I suffer from chronic pain. Mine is my back. It is fused from T-2 to S1. Now I have narrowing in the openings in my cervical spine. It is causing my left arm and hand to always feel like it is itchy and tingly. Like when your foot has gone to sleep and is waking up.
The doctor has tried something really different. He placed needles in my neck with the tip of the needle almost on the nerve. He then heats the needle with radio waves, until the nerve has been killed. This is supposed to give me relief for 12 to 18 months. They can only do one side of the body at a time so I go back in a couple of weeks to have the left side of my neck done.
What a difference. I was able to sew all day today without my fingers going numb. My neck is still swollen and sore, but wow, this is really helping.