Hi Lyndsay,
Welcome to our global community! To address one of your questions, some folks here have had good luck with accupuncture. Like so many other situations, it depends on your condition, the skill of the accupuncturist, number of treatments.
In the mean time, have you considered "all the other" things that may provide some help? E.g.,
- traction (ranging from yoga, PT applied traction, hanging from a bar...)
- natural anti-inflammatories
- core conditioning & deep breathing (out with the old, in with the new...)
- massage (massage school discounts?)
The important thing is to never stop searching for a relief for your pain! Keep up the research ; I also encourage you to manually go through all the posts in each forum (there's a lot) and feel free to private message people too. Most everyone will reply -- it's the biggest and most helpful family on the Internet!!!
