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Yes I have.
I twisted my knee on a stag do paint ball session. It was very painful and there was a therapist at my gym who said he could treat it.
I didn't believe in acupuncture but was desperate to get back to walking and normal gym sessions without pain, so I had 6 sessions where very thin needles were inserted around my knee cap and twisted and flicked, I was advised that it would encourage the muscle to repair itself. I had to keep my leg bent with the needles inserted for 10 minutes without straightening it as I would have snapped the needles. It took a bit of concentration to keep my leg bent when you are told not to straighten it
After those sessions, I haven't had any more pain or problems and that was 8 years ago so it worked for me.
Good luck
I twisted my knee on a stag do paint ball session. It was very painful and there was a therapist at my gym who said he could treat it.
I didn't believe in acupuncture but was desperate to get back to walking and normal gym sessions without pain, so I had 6 sessions where very thin needles were inserted around my knee cap and twisted and flicked, I was advised that it would encourage the muscle to repair itself. I had to keep my leg bent with the needles inserted for 10 minutes without straightening it as I would have snapped the needles. It took a bit of concentration to keep my leg bent when you are told not to straighten it
After those sessions, I haven't had any more pain or problems and that was 8 years ago so it worked for me.
Good luck
Yes dislocated my shoulder about 10 years ago really badly. Put back in by an RAF dr. Scanned and told there was quite bad ligament damage. Was never right afterwards. Was told after a few months of physio with the raf physio that’s as good as it would get.
Wife saw an osteopath for back problems and I happened to mention my shoulder / neck pain and limited range of movement.
Osteopath treated me with acupuncture along with multiple other things. Range of movement over the course of 6 months (12 treatments) went from 70% to 95%. Which is as good as it will ever get really without surgery and even then they can’t guarantee it would get better.
Did the acupuncture make any difference, not sure but the amalgamation of the 12 treatments did.
Wife saw an osteopath for back problems and I happened to mention my shoulder / neck pain and limited range of movement.
Osteopath treated me with acupuncture along with multiple other things. Range of movement over the course of 6 months (12 treatments) went from 70% to 95%. Which is as good as it will ever get really without surgery and even then they can’t guarantee it would get better.
Did the acupuncture make any difference, not sure but the amalgamation of the 12 treatments did.
[quote=Ozone]Yes I have.
I twisted my knee on a stag do paint ball session. It was very painful and there was a therapist at my gym who said he could treat it.
I didn't believe in acupuncture but was desperate to get back to walking and normal gym sessions without pain, so I had 6 sessions where very thin needles were inserted around my knee cap and twisted and flicked, I was advised that it would encourage the muscle to repair itself. I had to keep my leg bent with the needles inserted for 10 minutes without straightening it as I would have snapped the needles. It took a bit of concentration to keep my leg bent when you are told not to straighten it
After those sessions, I haven't had any more pain or problems and that was 8 years ago so it worked for me.
Good luck[/quote
I hurt my rotator cuff at the gym twice.
First time my physio suggested acupuncture as part of the treatment.
My shoulder got better.
The second time a few years later I had the same injury. Didn’t have acupuncture.
My shoulder got better.
I’d suggest you can draw no conclusions from your knee.
I twisted my knee on a stag do paint ball session. It was very painful and there was a therapist at my gym who said he could treat it.
I didn't believe in acupuncture but was desperate to get back to walking and normal gym sessions without pain, so I had 6 sessions where very thin needles were inserted around my knee cap and twisted and flicked, I was advised that it would encourage the muscle to repair itself. I had to keep my leg bent with the needles inserted for 10 minutes without straightening it as I would have snapped the needles. It took a bit of concentration to keep my leg bent when you are told not to straighten it
After those sessions, I haven't had any more pain or problems and that was 8 years ago so it worked for me.
Good luck
[/quoteI hurt my rotator cuff at the gym twice.
First time my physio suggested acupuncture as part of the treatment.
My shoulder got better.
The second time a few years later I had the same injury. Didn’t have acupuncture.
My shoulder got better.
I’d suggest you can draw no conclusions from your knee.
The physio I go to has given me acupuncture for sciatica and back pain a couple of times alongside the usual massage and exercises.
I’m as skeptical as they come but it does generate some strange sensations and is probably beneficial even if there’s no more to it beyond encouraging a bit of extra blood flow to the area. The physio openly said she can’t explain it but she’s seen it appear to beneficial enough to continue doing it.
It certainly didn’t do any harm and it didn’t really cost anything as it just killed some time during an appointment.
I wouldn’t hang my hat on it as a solution to all ills on its own but in combination with other treatments, why not?
I’m as skeptical as they come but it does generate some strange sensations and is probably beneficial even if there’s no more to it beyond encouraging a bit of extra blood flow to the area. The physio openly said she can’t explain it but she’s seen it appear to beneficial enough to continue doing it.
It certainly didn’t do any harm and it didn’t really cost anything as it just killed some time during an appointment.
I wouldn’t hang my hat on it as a solution to all ills on its own but in combination with other treatments, why not?
Scabutz said:
I had it once for a shoulder issue, it did nothing. I then had it again for a lower back issue and am not being a t
t it was like being touched by Jesus Christ. I went from hardly walking to riding my bike for 5 hours the next day. No idea what it did or how.
Exactly the same as me with the back. Weird. t it was like being touched by Jesus Christ. I went from hardly walking to riding my bike for 5 hours the next day. No idea what it did or how.
Louis Balfour said:
xx99xx said:
Yes, for a long term pain in my ass (cheek).
I don't think it did anything beneficial. Stretching helped more.
I've just Googled ass stretching. No sign of acupuncture, but quite a lot of pricks.I don't think it did anything beneficial. Stretching helped more.
Their spelling of arse.
No right minded British citizen would use ‘ass’.
Good lady has suffered hot flushes for 3+ decades, tried all sorts of remedies (combinations of natural products) because the usual treatments the medics provide have real long term use dangers, ie increased breast cancer risk.
None of the above work for very long or completely anyway, whatever is used takes some time to build up resistance and becomes less effective again after a while, any mature woman who suffers with this will tell you a similar story.
Tried acupuncture and the same Chinese practitioner supplied some strange looking dried herbs/plants which were to be steeped in hot water for a period of time and then drunk.
Result, almost instantaneous relief which lasted.
However the cost was too prohibitive to continue long term and the tea type drink was the most foul smelling tasting thing imagineable.
Nothing else worked but the combination of treatments via a Chinese acupuncturist did so immediately.
None of the above work for very long or completely anyway, whatever is used takes some time to build up resistance and becomes less effective again after a while, any mature woman who suffers with this will tell you a similar story.
Tried acupuncture and the same Chinese practitioner supplied some strange looking dried herbs/plants which were to be steeped in hot water for a period of time and then drunk.
Result, almost instantaneous relief which lasted.
However the cost was too prohibitive to continue long term and the tea type drink was the most foul smelling tasting thing imagineable.
Nothing else worked but the combination of treatments via a Chinese acupuncturist did so immediately.
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