01/22/2026
For a recent patient, I was able to help with his sciatica--that condition can be a little stubborn, a little tricky, with multiple possible causes, but in this case we cleared it up with a mix of tuina bodywork and acupuncture.
But then he noted that he also had been having a strange pain on the front of his thigh, separate from the condition he came in for--intermittent, triggered by certain movements but also randomly occurring. I was glad, however, to have the time afforded by the kind of appointments I do, because I was able to get to know the patient and his health history.
We realized that with his history of arthritis in other parts of his body, he might have similar issues in his hip joint--across which the large femoral nerve passes. Palpating his channels, there was a definite gap on the front of his hip, which I was able to correct with acupuncture directed towards restoring the flow down the length of the femoral nerve. At the next visit, his thigh pain was almost entirely gone...and without that distraction he remembered old pain in his knee that we could work on.
On to the next task!
I enjoy tracking down mysterious issues like that--call or text 520-609-8488 to tell me about yours, or schedule online at the link in my bio!
