Never done it, never known anyone who has. I am, however, open to trying acupuncture if I thought it might help.

Do you have any experience with acupuncture and arthritis in the knees? Thanks!

Any treatments at all..

I have heard conflicting information about its’ properties in the treatment of the aforementioned item.Thank you.

I’ve been to see chiropractors for my back and neck and the last one, I constantly had a dull ache. It was better than the severe pain, but I just have to wonder. And I spoke to someone else being treated by him who talked about he could be rough. Then after the last car accident I had that made matters worse, I was too scared to go.
Doesn’t the manipulation make the joints rub together and hurt the attached nerves and muscles more? And wouldn’t they be breaking bones in osteoperosis?
If not, how do they keep their treatments from making these conditions worse?

And wat is juvenile rheumatoid arthritis? any treatments for tht?

I was diagnosed with Juvenal Rheumatoid Arthritis when I was 11, since then I’ve been taking Diclofinac sodium, I’m 23 now. As a result I have an ulcer from the medication somewhere in my intestines. the major kind of pain I experience is not in my joints but muscular. especially now that I’m not taking the Diclofinac

My doc said Ibuprofen,and hot pads. I think maybe going back to some old time proven treatments might be more helpful.

He strides out well but only after ten seconds he needs to warm up during which he first uses just three legs or limps along. He is large but a little overweight weighing 120lb (55Kg) and I fear that he might now be suffering from arthritis in the right hind hip.

I have an 18 yo cat. He has serious hyperthyroid, high blood pressure, arthritis, and his vision is bad. His kidneys are OK but on the downward slide, and his liver is iffy.

Every time I go to the vet they say, "Well, he’s not getting better. Let’s adjust his medications, and bring him back in 3 weeks–plus I’d like to add another medication." These visits and tests run me close to 0, and of course they never have a clue what the medications cost. I’ve been through this several times now.

Well, he’s not going to get "better"–he’s 18! What will all these adjustments really achieve, besides costing a fortune and denying me the chance to really deal psychologically with the fact that my cat is slowly dying. But they only write the prescriptions for a few weeks at a time, so I have to go back.

Can I/should I say I don’t want to do any more blood panels, and insist they just renew the prescriptions he’s on for some reasonable period like 6 months?
How can I say this? His quality of life is still OK, I just want to pick a medication level and stick with that until it’s time to put him down, and just monitor things like his weight to see how it’s working.
I didn’t say I wanted to put him down, I said his quality of life is OK now. But they’re talking long-term treatments on a cat who doesn’t have a long-term ahead. His numbers don’t have to be perfect if he’s not going to live long enough for it to matter.

The joints in my hand/fingers in one hand hurt so badly. It has been about 3 months. I keep thinking/hoping that it’s just due to the weather changes, but I think it really may be arthritis. I can hardly hold my coffee in the mornings and changing the babies’ diapers is such a hard task. I’m only 25. It is very sad to me because I am a pianist. Is it possible and if so, what is the treatment? Thanks.