I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis and now Osteoporosis, and was injured in Oct 1987 after having approximately 600 pounds of mail fall on me from a mail truck. Since that injury I have been through repeated rounds of physical therapy, spinal injections, braces, and eventually back surgery removing the disks and placing a cage, bone made disks, rods and pins after 20 plus years of pain. I have permanent nerve damage and constant pain. I take pain medication every day and have for many, many years. I have exercise equipment at home to do therapy.  Several months ago, my physician recommended that I try Battle Field Acupuncture. Being a skeptic, yet interested Registered Nurse myself I felt like….why not? After all the years I have worked with people I have seen many things happen in the medical world. Just maybe I can get some relief. It is a much better option than taking additional pain medication and doing more damage to my internal organs. So I tried it and for the first time in years, I felt like a human being! My physician then referred me to Fine Balance Acupuncture for treatment. The needles used at Fine Balance are so thin that you barely feel them. It was amazing to look down and see needles yet have pain relief at the same time. It’s true….each needle placed lessened the pain in another part of my body.  Melanie was very precise on the areas she treated, pinpointing trouble spots I had had for years. Every week I made progress and improved….my whole personality changed because I was no longer laden with constant pain. I have to admit, acupuncture can be very beneficial to a lot of patients, especially those with Fibromyalgia symptoms or phantom pain from amputation, or just patients like myself who didn’t know what it was like to feel good. This treatment has changed my life! I still continue to exercise, eat right, and take my medication, but I know now that when I need relief from the cycles of pain I endure, Fine Balance Acupuncture is a phone call away. And it works!

-Sherile