PAIN SUFFERER'S PERSONAL LOG: TEST DRIVING PEMF

TEST DRIVING PEMF: THE FIRST 30 DAYS
By: Stephen "Mr. Pain" Signorile  | Produced by IPHA Editorial Team

I'm a man who's had an awful lot of problems. If you saw my list of surgeries, (it goes back to 1987), you'll get an idea about my relationship with PAIN.  Since the summer off 2023, I committed to a self-induced pilot study designed by the Integrative Pain Healers Alliance and HealthTech Reporter magazine to test drive a PEMF company called AuraWell. This is pulsed electromagnetic frequency therapy. It's not a silver bullet but everything I read about this science and this particular model seems to makes sense to me.  It's core effect is CELL REGENERATIVE therapy and it addresses inflammation non-invasively.  I've logged each daily use and after 2-3 weeks, I would say that my pain level has been reduced to 60% or 65%. 

MAJOR SURGERIES
I've had several orthopedic surgeries- the latest being spinal fusion surgery on my entire lumbar spine. I've had hip replacement. I've currently got problems with my left knee and both shoulders. 

DEPRESSION
One of the very important effects that it's had on me is it has greatly reduced my symptoms of depression.  I wasn't able to effectively deal with my depression, but I saw results using the P E M F device within days. I wasn't waking up in the morning, dreading the day. Now I wake up in the morning and I'm like, Hey, this is great. Another day I've got something I've gotta do and I'm gonna do it. The other thing is, I'm usually sitting with my dog on my lap, so I guess she's close to the energy field - but lately, she's been much nicer. 

WRAP UP STATEMENT
You'll like the results. I consider it to be the answer to a lot of ailments. The best thing I can say, the easiest thing is that it works. Maybe that's part of the reason why I'm, I'm not as depressed. I don't have to worry about how am I going to feel today. 

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Originally published @ Journal of Modern Healing: October 18, 2022

HEALING, STRESS AND THE PARASYMPATHETIC SYSTEM 

Written by: Roberta Kline, MD

Analyzing STRESS & ANXIETY from a holistic point of view means identifying the body’s interconnected systems (ie. circulatory, cardiovascular, nervous, lymphatic, endocrine etc.) and its many touch points for stimulation.   This analysis should also offer a comprehensive breakdown of the body's HEALING capacity- which includes our hormones, digestive system, immune system, brain, heart-- all the way down to our cells and mitochondria.   

Stress is part of life, and comes in many forms including physical, emotional, mental and environmental. Foods we eat, unhealthy relationships, difficulties at work, toxins in our environment, even poor posture or lack of sunshine can all create stress on our bodies. But when stress is catastrophic or becomes chronic, it creates imbalances in this functioning that are much more likely to promote disease while at the same time preventing healing from taking place.  With people under record levels of chronic stress, it is no wonder we have an epidemic of people suffering from all sorts of health issues and chronic diseases. Heart disease, diabetes, obesity, pain, anxiety, depression, infertility, cancer, autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s …. These are just some of the many health conditions that have been linked to diet and lifestyle including chronic stress.   But how does this work? And is meditation the answer to reversing this trend? Science is revealing some interesting clues. (see original feature)

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STUDY OF INTRACRANIAL IMPACT DISORDERS - Concussions are viewed as a mild form of traumatic brain injuries and most frequently occur following an event that involves an acceleration–deceleration mechanism without actual injury to the head, such as whiplash, or the head striking an object. As we study these, researchers and clinicians are learning that these are fairly common, but often underdiagnosed.  While the vast majority of people with concussions recover without obvious disability, people can end up with long-term cognitive, emotional and functional issues affecting quality of life – including memory issues and Alzheimer’s disease. Efforts to better predict outcome from head injuries by focusing on the age, sex, type of injury and acute assessments have led to some improvement, but still fail to predict or explain the variation in healing and outcomes. Studies in professional athletes have shown that about 80–90% are sufficiently recovered to return to playing within 7–10 days. But that means that 10-20% are not, and their recovery can take up to 3 times longer. Even taking into account variations in initial injury, this variation is difficult to explain or predict.  (see complete feature by Dr. Roberta Kline)

CONCUSSION ON THE FIELD..."Miami, We Have a Problem!" OP-ED by: Dr. Michael Gruttadauria |  9/25/2022 - The Miami Dolphins prized quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sustained what was clearly a concussion.  He was dazed and in trying to walk off the field, staggered and nearly collapsed.  He was helped off the field and taken into the injury evaluation tent.  You didn’t need to be a neurologist to see that he was shaken from hitting his head on the ground.  Incredibly, the QB cleared the NFL Concussion Protocol and to everyone’s surprise, was allowed to play in the second half of the game.  Many questions were raised about the injury following the game and everyone from the Dolphins coach, to their staff to Tua himself seemed to blame the entire incident on a back injury he said he sustained earlier in the game. (see complete issue)

ON POST-CONCUSSION SYMPTOMS By: Dr. Robert L. Bard | The underreported cases of bowel permeability to toxins in concussion is likewise mostly anecdotal. The possibility of scanning the gut for increased blood flow following brain trauma may be easily performed as followed as a guideline for evaluation of concussion chronicity. As the bowel activity is regulated by the autonomic nervous system we may apply the same diagnostic endpoints as other physiologic norms.  The response of the microvasculature in the retina provides a functional guideline as to the progression of brain trauma and concussion as measured by blood flow. The application of optical devices and sensors for physical (temperature, respiration, heart rate, blood pressure) chemical (pH, pO2, glucose, lipids, oximetry) and biological (antigens, antibodies, electrolytes, enzymes, inhibitors, metabolites, proteins)  data with imaging (endoscopy, optical tomography, confocal microscopy) adds new classifications of metabolism in the altered state. 

