IMS

Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) is a total system for for the diagnosis and treatment of myofascial pain syndromes (chronic pain conditions that occur in the musculoskeletal system when there is no obvious sign of injury or inflammation.

The treatment involves dry needling of affected areas of the body without injecting any substance.

The goal of treatment is to release muscle shortening, which presses on and irritates the nerve.

Supersensitive areas can be desensitized, and the persistent pull of shortened muscles can be released.  IMS is very effective for releasing shortened muscles under contracture, thereby causing mechanical pain from muscle pull.