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April 10, 2009, 9:54 pm
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Does anyone have any experience using accupuncture for chronic pain? I have difficulty with chronic back pain and I was looking for an alternative to all of the medicines that the doctors give me. I'm not very agreeable to taking all of the strong pain medicines they try to get me to take but the chronic pain is causing me to have other health issues. Anyone?

My mother used to have acupuncture and she had really good results with it. I don't know all the particulars but she had back pain too and it really worked. I remember asking her if it really helped and she told me it helped for weeks. It may be worth looking into.

I've heard you can use acupuncture for weight loss too. I'd be interested to try it anyway. It would be anything that would hurt you so I would be willing to try it to help with weight loss.

I did try accupuncture a couple of times for back problems a few years back. In the beginning it helped enormously but after a few months it was not as effective for some reason. I say it's very much worth a try.

I have yet to try it myself but I have done the whole chiropractior deal and that was not too bad. As for the strong pain medicines I can vouch many times they are more trouble than they are worth, esp. when you have little ones in the house and need to be the 90% at home parent.

I don't think I would try it! Oh course, I'm afraid of needles! If not for that I'd try it if I was in a lot of pain.