Acupuncture?

My daughter had a very bad back and was having physio on it and then it was suggested she try acupuncture. Two sessions only and the pain had gone.

I have had acupuncture from three practitioners. The first was a CWT; the second - the pain went away like magic; the third uses it to boost "energy" in my nerves or whatever; it helps with the pain in my neck [yeah yeah ], and he does it every so often.
So - I think it depends on the practitioner.
good luck.

I've also used it to boost my energy and recently I had two sessions which brought down my eye pressure. It has been in the 20s for some years now, but after acupuncture the Glaucoma Unit told me that it had reduced to 15 and 17. Impressive stuff.

Yes, it does work. The first time I tried it I was walking like Mrs Overall and I came out from the appointment pain free and walking tall.

My DD swears by it; and I have tried it for pain - I can't say it made any difference.

It is difficult to know with longer courses of acupuncture whether it is the treatment or time that has effected the cure!

I had tennis elbow and was fitted with a brace thing (like a tight bandage)which has the effect of shortening the tendon so it gets some rest and it got better after a few weeks.

I have had Acupuncture which was used by an osteopath I was seeing for back pain as an adjunct to her regular treatment. She connected the needles to a Tens machine - don't know if it worked but my back got a lot better eventually (no cure of course).

I had it at doctors years ago. He was doing a course and looking for guinea pigs. I had it on my painful neck and it was like a miracle cure. D.H. had acupuncture for a very bad facial tic (whole side of face went into spasm). NHS could only offer BOTOX. We refused and paid privately for acupuncture. He had to have quite a lot of treatment but it worked. It's definitely worth a try.

Definitely worked for me on an ankle injury. The physio had tried other treatments, which failed, and then he used acupuncture. There was an improvement within half an hour and I only needed three treatments.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

Sounds like its worth a try. Nothing is broken but its certainly not working properly.

DD1 is a acupuncturist and they don't expect the treatment to work all the time. You should try it and see and if it doesn't work, if there is absolutely no improvement then stop your treatments. You can tell after two or three treatmenst if it is working.
The WHO recommend acupuncture for migraine BUT 35 treatments which no health service will provide. Go on the WHO web site and see what they advise.

'Acupuncture cannot mend that which is broken but can improve that which is not working properly'

I had acupuncture at our doctors surgery so i didn't have to pay for it. I am very open to treatments like this so i was hopeful it would help with my chronic pain. Unfortunately, it didn't make a scrap of difference but, i still feel it could help others. If it is an option give it a go, you really don't have anything to lose and it isn't at all painful

If you can afford it try it. I have had this for tension headaches and a year or so ago for pains in my arms which were giving me a lot of trouble. All stress related. I feel I could do with a top up after a very stressful couple of weeks. I am trying to manage it by relaxing. I