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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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jetsetter | @jetsetter | Dec 2, 2021
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@basslakebabe19

I have to disagree that needling doesn’t work. I had the worst case of shingles Drs. had seen. The cure for my case of severe shingles pain came from a very talented acupuncture therapist. I loved how she described, “Next, we are going to cut off the head of the dragon” because Chinese medicine compared the pain of shingles to that of dragon breath.

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I am finding acupuncture to be fascinating and bizarre in a good way. The body is such a miracle and we still have a lot to learn about treatments and how and why things get messed up inside of us glad it helped you, I will continue to go for my treatments with a positive attitude.

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jetsetter | @jetsetter | Dec 2, 2021
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@mikaylar

Thank you. Meantime the headache carries on - 28 months now.

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What kind of treatments do you use to help lessen the headaches?

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jetsetter | @jetsetter | Dec 2, 2021
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@cookiepic

I'm doing pt now and next week l am going to try the dry needling. I talk to a patient at pt that is getting it done and she said it had helped. I've read alot about it and it seems it does the most help for people with neck and back pain.
I had VNg tests, hearing test from ENT.
Can l ask what your issue is? Is it just vertigo or do your DDD too

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My main issue is neck pain on my left side. I had it 2 years ago on my right and it went away after a year of me doing PT. I continued to do the PT exercises but about 6 months ago it started to hurt on the left side.

In August I started having sinus pressure and frontal headaches that lasted for about 2 months. I have Sjogren’s, so we have very dry mucosa including sinuses. Then those sinus type headaches stopped and I began to have pain radiating up from my neck to the back of my head. I also have what I call skull/top of head pain and headaches which my PCP thinks may be originating in the cervical spine DDD.

These headaches started in Oct. the day after I quit taking gabapentin (weaned from 900 mg day to 300 to 100 to 0 over a 3 weeks period), so it’s only been about 6 weeks of weird headaches that seem aggravated when I bend forward or move my head. Strange… any ideas anyone?

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cookiepic | @cookiepic | Dec 2, 2021
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@jetsetter

My main issue is neck pain on my left side. I had it 2 years ago on my right and it went away after a year of me doing PT. I continued to do the PT exercises but about 6 months ago it started to hurt on the left side.

In August I started having sinus pressure and frontal headaches that lasted for about 2 months. I have Sjogren’s, so we have very dry mucosa including sinuses. Then those sinus type headaches stopped and I began to have pain radiating up from my neck to the back of my head. I also have what I call skull/top of head pain and headaches which my PCP thinks may be originating in the cervical spine DDD.

These headaches started in Oct. the day after I quit taking gabapentin (weaned from 900 mg day to 300 to 100 to 0 over a 3 weeks period), so it’s only been about 6 weeks of weird headaches that seem aggravated when I bend forward or move my head. Strange… any ideas anyone?

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What you describe is my issue now. I have bad neck poison from my DDD. I get head discomfort up the back of my head to the top. And when really bad my balance is off. Gone to ENT, orthopedic doctor. Now I'll try neuro. And as l said before I'm trying dry needling next week.

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mikaylar | @mikaylar | Dec 2, 2021
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@jetsetter

What kind of treatments do you use to help lessen the headaches?

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Nothing lessens the headaches. Nothing! Had nerve blocks, meds, blood patches in my spine, on and on.

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debkl | @debkl | Dec 2, 2021
In reply to @jetsetter "My main issue is neck pain on my left side. I had it 2 years ago..." + (show)
@jetsetter

My main issue is neck pain on my left side. I had it 2 years ago on my right and it went away after a year of me doing PT. I continued to do the PT exercises but about 6 months ago it started to hurt on the left side.

In August I started having sinus pressure and frontal headaches that lasted for about 2 months. I have Sjogren’s, so we have very dry mucosa including sinuses. Then those sinus type headaches stopped and I began to have pain radiating up from my neck to the back of my head. I also have what I call skull/top of head pain and headaches which my PCP thinks may be originating in the cervical spine DDD.

These headaches started in Oct. the day after I quit taking gabapentin (weaned from 900 mg day to 300 to 100 to 0 over a 3 weeks period), so it’s only been about 6 weeks of weird headaches that seem aggravated when I bend forward or move my head. Strange… any ideas anyone?

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Look into cervicogenic headache. The pain pattern fits that, as does being triggered by position. The olfactory nerve can get irritated, causing what feels like sinusitis. It is often misdiagnosed as migraine.

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jetsetter | @jetsetter | Dec 2, 2021
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@debkl

Look into cervicogenic headache. The pain pattern fits that, as does being triggered by position. The olfactory nerve can get irritated, causing what feels like sinusitis. It is often misdiagnosed as migraine.

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Thank you, it’s the weirdest feeling. I feel better when I rest in the afternoon. I usually feel fine for the most part and then boom, I move a certain way and this pain hits me in the head. Muscle relaxers seem to help. I take just 1 mg in the morning when I start noticing it and then 2 mg at night before bed.

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jetsetter | @jetsetter | Dec 2, 2021
In reply to @cookiepic "What you describe is my issue now. I have bad neck poison from my DDD. I..." + (show)
@cookiepic

What you describe is my issue now. I have bad neck poison from my DDD. I get head discomfort up the back of my head to the top. And when really bad my balance is off. Gone to ENT, orthopedic doctor. Now I'll try neuro. And as l said before I'm trying dry needling next week.

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Have you heard of this anti-inflammatory? Indometacin is supposed to help this type of head pain.

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jetsetter | @jetsetter | Dec 2, 2021
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@debkl

Yes, the colorful descriptions are what led me to study TCM back in early 2000s. One of the instructors I had taught how the relationship between client and practitioner often is what contributes most to healing, in addition to regression to the mean.

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I have felt a true connection to this doctor. She is very competent, concerned, skilled and it’s obvious she cares deeply about helping her patients. I’m glad you mentioned this as I think I have the potential for a relationship like this with her. I’m ready to get home sat and start again on the acupuncture sessions.

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cookiepic | @cookiepic | Dec 2, 2021
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@jetsetter

Have you heard of this anti-inflammatory? Indometacin is supposed to help this type of head pain.

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I've never heard of it. Something to look into.

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