I have been dealing with a pinched nerve and a kinked next for a week and a day as of today. Yes, laugh it up - I'm getting old. Sleeping deep and hard in one position apparently is not good for one's neck!
Early this morning, it my neck finally popped back into place, but all the muscles around that point are still furious with me as I haven't been relieved the pain I've been carrying around. To make matters worse (or the pain in this case), all week my left arm has been spasming because of the pinched nerve. Today my entire arm feels like I've been doing major workouts on it every day for the past seven days. It's sore, it's exhausted, and it is still spasming!
And so, I made an appointment with my chiropractor for some acupuncture and an adjustment in the hopes that I would finally find some relief from this crazy pain.
Now, I've been doing acupuncture for many years now. It's always been helpful on the strangest pains that have cropped up over the years. What happened in today's treatment has never happened before.
As my chiropractor inserted the needles into my shoulders and elbows (both points), I could feel the needles vibrating, wiggling in their points. It was the weirdest sensation.
Once inserted and fully into position, they felt the same as all the other needles: a bit warm and biting in my tense muscles.
Twenty minutes pass and it's time to take the needles out. Again, as my chiropractor goes to remove the needles, they are actively vibrating just as she pulls them from my skin.
Very weird and wondrous. I don't really know how it works, but the pain in my neck was nearly gone and I had better rotation of my head too. The pain in my shoulder and forearm, that was still there, but definitely lighter than it had been earlier.
BANGARANG for vibrating needles.
Now to deal with these tight muscles. Spa anyone?
Moments finding solutions to a problem.
Moments experiencing something new doing something old.
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