Posted on 07/27/2014 12:14:51 PM PDT by lee martell
acupuncture plus aspirin, brace and time, helped me a LOT
There’s a modern method that uses electrical impulses in place of the needles. Might be better or less expensive (might be!).
I use trad Chinese medic, along with also using Western medicine. That guy is EXPENSIVE! My acu gal doc is about $60 a visit, and that includes the first visit. I had some luck with acu. She puts in the needles, they don’t hurt. Then she hooks up an electronic device that sends pulses of juice to the needles. Interesting!
She couldn’t do a thing for my arthritic knee, though she certainly tried. She referred me t an herb doc. He was the head of a hospital in Shanghai before he emigrated. Very experienced guy, and now a good friend. He gave me a bag of various herbs to make tea with. First visit, no luck. Second visit he made the mix stronger as I’m much bigger than his usual Chinese patients. It helped! Third visit, no more knee problems. 15 years ago I walked with a cane, now I don’t even know where my cane is! Oh! $40 a visit.
He’s in Cleveland. Nothing could really help my back though. “Too much damage” he said.
It helps some, not all. It’s IMO worth pursuing because it is so much less intrusive than surgery. That’s the simple calculus.
If acupuncture works at all it is probably due to inflammation caused by the intrusion of the needle. Not likely to have any long term curative benefits I would think.
They’ve been using it for thousands of year so yes it has its uses. It will take time and won’t help in all cases.
Acupuncture does not work for about 15% of people. For the rest, for some it sort of helps, for others it helps a lot.
First, a few questions.
Did he recommend any herbal medicine to go with the acupuncture? In the case of tendonitis, herbs are typically suggested to reduce inflammation as well as to help strengthen the tendon itself.
Did you have any medicines in your system when getting your acupuncture, especially analgesics or pain relievers, or anti-inflammatory drugs?
Which tendons? These three give me calf stiffness and calf cramps:
http://www.rad.washington.edu/academics/academic-sections/msk/muscle-atlas/lower-body/flexor-hallucis-longus
I’ve figured how to tape them to get rig of the problem
https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=813601268684882&id=100001050484690&set=a.539414272770251.128192.100001050484690&source=48
I would like to know what herbs were in that tea that helped your knee. Only if you’re okay with sharing that information.. I’m glad you found help. I was interested because it’s less intrusive than surgery and I would not have to miss work during six weeks on recovery. I still intend to get on the waiting list for surgery though.
My boss’s chronic tendonitis was “cured” 10 years ago by buying and wearing SAS shoes. Expensive, but worth it.
I put “cured” in quotes because recently he stupidly sprinted across the sand on the beach, twisted something, and it came back really bad.
If I were to pay $150 for an acupuncture treatement, I would convince myself it worked.........
For later. Thanks.
I’m unable to view your pages, but the concept sounds clever. I have trouble with the tendon right under my ankle. This same tendon goes up into my calves. Sometimes there is edema.
Pain Management;
It’s a whole new education pursuit I was not expecting.
I've never experienced acupuncture, I've never considered acupuncture, and I'm not planning to.
However, if your first experience was "so-so" I would consider that a success and continue. Perfection is the enemy of good enough and so-so is not that far behind good enough.
That’s a very thoughtful reply. Something to consider.
I’ll post the pics from my laptop when I get home tonight .... I was trying from iPhone and didn’t work
Arch supports cured my foot pain. Completely cured it!
Tip: Get blood tests and check your thyroid level and your B-12 level (anemia). This what was the root cause for me of some of the same ailments you describe.
As we age we don’t have as much intrinsic factor to absorb vitamin B-12. For me even absorption under the tongue didn’t work. I went for a B-12 shot and oila!
There is a company that now for the first time produces a Vitamin B-12 supplement with intrinsic factor. It’s called Trinfac-B. Try it or a B-12 shot as an experiment and see what happens. I have no conflict of interest in the company that makes the product but thus far it also seems to be helping.
It isn’t always tendonitus or other problems that are the cause, they can also just be symptoms.
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