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Anyone tried Dry Needling or Acupuncture for Pain or Neuropathy?
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It was recommended to try by my pt. I have DDD in my neck and that's where they want to do. Had anybody tried it and did it help. My C5,6 and 7 have no cushion left.
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I went yesterday for my first dry needling. Today l felt a little off.
Tinnitis louder and neck feeling still. I guess it takes awhile to work.
Sorry I don't have any personal experience with dry needling but I would like to know more about it as well. I've heard it's good for chronic tendonitis which is what I'm suffering from. I'm doing platelet rich plasma injections called PRP and I've done quite a few stem cell injections as well. The stem cell injections are where they take adipose tissue either from your pelvic bone or just straight from fat tissue and harvest the stem cells in it and inject them back into you. They can then create new cells or tissue. They call it regenerative medicine. It's a costly procedure and not covered by insurance unfortunately.
I find dry needling effective. The next day can be uncomfortable. but that passes. i have it done weekly. I am 91, X-rays show a lot of spinal trauma and bones spurs in neck.
Hi Jennifer,
I appreciate your response to my neck pain issue! You are wonderful to share your experience to try to help me.
I have seen a spinal surgeon, 2 years ago when I had the neck pain on the right side. He said I was a long way from needing any surgery. Then the pain disappeared. The recent MRI has not shown much change, but I do have multiple spinal issues. The headaches, thankfully, have subsided since I wrote that post a month ago. I still have some neck pain, but it’s not as bad as it was and I’m not having those head pains. I realize these could all return with a vengeance at any time, but I am hoping I have some time before I need surgery.
The main thing I have is narrowing of the facet joints I’m the cervical spine. This, along with arthritis and bone spurs is what is causing the pain.
I am scheduled to have some facet joint injections on Jan. 17th if I don’t chicken out before then and cancel. The doctor says she can only inject 1-2 ccs of medicine in those joints because they are so small in the cervical spine. It may work for a while, it may not help, and I realize it could potentially make things worse, thus my reluctance to start down this road. I decided to try it and see what happens.
Thank you for your input, I do appreciate it.
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