Electro-acupuncture in Anchorage AK
During my treatment, I have patients who ask me about electro-acupuncture in Anchorage AK, so I am posting this. I am posting only at a level that can be explained within the hospital.
Overview and Effects in Anchorage AK
1. Electro-acupuncture is a method of continuously maintaining needle stimulation and increasing the effect of needles by delivering a small amount of electricity to the needles above a certain threshold. It is also used for various purposes, such as pain relief, alleviating stiffness of related muscles, various internal medical symptoms, and enhancing the effect of acupuncture treatment. It is also effective in tendon and ligament recovery.
The voltage must be sufficient to overcome tissue resistance and deliver enough current to depolarize the nerve endings. ( So the electrical stimulation is increased until just before it hurts. )
2. For stroke patients, acupuncture or electro-acupuncture helps with symptoms such as paralysis or stiffness, or promotes increased cerebral blood flow, brain plasticity, and neuromuscular reprogramming. There is.
How to Use Electro-acupuncture
1. When performing electro-acupuncture, the frequency, waveform, output voltage (strength), and current application time must be determined.
2. For example, when performing a procedure on a patient paralyzed by a stroke, the frequency is generally set to 2Hz, the waveform is set to constant (continuous wave) or intermittent (intermittent wave), and the output voltage starts from 0 so that the patient does not feel pain. You can use a method to increase the intensity to a level where appropriate stimulation is achieved or spasms are observed. The energization time can be carried out in accordance with the immersion time, or the time can be adjusted according to the patient's condition.
3. Detailed functions and usage methods may differ slightly for each electro-acupuncture device, so please refer to the device's manual in advance and check in advance whether the procedure is incompatible. To achieve analgesic effect, set low frequency and high intensity, and for muscle tension or chronic pain, set high frequency and low intensity.
(In actual clinical practice, the electro-acupuncture device has separate buttons, so you press the corresponding button to use it. It is convenient, and the machine automatically adjusts the waveform for you.)
Precautions for Electro-acupuncture
Electro-acupuncture treatment is not performed on patients wearing artificial pacemakers, patients with heart disease, or pregnant women.
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