What is the difference between acupuncture and IMS?
Acupuncture is a technique based in traditional Chinese medicine and is thousands of years old. It involves inserting needles into specific acupuncture points to relieve pain and other ailments. IMS uses the same needles but is based in Western medicine’s knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
What is IMS medical treatment?
What is IMS? IMS means optional services provided at a facility by a health care practitioner, or staff under the supervision of a health care practitioner, to address medical issues associated with detoxification, treatment, or recovery services.
How often should you get IMS?
Treatment with IMS is usually done once a week, but may be once every 2 weeks. This depends on how severe your pain is, how you are progressing with treatment, and how long you’ve been having pain.
Is IMS the same as dry needling?
Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) is a type of dry needling using acupuncture needles inserted into tight muscle bands. It was developed by Dr. Chan Gunn to treat chronic pain syndromes that affect the musculoskeletal system.
Does IMS really work?
IMS has a remarkable success rate, as proven by the elimination of symptoms and signs, even for chronic long-standing pain. It can sometimes take 3-4 sessions to notice prolonged improvements in symptoms, though improvement are often found after the first session. On average, 8-10 sessions are usualy required.
How long does IMS take to work?
Intramuscular stimulation (IMS) is extremely effective at loosening tightened muscles and reducing pain after your first session. We expect to see some improvement after the first session but generally 3-4 sessions are required to ensure that IMS is working with most injuries resolving after 8-10 sessions.
Is IMS evidence based?
The American Physical Therapy Association defines dry needling as a technique used to treat dysfunction of skeletal muscle and connective tissue, minimize pain, and improve or regulate structural or functional damage. There is no clear evidence to support the effectiveness of dry needling.
What does IMS treatment do?
The IMS treatment (which utilizes acupuncture needles) specifically targets the muscles that have contracted and become shortened. These shortened muscles compress and irritate the nerves.
Why is IMS painful?
This sensation is not necessarily painful but feels like the muscle is momentarily cramping and aching. This sensation lets us know that your muscle had a trigger point in it that would be causing movement restriction and pain. Once the IMS session is over, you might feel sore and achy for 24-36 hours.
Should IMS hurt?
Does IMS hurt? Needle penetration of a normal muscle is painless. In contrast a shortened, super-sensitive muscle will ‘grasp’ the needle, in what can best be described as a cramping sensation. The sensation is unique to IMS and is definitely uncomfortable but typically only for a short time.
Is IMS painful?
Most people describe IMS as unpleasant but not painful. The treatment itself does not last very long, with the needles sometimes inserted for only a few seconds each.
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