This is a fairly new technique and has come into vogue only around the seventies of the last century. Here needles are inserted, as in traditional acupuncture, but these needles are attached to a device which will generate a series of continuous electric pulses. Nowadays more and more acupuncturists are beginning to practise this type, since they can control the flow of the current and stimulus, and thus vary it to suit each patient.
With so many choices available, it is not easy to decide which one will suit you the best. However, many acupuncturists work on all these varied systems and they decide which method to use after diagnosing the patient’s problems. Most people use acupuncture to treat pain and have found that all of these systems in some form or the other are effective in treating the pain and getting to the root of the problem.

Contributed by Mridula Murgai
Are there any risks in acupuncture?
The modern day acupuncturists take a great deal of care to make sure that their needles are sterilised, that they use an injection tube which is also sterilised. They needles are all only single use needles, so there is no risk of infection. The practitioners also spend the first one or two sessions doing only mild acupuncture in order to make sure that there is no reaction from the patients, and also to judge how quickly their body responds to the treatment.

Migraines and back pain have always responded very positively to acupuncture. Chronic back pain sufferers tend to get hooked on to medicines and their dependency becomes a lifelong addictions. Acupuncture can help you in decreasing your dependency and in removing the pain. Spondylitis has also been known to be treated effectively through acupuncture systems.