Sciatica?
I have suffered occasionally in the past with "back pain" I am sure this is not to interesting as one in three of us will suffer at some time during our life! I am now living in a different area to where I was during my last back problem and I was always told to rest and exercise before? now at a new doctor and a clinic with a Physiotherapist available I was booked in to have some Physiotherapy? Two weeks later and I was not feeling better with the treatment! my therapist asked me if I fancied acupuncture? I said the way things with the back are I would try anything! She said are you ready for treatment now? thinking that an appointment with an acupuncturist would have to be made I said ok! she said remove your shoes socks and trousers and lie face down on the couch!! She was qualified! instead of my usual physio she would give me the needle! I did feel a little "scratch" as she so said that I would but I did not feel it until the FIFTH needle "that's good she said" " half way" I had nine needles put in all and I must say that all I felt was two or three and then it is just wait for fifteen minutes before they are twiddled? then another ten minutes before they are removed! I have just had my second treatment and I must say that things in the "back" area are feeling different! not right not worse but different? I now have a less powerful back "ache" rather than the back "pain" and another few treatments before I should be feeling the benefits? I am carrying on with the exercises and look forward to a full recovery :o)