How Acupuncture Helped One Woman's Chronic Knee Pain

We know very, very well that acupuncture can help with pain. But hearing personal stories of success and relief is what really, really warms our hearts over and over again.

Recently, reporter Laura Belle of Elemental + shared her story of how acupuncture helped her recover from a torn meniscus. As a busy bother of two, her incredibly active lifestyle began to deteriorate with what first started as foot problems. She explained I did not make the connection until after a meniscal tear and multiple surgeries that my physical issues during pregnancy had weakened the meniscus in my right knee.”

After one orthopedic surgeon told her she would never run with her sons again, she found an orthopedic surgeon who agreed to repair her meniscus. After the successful surgery, she faced a grueling recovery process and was simultaneously diagnosed with a rare joint disease called pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) which caused a painful but benign tumor to grow on her left knee joint. She, unfortunately, she needed additional surgery.

She said, “I went from being an active mother of two to a shell of my former self. Every step I took was painful. Stairs, housework, and exercise were out of the question. Standing at social gatherings was excruciating. I had full range of motion in both knees thanks to physical therapy, but injections and over-the-counter pain medications were not providing the relief I needed to function well with two active boys. The chronic pain from the surgical recovery combined with the osteoarthritis was preventing me from doing what my knees needed most: consistent low impact exercise.”

Enter, acupuncture. After a failed first experience with the treatment, she found Dr. Yang, who listened to her history and, “examined various areas of my body by brushing over them gently with her hands. When her fingers arrived at my knees, she placed slight pressure on some areas and made note of the pain sensations I felt. She caressed the inflammation around my knees gently and declared, ‘I can help you, but you must be patient.’”

And so she was patient. And now, she says that “acupuncture has offered me relief from chronic pain due to knee osteoarthritis. My orthopedic surgeon released me from care a year earlier than expected and my knees have already outlasted his predictions of failure.”

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