Case Study Of Acupuncture For Arthritis Pain

Melissa J shared her life-changing story when she came in contact with Dr. DawnBalusik. She had struggled with foot ailments since the year 2004. But the troubleaugmented in 2010. She had severe pain in both the heels to the point that walkingbecame a tough job for her. She suffered from, Achilles tendon, big toe, and anextremely swollen left ankle. She consulted a podiatrist and tried every way oftreatment, which included cortisone shots, physical therapy, braces, etc. However, toher utter disappointment, nothing seemed to work. She worked a job as a waitress, but owing to the severe pain that had become a partof her life, she had to quit. Finally, she took a blood test that showed she had arthritis. Melissa was even moreshocked when she came to know that she will have to be on medication for the restof her life. These medicines had side effects, and as a result she started losingconcentration. Her judgments were cloudy, and her appetite low. She had to go on ashort-term disability, because working with all those side-effects was proving to betoo much for her. She went back to work with three pills a day of Indomethacin and an anti-inflammatory drug. She also started medications to counter the side effects. Whichwas a lot of medicines to take in a single day.