Fiona your post is so spot on.

I have dreadful pain in my lower back and down my legs. Now the stim is great for that dreaded burning and stinging pain I get in both legs and up past my thighs but I just cant get past there to my back.

My Dr did say to me before that the stim is excellent for neuropathic pain in legs etc but not very effective for your actual back. Like you when I crank up the stim to reach my back, I get awful pains in my stomach, pulling and dragging feeling. Which of course is worse than the actual pain I have in my back. Although I am so grateful for what pain relief I do have. Its made me more relaxed than Ive ever been since this whole back issue started in 2005. In fact my '6th anniversary' was Monday the 7th Feb cant believe its been that long..........

I hope you can get some more relief from your accupuncture guy!