Microcurrent
acupuncture is an extremely effective therapy that may be used
instead of needles to promote healing. Alleviation of pain,
inflammation, spasm, restricted range of motion, and tissue
damage can be treated at the cellular level. Modern microcurrent
therapy offers a non-needle method for patients to experience
the benefits of acupuncture. Needle acupuncture is the original
microcurrent therapy. Traditional Chinese acupuncture needles
are twirled or rapidly moved up and down while in place.
Research revealed traditional acupuncture needles generate
measurable electrical charges when twirled by the doctor’s
fingers, and needles left in tend to drain excess electrical
energy from tense or inflamed tissue. Some of the most
enthusiastic advocates of microcurrent therapy, professional
athletes and their trainers have maintained that such treatment
has significantly shortened time on injury lists.
Extremely low
frequencies (0.3 - 10 Hz) and intensities (25-150 microamperes)
are applied to selected acupuncture points with hand held probes
or pads. This very low frequency range is resonant with normal
electrical activity of the human body. Little or no electric
current is felt. Microcurrent acupuncture utilizes currents that
are several hundred to a thousand times lower than conventional
electric stimulation.