PEMF Therapy
PEMF is Cellular Exercise
Cellular Exercise is simply exercise at the cellular level, the term stems from the research of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy.
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When Cellular Exercise occurs, an exchange takes place, the cells are stimulated to pump out waste and allow for fresh nutrients and oxygen to enter – a process similar to how your heart and lungs circulate oxygen and expel carbon dioxide while you exercise.
Areas of injury or pain tend to have cells with a lower overall charge.
Think of cellular exercise as a new fitness program, with you as the personal trainer. Would you go to the gym after being inactive or injured and immediately run five miles or lift heavy weights? Would you only go to the gym once a week and walk on the treadmill for 10 minutes? No, you need to start at the right pace for your physical needs – Cellular Exercise is no different.
A Deeper Understanding of Cellular Exercise (excerpts taken from the book Healing is Voltage by Jerry Tennant, MD)
Dr. Jerry Tennant, MD, author of the book Healing is Voltage states: “The cells in the body are designed to run at -20 to -25 millivolts. To heal by making new cells, we must achieve -50 millivolts. We get chronically sick when voltage drops below -20 millivolts.”
“When voltage drops below -20 millivolts, we get chronic pain. In addition, oxygen levels drop since they are controlled by the voltage level. Thus, chronic disease is always defined by low voltage.”
Several bad things happen when voltage drops. The obvious one is that cells do not have enough “energy” to do their job. Another is that they don’t have the ability to get rid of toxic waste, which begins to accumulate. Pain is simply a symptom of low voltage. As Tennant states, we can correct it by restoring the voltage.
PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY
Is a drug-free, non-invasive, pain-relief alternative treatment that promotes accelerated healing for damaged tissues and bone,
Normalization of local blood circulation helps to normalize the tone of the arterial walls, increase blood circulation in blood vessels and improve blood circulation in the joint and periarticular tissues.
Removal of edema changes in vascular permeability due to activation of the K + -Na + ATP phase of the cell membrane, intensive excretion of water is provided, the amount of extravascular tissue fluid decrease.
Inhibits the development of the disease MP activates cellular synthesis of cartilage tissue, helps to inhibit the process of degeneration.
PEMF AS A PHYSIOTHERAPY METHOD
The influence of a magnetic field on a person is determined by the laws of physics. However, the impact on a living being has its own characteristics. It takes place at different levels of organization of the organism: from atomic-molecular to organ-tissue. Therefore, it is studied not only by physicians and biologists, but also by biochemists and biophysicists. Experts in different fields have different answers to the question of how a magnetic field induces a biological response. Summarizing their answers, it can be argued that the mechanism of action of a magnetic field is based on its ability to:
1. direct electric currents in the exposure area.
2. act on cations, in particular, on Ca 2+ ions, which act as a leading mediator in the bioeffects of magnetic fields.
3. to influence the chemical reactions proceeding in biosystems by the free radical mechanism.
4. change the quasicrystalline structure and physicochemical properties of intracellular water.
What are the therapeutic effects of the unique capabilities of the magnetic field?
1. Pulsed magnetic field improves blood microcirculation. Under its influence, there is an acceleration of capillary blood flow and an increase in vascular blood filling. In the treatment of diseases of the joints and the spine, this makes it possible to improve the supply of nutrients to the organs and promptly remove metabolic products from them, i.e. create conditions for the body in which it can actively resist disease.
2. The magnetic field is capable of increasing vascular and epithelial permeability, which means accelerating the absorption of edema and the absorption of medicinal substances in the form of ointments.
3. The magnetic field can relieve pain. Since pain signals transmitted along nerves are electrical signals, they can be blocked using an electromagnetic field with the desired parameters.
4. The anti-inflammatory effect of the magnetic field also contributes to the relief of pain syndrome, because inflammation is the main cause of pain. Exposure to a magnetic field can remove inflammation by inhibiting the synthesis of prostaglandins, improving microcirculation and releasing anti-inflammatory hormones into the blood.
5. Finally, the magnetic field can improve regeneration. For example, if you use magnetotherapy for a fracture, more intensive and less time-consuming bone formation is possible. And when treating osteoarthritis with a magnetic field, the synthesis of the cellular matrix of cartilage is activated, which means that the progression of the disease slows down. In this case, exposure to a magnetic field, as a rule, does not cause unpleasant sensations, an increase in temperature and skin irritation. Usually, it is well tolerated even by debilitated patients and elderly patients suffering from a mass of concomitant diseases. Therefore, the use of magnetotherapy can be recommended even in cases where other physiotherapy is contraindicated.
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