Not about fishing but after two years of 24/7 lower back pain and spasms when standing longer than half an hour,ive been thinking about acupuncture ,anyone on here had it or know of anyone who has and what the results were,tried two chyropractors and three physios before anybody mentions them,tens unit as well ,none work very well,fed up sitting on a shooting stick while fishing the river have to try something

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GAIA INSTRUCTOR

Have you had mri scan or seen a doc regarding it ?

No idea re accupuncture,but have had a simms back magic belt ,which I wear for a long days fishing ,has helped a lot with lower back pain especially when using long salmon rods !

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Andy Wren
Winter grayling taking a year off !
Claret not just a great dubbing colour!

Yes had an mri, said i had slight disc bulge lower level three but according to the people who say they know, this is not the problem they are saying it is musculure,if so why does it go into spasm when standing still ,something must be pressing on nerves,at my wits end
Had the mri whilst laying on my back not standing up which makes me wonder

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I can only speak from my owwn experience and say that this thing works wonders for my back.

The Award-Winning Backstretcher

It might be all in the head but it works for me, had it for years now and wouldn`t be without it.

Make your own mind up.

Dave

Rookstorm,
You have a PM.

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But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Matthew 19:26

I too had a bulging disc in the lower back. Saw a physio and was advised it was a posture thing (the way I sit at work, hockey, slumping over a guitar) but that it could be corrected by strengthening the core muscles. Did the exercises the physio recommended religiously, got a pilates class started at work where we shared the cost of a teacher coming in at lunchtime, changed round my desk at work, bought a strap for the guitar and a lumber support for the car, and have had no further problems.

That said, there's no harm in trying accupuncture, is there? One of my pals from many moons ago saw a vast improvement to her profound deafness doing it, and she's not the sort to indulge in flights of fancy.

I had accupuncture treatment in my ankle some years ago.After four visits I said to the practitioner. for all the good you are doing my ankle with those needles you might as wll be sticking them in my backside.He said I think perhaps your right,but it still cost me £100.00.
glisters

Spot on, strengthen core muscles and look at posture before you try acupuncture.

I've tried acupuncture, very good for treatment of things like relief of stress, relaxation, but it also needs regular visits, it's not a one off thing and therefore expensive; finding a good one is also hard.
A work colleague was sufferimg from a pinched nerve in his neck and back and was taking strong painkillers for 9 months. He went to a osteopath and after 2 or 3 visits, he was cured!
Also worth buying the "Treat your own back" and "Treat your own neck" series of books, based on doing simple exercises and controlling posture to relieve back and neck problems.