Lizzben

Hey Noki,

I have been doing only dry needling lately and it’s going pretty good! It is more of a temporary fix for me at the moment. It helps moderate my pain but I’m still trying to get into physical therapy (for ASTYM). But without it I don’t think I would be functioning haha. 😛

–Emily

Hello! I have another new treatment I have been trying! My physical therapist recommended dry needling, which is performed by a chiropractor (at least around here). It uses needles similar to acupuncture. The needle is inserted down into the muscle, often in or near a trigger point. I have been receiving the treatment for about 2 months, and…[Read more]

Hello…After I made my post, I continued ASTYM for about 2 months and then felt quite a bit better. I recently started having a lot of issues again, and I am trying to get back into physical therapy for ASTYM. My physical therapist told me about something called dry needling.

Basically dry needling is a therapeutic treatment that involves…[Read more]

Eight years ago today I had my first attack. Over the years, I named my chronic pain Carl (my pain is very localized). So today I celebrated our anniversary because why not. Carl is a large part of my life and I like to have fun with it so I got a cookie cake. 😛

I used to play WoW quite a bit, especially when I was having a bad pain day. I found it to be pretty helpful and it’s nice to be able to talk to people (even if it’s random strangers on the internet) because sometimes sitting in your room alone gets pretty lonely. Unfortunately I had to give it up because of time/money restraints with school,…[Read more]

My pain is a little..odd I guess and so the only way I can relieve pain is to curl up into the fetal position. Since I tend to have very sharp pains that incapacitate me, I make sure that I always have a designated location where I can lay/sit comfortably at work/home/etc. I’ve also added in deep breathing along with tapping my fingers to help…[Read more]