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[TheBoy]

Maybe they help in the same way as a placebo or a faith healer.

Thats my view of things like acupuncture etc. But if it works for an individual, who cares

But clearly, won't work for everyone.

[horsecow]

I think that chiropractor/osteopath/physio/acupuncture, all these things will work for some but not others and work better for different problems. I've seen tons of all these types of specialists in the past yr and haven't found any that work for me this time but in the past they have. Everyone I've met has recommended a different specialist and sworn by them, i.e if this guy cant fix you then no-one can but I'm still not fixed. I too hate taking medication but its at the point where I'm happily taking whatever they give me just to ease the pain although I am worried about whats doing to my internals. At the minute my prescribed medication is 50mg tramadol, 500mg co-codamol and 25mg zomig migraine tabs which I take when required. Sometimes I have to take 2 of each.
The problem I have is that the medication only cures the pain and not the cause of it. The body is like anything else and runs on processes so there has to be something else wrong somewhere which is causing me to have constant headaches and migraines but they dont seem to want to find out what this is and keep pumping me with meds to kill the pain. Rant over!!

[Lazydocker]

I'm not a fan of medication, but have to take it to function in any way near normally I have cut mine down to morning (to give some relief to get up and get ready for the day) and night (to try and get a couple of hours sleep!)

If I manage to sleep 2-3 hours without waking up in pain I've had a good night

But at least I'm far enough down the line that I should be getting treatment in the next 6 months which will be the last thing that can be done... If it doesn't work (and it's possible it will make things worse ) then I'm stuck with it

I find that a gentle walk, although painful, means that I am getting some exercise and stops me going stir crazy Most frustrating thing is not being able to do the work I always used to do but, thankfully, I have made some good friends through this forum who have stepped in and helped out

[Gaffers]

Maybe they help in the same way as a placebo or a faith healer.

Thats my view of things like acupuncture etc. But if it works for an individual, who cares

But clearly, won't work for everyone.

acupuncture worked for my back muscle pain.  I was in a cycle whereby the back would spasm and damage the muscle further to the point where I could hardly walk.  The doc gave me three weekly sessions of acupuncture which broke this cycle and I was running again in 3 weeks

[ozzycat]

i use oxynorm and matrafin which are fenytal patches witch take the edge off my nerve pain but the whitdrawal symptoms are horrendous if your late changing the patches

[Jukeboxnut]

Having suffered with back pain for many years, I finally tried acupuncture about 2 years ago and I have to say the result was amazing.  The pain relief was virtually instantaneous and after regular sessions I am almost as flexible as I was 40 years ago.

[Jimbob]

I never beleived in acupuncture...
Till I watched it performed on Laura, you could see it work!

Shocked didnt start to describe it...Im now a firm beleiver - for the right thing.

[Gaffers]

I never beleived in acupuncture...
Till I watched it performed on Laura, you could see it work!

Shocked didnt start to describe it...Im now a firm beleiver - for the right thing.

Agreed, I was the biggest sceptic until I experienced it.  But I do believe that or some things it is very worthwhile whereas for other problems it is pure codswallop

[cam2502]

Well the pain has subsided, able to sit down and stand up with just the tiniest of twinges now rather than the red hot poker pain of a couple of days ago. Not back at work til Friday so hopefully by then i should be back to normal. Taking it easy until then though so fingers crossed.

[SIR Philbutt]

Well the pain has subsided, able to sit down and stand up with just the tiniest of twinges now rather than the red hot poker pain of a couple of days ago. Not back at work til Friday so hopefully by then i should be back to normal. Taking it easy until then though so fingers crossed.

Thats good news, but manage it carefully. Take it easy and dont do anything to set it off again. Once the muscle's are damaged they spasm for the smallest of reasons.
Get some form of lumbar support, there are plenty about. I eventually settled on a leather weight lifters type belt. When I feel my back straining I use it for a couple of days, while working, and it seems to help.

HTH
phil