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Has anyone with HSD or EDS gotten dry needling? Could you tell me about your experience? I’m really scared of both the pain and the risk of my muscles relaxing /too/ much.
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Anonymous 2w

i wouldn’t risk anyone putting needles into me unnecessarily

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Anonymous 2w

I have, and it helped for a bit, but it would only give me a couple hours of relief before the pain was back

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Anonymous 2w

a pt actually told me not to bc the muscles in my neck are so screwed up that if we were to do dry needling/acupuncture it might just push the tension higher and make my migraines worse 😃

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Anonymous 2w

To #3 dry needling does actually have scientific basis :) Chiropracty does not

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

I’m assuming you don’t have EDS or HSD

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 2w

Would you say someone with an illness who needs IV treatment is getting needles put into them “unnecessarily”

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 2w

Thank you! How bad did it hurt to get done?

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Anonymous 2w

Yeah you clearly don’t have EDS or HSD so kindly screw off ☺️ And no it is exactly the same babes. Do you think people with POTS who get saline treatments are sticking needles into themselves “unnecessarily”?

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Anonymous 2w

Adding onto this about risk of injection. To me it doesn’t sound any more legit than chiropractics, and I do have EDS, along with other chronic pain conditions

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2w

Not really, honestly. It just felt like small pinches. A few pinches hurt a tiny bit more than others, but nothing really bad Granted, I have a pretty high pain tolerance, so I would take my words with some salt

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 2w

Oh no! My PTs have all suggested I do it but I’m scared lol

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 2d

There is a very large difference between someone getting an IV medication treatment and having dry needles put into their muscles. There are serious risks involved with that procedure and varying levels of licensing and regulation as to who should be permitted to do it. It can help some people but it’s certainly not the equivalent to an IV medication treatment. This person was just explaining that they personally don’t think the risks outweigh the benefit, I don’t see why that upset you so much.

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