A PARTNERSHIP WITH SPORTS MOMS  Another key launch pad to this research program is his alliance with MOMS OF ATHLETES, co-architected by Dr. Roberta Kline (Women's Diagnostic Network) and Dr. Donna Febres.  This educational advocacy group supports clinical care and preventive science to college level athletes.  This unique alliance of professionals and moms are dedicated to finding the safest options in injury and pain care - with an emphasis on new solutions for concussion research and prevention.  This includes the modern non-invasive (non-surgical) alternatives where possible.  NCMOA also teams up with the professional pain and medical associations to collaborate on latest protocols and information on ground-breaking neurostimulation, electromagnetic, holistic/full-body solutions and wearable therapeutics plus the latest in non-radiation clinical imaging validation. (see complete details)

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USER REVIEW: POST SURGICAL RECOVERY FROM KNEE REPLACEMENT  By: Maria Errera 

I had knee replacement surgery in mid-2021 on my left knee. I understood that everyone’s recovery is different but mine seems to be more difficult than others based on other who had it done - even with all my PT and exercises.    Meanwhile, my right knee has still bone and bone and is headed for the same procedure soon. (there's no cartilage between).   I’ve been having a hard time with recovery before I started this PEMF treatment with BOTH knees. The sensitivity, the pain, the tension of the knee, the tightness of the knee, the pressure… it was just so much that even physical therapy and exercising going to the gym. It's a slow process as compared to this one. Since I went back to work seven days a week, I haven't had the time to go to the gym nor use the treadmill or whatever exercises I have. Getting in and out of the car is agonizing at times. Kneeling in church is not there yet. The tension has kept me from consistent sleep which I’m sure affected my state of mind and social interactions. This and the pain meds that the doctor keeps sending me just make me a zombie at work! And when I go upstairs, 13 flights of stair or 13 steps, the pressure and tension kept me going one step at a time on both knees, holding on to the rails with both hands to hoist my entire body with ridiculous effort. (see full story)

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Healing Technology: "We All Began with ANIMALS!"

INSIGHT ON PEMF APPLICATIONS - AN INTERVIEW By: Kate Baccus, Occupational Therapist

I originally found out about P E M F in 2018 as a result of my horse having a non-healing wound. He had had a laceration to the back of one of his heels on a front foot and while it didn't seem to hit any important structures, we just couldn't seem to get it to close. We tried all of the traditional veterinary therapies.  He wasn't limping or anything but we could not get that wound to close. And with an open wound, he was not able to go back to being ridden. I was grasping at straws and my vet really wasn't sure what else we could do at that point. So I went searching on the internet for anything that I could find that might kind of be out of the box thinking that could help his body potentially close this wound. That's when I came across P E M F as a modality. (see complete article)

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Wednesday, October 18, 2023

"USING ULTRASOUND TO PROVE THERAPIES WORK!"

May 4, 2023- an independent 30-day pilot study (also known as a PHASE ONE performance study) of the effects of near infrared laser therapeutic technology (also known as photobiomodulation) as was conducted by the Bard Diagnostic Imaging & Research Lab. The test drive was coordinated in part by the academic publishing and research administrators of the Integrative Health Research Center.  Defined as an anecdotal test drive and report, this expanded product review was a collaborative spearheaded and clinically supervised by Dr. Robert Bard, diagnostic imaging specialist and Sr. Research Advisor to HealthTech Reporter projects.  Dr. Bard, a seasoned radiologist supports the implementation of quantitative ULTRASOUND imaging as the key platform for reporting on the hysiological effects induced by the Photobiomodulation Therapy device model as with other health technologies under review.

IMAGING PARADIGM: 3D DOPPLER AND ELASTOGRAPHY

For this research project, the research imaging director opted to advance the quantitative data gathering by employing the elastogram feature of the ultrasound system.  Dr. Bard recognized the capacity of a certain model- the MINDRAY™ RESONA 7 to be the ideal 'workhorse' of choice. In pursuit of physiological reactions to the PBMT energy induction, "we may anticipate fibrosis or hardness or stiffness... scan ning musculature enables us to capture measurable effects of the light/energy induction in the form of abnormal color which tracks with the value of the hardness or physical elastic change in the muscle fibers. The elastography scale (upper left of screen) from 100 represents very hard tissue or muscle spasm or fibrosis down to zero, indicating fat or soft tissue.  From this test, the elastogram reading allows for additional comparative studies alongside standard ultrasound and 3D Doppler Blood Flow biometric readings. (see complete test drive)

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