(Diabetes Clinic Acupuncture) Can a diabetic patient receive acupuncture?

When shoulder pain occurs, it becomes difficult to move the upper body, including the neck and shoulders, which lowers the quality of life.

Acupuncture, along with medication, can be used to achieve rapid improvement. What about acupuncture for people with high blood sugar? We've explored related questions.

 

 

“I am a man in my 50s who has had diabetes for 10 years.

Recently, my shoulder pain has gotten worse, possibly due to frozen shoulder, and I have trouble sleeping.

People around me are recommending that I try acupuncture at a Korean medicine clinic, but I'm worried that it might cause problems with my blood sugar levels."

 

Q. Can diabetic patients also get acupuncture?

 

A. The prevalence of frozen shoulder is high in diabetic patients, so early treatment is important.

Diabetic patients are at a higher risk of frozen shoulder than the general population and often experience shoulder pain.

 

Diabetics have sticky blood, which can easily trigger inflammatory reactions in ligaments and nerve tissue. Furthermore, poor blood flow slows the healing of damaged tissue. It's crucial to manage your blood sugar levels and shoulder pain.

 

Frozen shoulder mostly improves with stretching, physical therapy, and medication.

It is recommended to use a warm towel or water compress and do light shoulder stretches for about 10 minutes a day.

Early intra-articular steroid injections can also help relieve pain. However, steroids are a common medication that can increase blood sugar levels, so those with severe blood sugar fluctuations or hyperglycemia should exercise caution. When consulting a shoulder specialist, disclose your diabetes status, and if you receive a steroid injection, monitor your blood sugar levels more closely for about a week.

You can also get acupuncture treatment. 

 

Acupuncture has long been proven, both domestically and internationally, to be effective in controlling blood sugar levels and alleviating pain in patients with diabetes, unless they suffer from serious diabetic complications or are elderly. To ensure safe treatment, it's recommended to inform your doctor of your diabetes diagnosis, medication status, and blood test results when visiting a Korean medicine clinic.

 

The most important thing to do to prevent shoulder pain in people with diabetes is to stretch regularly. Stretching can help restore your shoulder range of motion.

 

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Diabetic patient with frozen shoulder

You can get acupuncture at a Korean medicine clinic.

 

But before that, let's do some stretching

It would be more important to prevent frozen shoulder.