Does accupuncture work well for nerve pain?

Question

I have had acute nerve pain in my neck for 5 months. I have been to a chiropractor, 2 neurologists, massage therapy, and pain management (epidural shots). Nothing has worked. Today I had my first session of cupping and accupuncture. I feel pretty good, but sore. i just want to hear some stories from other people to see if they had good results and if this works. Thanks!

I am currently on Lyrica and was previously on Neurontin. Lyrica is helping some and doesn't have the sleepyness like Neurontin

Answer 1

You need an MRI of your neck to rule out a herniated spinal disc or arthritis. There are a variety of meds that can help reduce your pain (Neurontin and Lyrica are great), but the exact treatment will depend on the cause of your disease. Keep shopping around for a neurologist that you like--good ones are hard to find.

Answer 2

There is no medicine for almost all painful diseases especially the NERVE pains. Hence they become chronic.
Acidity, excessive wind, cold , heat, sour food and sinusitis, constipation, intestinal inflammation;
Blockage in the flow of Vital Energy are their causes. None of them can be treated with medicine.
Acupuncture is the best treatment. Keep going.

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SHREE SWASTHYAYOG TREATMENT, TRAINING & RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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Answer 3

I have known many people who say that acupuncture has saved their lives, by reducing their pain levels. I think as you continue the treatments you will see what happens for you. Everybody's body is different and therefore responds differently to therapies. I certainly hope this works for you.

Answer 4

My chiropractor confirmed me some workouts that helped me recover from sciatica that became so undesirable i ought to slightly step off a decrease with out discomfort. working or perhaps strolling became out of the question. the main nicely known workout became what he stated as "compression", and it in contact pulling my knees as much as my chest to the component that I felt average discomfort, yet no longer previous that. i chanced on that doing the workout with my backbone loaded particularly than on my returned made it greater useful, so I used to do the workout with my knees against the exterior fringe of a wood picnic table seat (with regards to the perfect replenish the floor to hit the tops of my knees while crouched down) and my arms on the interior part to tug my torso forward and prepare rigidity on the knees. i might carry that place till the discomfort subsided, commonly some minute. yet another workout became to do a hamstring stretch, one leg at a time and gently twist my top torso in the direction of that leg's component till average discomfort became felt and returned preserving the placement till the discomfort subsided. The picnic table I used became additionally clever for this, employing the table floor to help the leg being stretched, and there became a handy tree next to it that I used to help do the twist. good success!

Answer 5

I suffer from whiplash and I am thinking of trying that as well. I have tried massage and stretching to limited success.