Contemporary Medical Acupuncture, also known as Neurofunctional Acupuncture is a precise peripheral nerve stimulation technique, in which fine sterile acupuncture needles are inserted into anatomically defined neurofunctional sites, and stimulated manually or with electricity for the therapeutic purpose of modulating abnormal activity of the nervous system and/or the endocrine, exocrine and immune systems. It is used in pain syndromes, functional problems, and any diseases in which the above-mentioned modulatory mechanisms are available. Neuromodulation occurs through neurological and neurohumoral mechanisms at multiple levels, namely: peripheral nerves, spinal cord, brain stem, brain and cerebellum.
Contemporary Medical Acupuncture is mechanism-based, not disease-based. Therapeutic goals and treatment targets are selected based on the identified neurological dysfunctions contributing to the clinical presentation of the symptoms.
Contemporary Medical Acupuncture is often used for treating sports related injuries, musculoskeletal pain problems such as neck pain, shoulder pain, low back pain, joint pain; and Chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia, cervicogenic and tension headaches, chronic sciatica, osteoarthritis, and neuritis.
Sometimes Contemporary Medical Acupuncture treatments result in transient improvement or disappearance of the symptoms, and other times results in a longer lasting or permanent resolution of the dysfunction, especially when dysregulation of the nervous system is the underlying pathophysiological mechanism.
When we use contemporary medical acupuncture, it is typically a procedure that is part of a more comprehensive treatment plan which includes a methodic exercise program.
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