doesn't do anything for my arthritis pain, but beggars can't be choosers.
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It sounds like it’s (just) raising your pain tolerance. I know that when my doctor asks me my pain level, I have to tell her 2 diff ones, the first is “normal” people, the 2nd is mine. Having been in chronic pain for almost 45 years, I can accept much more than the average person.
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I've been reading a bit about vibration therapy and know a few people who use vibration plates regularly for nerve pain. This is just me thinking out loud but I wonder if the constant vibrations from the tattoo gun provide a kind of colorful vibration therapy and subsequent pain relief? Our bodies do some wild things!