Well I've been told that acupuncture needles are quite small and shouldn't be big enough to cause a nerve trauma injury. However the following is a study...** that provides a long list of injuries titled "Traumatic Complications of Acupuncture," *edit* most much worse then mine. So although rare, it is a possibility, but I'm not here on a crusade against acupuncture I just don't believe it was a coincidence. I had NO neuropathy ever my entire life up to that point in my feet or any foot problem for that matter. I'm not expecting much in the way of answers but you never know someone might have had a similar experience and found a solution?