Dry Needling or other modalities for Painful Trigger Point

@fourleaf
Thank you for telling about your positive experience with dry needling.
I believe I read one of your threads yesterday about your ENT surgery. I am sorry that cannot find locate that thread again. Was that surgery to help with migraines?

@maxieg

The sinus surgery didn't help the migraine. But it did work on reducing sinus infections.

@julbpat Wondering how many sessions you have had, and how long your relief lasted after each session. Thx.

@nannybb over about 3 years, I’ve had probably at least 60 sessions. The relief is kind of addictive. Of course, because of SFN, the knots return. How quickly depends on my activities. I’m not a sedentary person. My legs have always been muscular, so those muscular calves and thighs are always tight. I have painful knots in my glutes and quads all the time. My upper body isn’t very strong, but using my arms doing my gardening keeps my shoulders and upper back tight with knots.
So …. I guess it’s just like an addiction! I love the relief, but it doesn’t last even two weeks usually.

I'm glad you can still find some things you like to do. Yes? I know 2 weeks is not long to be without pain, but it sounds great to me. How did you get so strong in your lower body? Cycling,? Running?
I really miss Running and hiking. Does insurance help with treatment?

I was having awful muscle spasms from my neck and T1 stenosis. One session relieved them. Now I'm having them from them for the nerve pain caused by T1. I've only had one session and it really helped, but I still have some of the nerve pain. Seeing neurosurgeon December 3rd.

@nannybb I did a brisk morning walk every morning for at least 30 years. I also did a leisurely bike ride in my neighborhood after dinner. I can’t power walk anymore. If I walk too much distance now, I’m likely to have a bad session of Restless Leg Syndrome that night. Plus walking is painful.
I got an E-bike last summer, and often do a 40 minute easy bike ride. I avoid even small hills, because it sends stabbing pain into my knees. And about 40 minutes is all I can do before pain gets too bad.
Plus I come from a family of muscular legs!

Goodness! Your choices of physical activities were pretty much what I was doing. I got in my best shape after shoulder surgery. I went about a year and a half not working, just staying home thinking that was it for me.
Then one day I restarted floor exercise and moved on to walking for distance, then power walking. I moved to Fl. and was able to bike, hike, swim and resume being a nanny. I think I am dealing, not only with pain from surgery this time, but SAD. Too much rain in Oregon. Is there any possibility that you injured your knees? I had to have surgery from running on the wrong surfaces right before moving and have had pretty good results.