How we approach joint and nerve pain
In homeopathy the medicines are matched to the individual. Two people with the same MRI report may describe their pain very differently: one is worse on first moving and better with walking, another is worse with any movement and wants to lie still. Those differences, together with sleep, temperament and general health, can lead to different remedies.
For this reason the pain is considered together with the rest of your health, rather than on its own.
What we ask during case-taking
- Location and spread of the pain, and whether it is aching, shooting, burning or cramping
- Modalities: whether movement, rest, heat, cold, damp weather, pressure or time of day changes it
- Stiffness, swelling, numbness, tingling and weakness
- Injuries, strain, work and posture around the time it began
- Sleep, digestion, appetite, thirst and energy
- Stress and mood, as long-standing pain affects both
- Other conditions such as diabetes or thyroid problems, and family history
Follow-up and review
At follow-ups we review how the pain has been, how far you can walk or sit, how you are sleeping, and how often you need painkillers. Medicines may be continued, changed, combined or stopped depending on this review.
Response differs from person to person, and long-standing joint and spine problems may need a longer period of review. We cannot say in advance what the course will be.
Working with your existing treatment
Keep taking the medicines your doctor has advised, and continue physiotherapy. If you take painkillers, nerve pain medicines or diabetes medicines, any change in them should be agreed with the prescribing doctor.
Please share X-ray and MRI reports, blood tests and specialist notes if you have them. New weakness, numbness or bladder and bowel changes need urgent medical assessment, whatever treatment you are having.