Is an acupuncture pen helpful?

Electroacupuncture or PENS is the practice of acupuncture with the inclusion of small electric currents used to stimulate muscles and nerves. The practice is also referred to as percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, or PENS, and is considered by many acupuncturists to be a useful tool that complements traditional acupunctural treatments.

Compared to traditional acupuncture and many other forms of acupuncture that have arisen, electroacupuncture remains a relatively new practice. The technique has, since its relatively recent development, become extremely popular.

Like traditional acupuncture, electroacupuncture aims to stimulate particular acupoints, and through those, facilitate recovery and treat a variety of different conditions. Unlike traditional acupuncture however, electroacupuncture makes use of small electrical currents passed through needles once they have been placed within their target acupoint. Electroacupuncture actually makes use of two needles simultaneously, and currents travel from one of these to other, stimulating nerves and muscles in a much larger area than traditional acupuncture needles.