Pain affects lives. From minor aches to debilitating agony, pain can change your mood, affect your health, destroy your relationships and stop you living your life to the full. Anybody who’s ever had to live with pain knows how insidious and soul destroying it can be.

Drug Free Pain Relief

Pain cannot exist by itself. Normally it’s the physical manifestation of some form of tissue trauma or dysfunction. Up until now, the most common way to manage pain was to repair any obvious injury and treat ongoing problems with anti-inflammatories and/or pain killers. This method, while effective in some cases, neglects cellular tissue trauma, which can lead to a person experiencing ongoing pain and dysfunction.

Frequency Specific Microcurrent Therapy (FSMT)

Microcurrent, provided in “millionths of amps” in specific frequencies, has the ability to relieve pain (6)(9)(4), increase ATP (the energy molecule of the cell) (5), regenerate tissue cells (7), increase amino acid transport (5), stimulate lymphatic flow, regenerate tissue injuries and change scar tissue.

Microcurrent applied to dysfunctional tissue supports the natural current flow in the tissue, allowing cells in the region to regain their ideal function. Trauma to the tissues through physical or biochemical injury affects the electrical potential of cells. The injured tissue has a higher electrical resistance than is ideal leading to impairment of the healing process and inflammation.

Through the use of the Frequency Specific Microcurrent Unit, individual tissues and cellular disturbances are directly targeted with streams of life giving electrons, which help normalise cellular energy production and function. These improvements in cellular bio-electrical activity are considered the hallmarks of healthy cellular function and may assist in reducing symptoms of degenerative diseases associated with ageing. The powerful anabolic effect of Frequency Specific Microcurrent Therapy helps:

• Endocrine/Glandular regulation
• Relieve pain (6)(9)(4)(13)(15)
• Reduce Muscle Spasms (6)
• Reduce Muscle Loss (7)
• Reduce inflammation (1)(2)(10)
• Increase blood circulation to injured areas (5)
• Induce growth and repair (3)(7)(8)(11)(13)(14)(16)
• Maintain and/or increase range of motion to injured areas (12)(13)

FSMT is fast, safe, non-invasive, clinically proven (TGA registered) and world renown. It can help you recover from injuries faster and reduce the effects of acute and long-term pain. FSMT is usually used in conjunction with other therapies but can be used as a standalone treatment. If FSMT is something you feel you will benefit from please advise our friendly staff when you contact us or make an appointment request.

Standalone therapy sessions usually require a ½ hour of applied frequencies and symptomatic change is evident from the first treatment and is best complemented by generous hydration and specific nutritional supplementation.


Reference

(1) Reilly, W Reeve, VE & Quinn, C 2004, ‘Anti-inflammatory effects of interferential, frequency specific applied microcurrent’, Proceedings of the Australian Health and Medical Research Congress.

(2) McMakin, C Gregory, W and Phillips, T 2005, ‘Cytokine changes with microcurrent treatment of fibromyalgia associated with cervical spine trauma’, Journal of Body Work and Movement Therapies 9, p169-176.

(3) Bennett, GA 2000, ‘Neuroimmune interaction in painful peripheral neuropathy’, Clinical Journal of Pain 16, S139-D143.

(4) McMakin, C 2004, ‘Microcurrent therapy: a novel treatment method for chronic low back myofacial pain’, Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies 8, 143-153.

(5) Cheng, N et al. 1982, ‘The effect of electric currents on ATP generation, protein synthesis and membrane transport in rat skin’, Clinical Orthopedics 171, p264-272.

(6) Curtis D, Fellows S, Morris M and McMakin C, 2010, ‘The efficacy of frequency specific microcurrent therapy on delayed onset muscle soreness’, Journal of  Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 1-8.

(7) Blumenthal NC, et al. 1997, 'Effects of low-intensity AC and/or DC electromagnetic fields on cell attachment and induction of apoptosis', Bioelectromagnetics. 18(3):264-72.

(8) Baker, LL Chambers, R DeMuth, SK & Villar, F 1997, 'Effects of electrical stimulation on wound healing in patients with diabetic ulcers', Diabetes Care. 1997 Mar;20(3):405-12.

(9) Lumiere, RK 2011 ‘Review of frequency-specific microcurrent in pain management’, 17(11): 1091-1092

(10) Sudan, BJ 1997, 'Total abrogation of facial seborrhoeic dermatitis with extremely low-frequency (1-1.1 Hz) 'imprinted' water is not allergen or hapten dependent: a new visible model for homoeopathy', Med Hypotheses. 1997 Jun;48(6):477-9.

(11) Becker, RO Spadaro, JA & Marino, A 1977, 'Clinical experiences with low intensity direct current stimulation of bone growth', Clin Orthop Relat Res. May;(124):75-83.

(12) Crawford, WH Houge, JC Neirby, DT Di Mino, A & Di Mino, AA 1991,' Pulsed radio frequency therapy of experimentally induced arthritis in ponies', Can J Vet Res. 1991 Jan;55(1):76-85.

(13) Wilson, DH 1972, 'Treatment of soft-tissue injuries by pulsed electrical energy', Br Med J. Apr 29;2(5808):269-70.

(14) Alvarez, OM Mertz, PM Smerbeck & RV Eaglstein, WH 1983, 'The healing of superficial skin wounds is stimulated by external electrical current', J Invest Dermatol. 1983 Aug;81(2):144-8.

(15) Bauer, W 1983, 'Electrical treatment of severe head and neck cancer pain', Arch Otolaryngol. 1983 Jun;109(6):382-3.

(16) Cheng, N Van Hoof, H Bockx, E Hoogmartens, MJ Mulier, JC De, Dijcker, FJ Sansen, WM & De Loecker, W 1982, 'The effects of electric currents on ATP generation, protein synthesis, and membrane transport of rat skin', Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1982 Nov-Dec;(171):264-72.