Yes. I tried acupuncture and with two hour long sessions a week apart found no benefit at all in fact the reverse after the second session. I had more pain and mobility issues. This was before diagnosis and starting prednisolone.

I’m not sure if PMR is autoimmune (I think it is). A really good acupuncturist I have seen says that acupuncture doesn’t work for autoimmune diseases because it actually improves immunity, thus making an autoimmune disease worse. I have used acupuncture for tendenitis and a problem with a very painful thumb with good results.

Apparently all of the rheumatologist tell their patients the PMR will be gone in one year but I haven't heard one person say that that happened. been on prednisone for almost two years now and every time I decrease the amount the fatigue and pains come back. My recent bone density test was not good and I would like not to take steroids but it does keep the symptoms somewhat subdued.