I've had acupuncture a few times over the years for chronic pain. Did it help the pain? For me no unfortunately it didn't. But I did find it extremely relaxing, so for that benefit alone it's definitely worth it.

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By *uryWhipMan over a year ago

Harringay

I've been having acupuncture treatment for neck and lower back problems since February. I notice the difference so much I look forward to my next appointment. It relieves more pain and inflammation than pills.

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By *hilloutMan over a year ago

All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest

From my experience, acupuncture done the traditional chinese medicine way is far more effective for a wide range of conditions. The westernised, watered down version (bastardised sine would say) that most health care practitioners in the UK use isn't very effective, particularly for musculo-skeletal problems. The evidence is poor and it's been removed from NICE guidelines for treatment for a host of issues.

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By *oney to the beeWoman over a year ago

Manchester

"I've been having acupuncture treatment for neck and lower back problems since February. I notice the difference so much I look forward to my next appointment. It relieves more pain and inflammation than pills. "

Interesting you say it relieves inflammation as I have thought about it for my knee where is your issue?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I've got pins & needles....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I am dubious but then a lot of homoeopathic treatments are being proven to work so the jury is out on this for me till I have had it. "

I'd be interested to know where to find the evidence that homeopathic treatments have been shown to work - when utilised in a homeopathic context.

When I say evidence,I mean of the proper scientific kind: obtained under clinical trial conditions, conducted to proper standards, peer reviewed, independently verified and reproducible. Because if there is,then it would have made headlines since it would also mean we'd have to overturn some of the most well established principles of chemistry, biology and physics - which would present a problem since those same principles seem to work really very well indeed in every other context. Hmm...

It's about THE most tested of the so-called alternative treatments canon and has ABSOLUTELY FAILED on every occasion,when tested in proper clinical trials i.e. the ones that every other legitimate treatment has to go through in order to remove bias and obtain reliable data.

No,I'm sorry, homeopathy does not work,beyond,oh here we go again, placebo. The placebo effect is very interesting in its own right,and definitely warrants research: but that doesn't mean the treatment itself is effective.

Everyone wants a magic pill to fix everything.

For anyone with a basic understanding of chemistry or biology, homeopathy begins to collapse when you look at the underlying 'principles' of how it is supposed to work.

Despite all the evidence to the contrary,and the stunning lack of evidence in support of it I'm amazed it's still allowed to be advertised as anything other than quackery.

Save your money and buy these books instead:

"Bad Science" by Ben Goldacre

"Trick or Treatment" by Edzard Ernst and Simon Singh

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Yup worked for me..fascinating science behind it and a very old understanding of the workings of the human body

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Yup worked for me..fascinating science behind it and a very old understanding of the workings of the human body

Yes,the science behind what we know of the placebo effect is indeed fascinating.

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By *elvet RopeMan over a year ago

by the big field

Had it done for some back pain a few times- was awesome and I pretty much nodded off.

Had pain killers recently for a reoccurrence, side effects ranged from tingling limbs, light headedness, shortness of breath and chronic constipation- so not exactly a fun week - although I know acupuncture wouldn’t have masked the level of pain I had that time

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Yup worked for me..fascinating science behind it and a very old understanding of the workings of the human body

Yes,the science behind what we know of the placebo effect is indeed fascinating. "

So you not a fan??

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

a physio carried out acupuncture on my spine about 7 years ago

I'd suffered severe sciatica for over a year, unable to walk properly, stand up or sit down easily. I was on a cocktail of high strength pain killers too

it worked for me (so far)

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By *uxom redCouple over a year ago

Shrewsbury

I've had it worked wonders on a back injury. It didn't hurt but was a bit funny when my leg started twitching as the needles were turned.

I found it quite relaxing.

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