That left a mark.

Posted on January 30, 2015

I am STILL battling this unrelenting trigger point issue in my arm. 8 weeks now. I have had luck with acupuncture in the past and I know it works well for pain if nothing else so why the heck not? I got a referral from a dear friend that is on the integrative med bandwagon I am on. Off I went.

After the usual first time questions, my health is good blah blah, I sleep great, no stress etc NOW PUT THOSE NEEDLES ALL OVER ME AND MAKE THE HURTIN STOP!

Not only did I get stuck with over 30 needles, some of them got hooked up to high frequency then she cupped the area with 7 cups. It looks like I got in a hickie contest with a giant octopus. I was hoping she would do that to me to help pull the toxins out of the muscle knot and let it release. I really wanted dry needling but that didn't happen.

After all that she scraped my painful areas with some sort of hard plastic flat thing (gua sha) and that helped some too.

I will say I do feel some of the pain is released. I have kept it fairly immobile after the appointment. I did my workout prior as I knew I would have to lay low after and let my body calm down after all that activity. The arm and hand numbness that keeps showing up all day and night has considerably died down and ths sharpness of the trigger point is diminished considerably as well.

Usally I cook 95% of what I eat (yes I am constantly doing dishes) but I had to resist picking up the chef knife today and eat ready made food and some of my healthy leftovers (Ok maybe a bowl of shredded wheat for dinner). Not happy about that but I made my goal thank goodness so I can be a tad less strict now. Feeling 100% well is #1 priority. I want my quality of life back.

Dry January is almost over. Maybe tequila on Monday. HA

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Victoria M.

04/15/2015 7:46AM

We all marvel at your careful pics... Lots of time to journal about your successes and strength. Good for you:)

GeminiWitch83 Amanda

01/30/2015 9:43PM

I am so sorry to hear of your issues. I am happy for you though that you have received some help with your acupuncture treatment though. I hope you continue to heal quickly. Have you ever tried a massage therapist? During my rehabilitation therapy after my car accident, both my PT provider often provided some trigger point release deep muscle massage when I had really bad days. I was later in a couple minor car accidents about 5 years later that completely re-ignited all of the trigger point issues in my back. I then saw a massage therapist at my chiropractor's office for a few months who used the same deep tissue and trigger point release massage techniques. She would also use things like ultrasound or electrical stimulation on some of my pesky places from time to time. Maintenance chiropractor adjustments have been a part of my life every so often since my near-fatal car accident too.

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Jogger Girl

Yes I have a great chiro (although since I started running i haven't had to go see him!) and I have a massage therapist that comes to my home. Her usual magic hands haven't helped this unfortuately. I woke up a little while ago and really the pain calmed down overnight. I slept hard and according to fitbit I had 99% sleep quality vs my usual 94%. Whatever she did to me yesterday had a positive effect clearly :)

GeminiWitch83 Amanda

Well that is great that the acupuncture has helped. I haven't had to see my chiropractor for awhile either since I started using my AeroPilates Reformer and starting doing Yoga again. Sorry the massage therapist hasn't been helping, but at least your pain has been tackled somewhat finally!