Pin Cusion (Acupuncture)
I've had two sessions with a physical therapist with many more to come. Focus:stretching and massage. I've heard about acupuncture, some say it works, some say its a bandaid. I went to see Dr. Jin this morning  , yep I'm willing to try the bandaid. I'm not fond of needles but now scared of them either. He was checking me over and pushing and prodding and asking me where it hurt. I was laying on my belly on the table and he got to the back of my leg...prodded that and I reared up on the table and yelled. Yep, that hurt.In go the needles, not 'really" pain but not comfortable either. Relax he says, those will be in for half an hour. No difference yet. Two sessions a week, $75.00 a session, cash. My insurance does not pay, I checked yesterday. Lets hope the bandaid works!!!! |
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| I'll be interested to hear your results. I've had sciatica issues off and on for a decade. A friend of mine does as well and had the surgery to fix the bulging disk pinching the sciatic nerve, and has had major complications since, and it's been a year this month since the surgery. Have you had a CT scan of your spine yet? |
| I have had flareups with my sciatica from time to time and I can't imagine having that pain on a constant basis!!! You poor thing!! I have heard that acupuncture does work...hopefully you will have some relief very soon....keep us posted!!! Good luck!!!!  |
| Good luck with that. I would try it too I will say, Todd tried the drugs (legal - that sounds bad), PT, even the steroid block injhections with his 1st big flare up. His CT showed discs of a 50 year old (he was early 30's) and dried up discs, primarily from heavy smoking since a teen.  He eventually had surgery and has been good for 10 years+, just the one bad flareup earlier this year. Hope yours gets better!! |
| Does your insurance cover any chiropractic? How about physical therapy with traction? The all-out assault of heat, massage, stretching, nerve stimulation and muscle relaxants and NSAID and Tylenol all at once followed by the light traction..... I found relief from acute back-throwing-out-with-sciatica by dangling my legs and consciously relaxing my back while holding myself up in an inside corner of my kitchen countertops. I guess it was a little home-grown traction. I wish you luck in finding a little bit of relief from that awful nagging and debilitating pain. |
| i had the same thing i could not walk after 3 session i felt 1000 times better make sure that they really know their stuff like mine did |
Good luck with the acupuncture, I hope it helps you. Acupuncture has a good reputation for helping settle pain, including neuralgias like sciatica, but like anything else it doesnt work for everyone so unfortunately you have to pay the dollars and give it a try. |
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