Long COVID spinal and neck pain and crashing, now somewhat better with acupuncture
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill before improving or writing
- 19 months
- Last post
- Oct 2025
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
It gave me long covid.
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
I did a few more sessions and the pain went away. My joint paint didn't go away for months though.
In context ↗ - Began after: a vaccination
It gave me long covid. It was my 4th dose of Novavax.
Read from 8 of their posts and comments; links to the 6 this page draws on
Summary
The user developed long COVID after a fourth Novavax dose, with spinal and neck pain rated 9 out of 10 and extreme crashing (PEM) from late March into mid-May. Desperate, they saw a traditional Chinese medicine doctor whose acupuncture halved the pain at once and cleared it within two weeks; heat pads helped and joint pain took months. They later used physio massage and dry needling to keep it away.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- heat pads · Helped
over the next week, I lay on heat pads or had them tied around my back all day. And the pain went away by week 2
In context ↗ - dry needling · Not said
go to a physio who massages my neck area and then does dry needling. I do it for maintenance
In context ↗ - Metformin · Helped
the Metformin really helped with that. But I actually have higher blood sugar (pre-diabetes) so I take 2x500mg
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Their path
How ill they were on the ME/CFS severity scale, estimated from what they describe at each point, with time counted from when the illness began. Hover or tap a point. 1 step says too little to place on the scale and is only in the table. The line stops at their last step that can be placed; how they are now is in the table. Dates are when they posted. What the levels mean.
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| When | What happened | Where they were |
|---|---|---|
| end of March 2024 | severe spinal and neck pain with extreme crashing (PEM)This pain went from end of March into mid-May along with extreme crashing (PEM)In context ↗ | Moderate |
| mid-May 2024 | acupuncture halved the pain, gone by week two; joint pain lingeredAnd then over the next week, I lay on heat pads or had them tied around my back all day. And the pain went away by week 2.In context ↗ | Mild |
| 2025-08-31 | neck and spine pain gone; joint pain cleared over monthsI did a few more sessions and the pain went away. My joint paint didn't go away for months though.In context ↗ | Not stated |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Pain & fibromyalgia
I had severe pain along the spine up to my neck
In context ↗ - Post-exertional malaise
along with extreme crashing (PEM)
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