Does Acupuncture really work for pain relief?!
Question:
Does Acupuncture really work for pain relief?
I have this shoulder that is bung. Doc said I need to upgrade it to plastic but un the interim I should have 6 courses of cortesone injections guided by ultrasound.... So I dont like that idea very much .... and the plastic shoulder reconstruction is just unacceptable given my tender young age of mid 40.. and I still want to workout at the gym so if I speed up the wear on my shoulder, so what.. at least I can use it except for the pain... which is where acupuncture comes in...
Does acupuncture really work? Like I can appreciate that sterio music headphones make your mind think the sound is coming from the middle of your head... so it is logical that if someone sticks 3 pins in your right leg and 32 pins in your left shoulder often enough you are going to start thinking that the pain in your shoulder isnt too bad... and pain managememt is physchological right? or wrong?
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i had orthoscopic surgery for my shoulder. i had a tear and some other stuff. accupunture helped some. i had it done for neck pain from some buldging disks and the pain went away immediately but, a few days later the pain returned but, it was great for me. my ems instructor had his shoulder replaced also but with surgical steel and i had surgery so i can feel ur pain. it's not cool in the least. as per the shots...i've never heard of them using sonogram to put them in. 6 shots ? that sounds too excessive. sounds like u can use a 2nd opinion to be on the safe side. those shots have lots of side effects.
you should only get 1 a month. after 3 shots...i was done...it was torcher...and i gave in for surgery. good luck. and don't pop too many pain meds...u'll get addicted fast, especially if they gave you percocet, oxycodone or vicodin. go with the accupuncture and see how it goes until suregry. i'll pray for you...and btw: get the nerve block. it'll block the pain for about 3 days. i didn't get it and once i awoke from surgery i was a screaming mad woman. and they all said i should've gotten the nerve block. so they gave me morphin for the pain and almost died in recovery. i was allergic and never kneew it since i never had that med before. i stopped breathing 6 times.