I have been treated with acupuncture/IMS for various reasons over the last 10 or so years.
The thing to remember is that it should be used as a supplemental treatment to the issue.
When I was in high school I ended up with a horrible case of turf toe from playing soccer, and it got so bad I could barely walk. My physio gave me a few exercises, and those are what made the biggest difference, and the acupuncture sped the process up a bit. It was not the cure, but did help.
I had IMS to help with a rather horrible neck injury in the c3/c4 region. Once again, a lot of standard physiotherapy methods were used to treat the area and IMS just happened to be one of them.
I have attempted to use acupuncture to help with migraines as well. With this type of treatment I found it to be more of the relaxation/quiet time that comes from the practice that played a bigger part then the needle placement itself. Acupuncture has never prevented or stopped a migraine for me, but has definitely taken my mind off the pain for a chunk of time.
Everyone will believe what they will, but it comes down to the individual when all is said and done. Try it. Just don't rely on it for the be all end all cure.
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