Electro Acupuncture

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The Modern Variation of Acupuncture is Electro acupuncture. It is also known as Electrical Stimulation Therapy. Electricity is used here to enhance the benefits of the treatment. The most significant advantage is that it covers a larger area of the body than acupuncture. A small electrode is attached along with the needles where the electricity runs by passing a soft vibration during the treatment. Electro acupuncture is used to treat a wide variety of ailments.

Electro Acupuncture Treatment

After a thorough investigation, the Acupuncturist will analyse the symptoms post which, two needles are inserted in two different acupuncture points with the electrodes connected to a device that passes the electricity to the needles. Once attached, the device will be turned on keeping a low voltage and frequency. During the treatment, the Acupuncturist will adjust the voltage and frequency. This session lasts between 10 to 20 minutes.

Benefits of Electro acupuncture treatment

Electro acupuncture is the best treatment for chronic pain and stress. While and after Electro acupuncture session, the sympathetic nerve fibres of the patient get activated, releasing the endogenous opioids like endorphins which helps in the reduction of inflammation. Electro acupuncture also helps to block the pain by activating the bioactive chemicals and decreasing the pain sensitivity.

Also, during the treatment, your body releases mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into your bloodstream, which creates different types of tissues. They also have a great healing power.

Conditions Treated by Electro acupuncture

Electro acupuncture is used to treat a wide variety of ailments. Some of the conditions treated by Electro acupuncture are:

Complications of Electro acupuncture

Electro acupuncture is a safe treatment, and the negative impacts are low, but sometimes it can cause:

But you need not be worried when it’s performed by Experienced Acupuncturist Dr. Bharath’s Acu Heal. He is currently treating patients for a wide range of conditions. As the best acupuncture practitioner with 15 years of experience and working with several doctors, Acupuncturist. A. Shaji Bharath can do the perfect Electroacupuncture. As the top acupuncture doctor in Chennai, he has witnessed Electroacupuncture doing wonders for people.

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Things to keep in mind before taking an Electro acupuncture

Since Electroacupuncture uses electricity in the body, it is not recommended to the people who have the following history:

Before taking the treatment, talk to your Acupuncturist and make sure this treatment is proper for you.

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Generally, an Acupuncturist or practitioner uses a sterile needle only once while treating so it's 100% safe. In the hands of licensed practitioners, acupuncture is pain-free and effective for many acute conditions.

The fear of needles is always there in the mind of people. Acupuncture needles are very thin and while inserting most people feel an intense sensation, but they won't experience much pain like inserting intramuscular injections.

You should rest 10 to 20 mins once the needle is inserted.

It depends on the ailment for which you are getting treatment. For joint pains, mostly you will get instant relief on the first session itself. Whereas for other diseases, after two or three sessions you will start to notice the improvements. Eventually, you will observe an overall sense of wellness in psychological and physical health and within a few weeks or months, you will get rid of the disease completely.

After the first session, some people can feel wiped out. Sometimes they may feel a slight increase in the body temperature which may subside only for few hours. But after few more sessions, one can see positive results, and gradually the disease or ailments will get cure soon.

One of the great advantages of acupuncture is that it is very safe. Other than during menstrual cycles and third-trimester pregnancy women, there are no side effects.

Acupuncture promotes a self-rectifying energy system, balancing and regenerating within the human body. It stimulates the central nervous system and the energy gets distributed evenly gives good health. It works as the Body-Mind-Spirit axis, the person being treated understands the purpose of life and gets a new perspective at the end of each treatment.

Acupuncture does not involve medications and it's popularly known as drugless therapy. Even if a person is new to Acupuncture and he/she is under medications that would be also tapered down gradually over time.

Acupuncture needles are made of stainless steel with the handle having 1 to 2 inches in length. The thickness of the needle will vary from 0.25 mm to 0.30 mm for body acupuncture and the needle used on the face would be 0.12 mm. The length of the needle varies from half an inch to 4 inches.

If the needles are chosen with the right length and width, damages won't happen. The acupuncture needles stimulate the nervous system forcing us to release the endorphins which is a natural painkiller in our body to the brain, spine, and muscles.

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