E-STIM
ELECTRO-STIMULATION (E-STIM) OR ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE IS A MODERN ADAPTATION OF TRADITIONAL ACUPUNCTURE THAT INVOLVES THE USE OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION APPLIED TO ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLES. SMALL ELECTRODES ARE ATTACHED TO THE ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLES, AND A LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL CURRENT IS PASSED THROUGH THEM, CREATING A GENTLE AND PAINLESS PULSATING SENSATION.
USES AND BENEFITS OF E-STIM:
PAIN MANAGEMENT: ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE IS PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE IN MANAGING VARIOUS TYPES OF PAIN, INCLUDING CHRONIC PAIN CONDITIONS SUCH AS ARTHRITIS, BACK PAIN, AND NEUROPATHY. THE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION HELPS TO MODULATE PAIN SIGNALS AND PROMOTE THE RELEASE OF ENDORPHINS, THE BODY'S NATURAL PAIN-RELIEVING CHEMICALS.
MUSCLE REHABILITATION: IT CAN AID IN MUSCLE REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY BY STIMULATING MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS, IMPROVING BLOOD CIRCULATION, AND REDUCING INFLAMMATION. THIS MAKES IT BENEFICIAL FOR ATHLETES RECOVERING FROM INJURIES OR UNDERGOING PHYSICAL THERAPY.
NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS: ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE HAS SHOWN PROMISE IN THE TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS SUCH AS STROKE REHABILITATION, PARKINSON'S DISEASE, AND NEUROPATHIC PAIN. THE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION MAY HELP TO RESTORE NEURAL FUNCTION AND IMPROVE MOTOR COORDINATION.
STRESS REDUCTION: LIKE TRADITIONAL ACUPUNCTURE, ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE CAN INDUCE A STATE OF RELAXATION AND REDUCE STRESS LEVELS BY STIMULATING THE RELEASE OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS SUCH AS SEROTONIN AND DOPAMINE.
