Battlefield Acupuncture for Soldiers

Acupuncture actually originated in China, more than 5000 years ago.  Since then, it has been serving men in unique way by attenuating pain and back aches. However, with the help of the latest technology and modern medical science, battlefield acupuncture is being used extensively for the recovery of patients – from the different sorts of pain, like back spasm, ear aches and different sorts of severe and light pains.

Dr. Niemtzow first introduced this medical procedure with the sole purpose of curing the wounded soldiers who have been injured during war in the battlefield.  It has been specially upgraded so as to provide the instant relaxation from the severe back spasm and ear pain. The Air Force has been chosen by the American government for starting a new training program for the elimination of pain with the administration of the battlefield acupuncture. According to the healthcare consultants and Niemtzow himself, it is much more effective in reducing the shoulder pain within a couple of minutes by preventing the pain signals from reaching the brain.  The short and delicate needles are used to slightly penetrate into the skin below the ear fir blocking the pain signals to rush to the brain. A team of acupuncturists were sent to Iraq during the Gulf war for the treatment of American soldiers and the American nationals who were trapped in the war prone areas and were heavily injured due to frequent bombardment or from stray bullets or missile attacks.

However there is a myth regarding the true effectiveness of this type of acupuncture. Some claim that soldiers should be treated scientifically and only the best treatment should be offered to them. According to such experts, acupuncture is a pseudoscience. Therefore it must not be applied to the soldiers as a mechanism of pain relief. However, researchers have strongly refuted their arguments and decided to start training institutes to provide expert training to practitioners on this newly invented acupuncture treatment process.

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