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233 Reasons To Use Clinical
Microcurrent
Microcurrent Stimulation could be
one of the most researched for:
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Healing
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Cell Regeneration
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Tissue Recovery
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Swelling/Inflammation
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Recovery Time
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Chronic/Acute Pain
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ATP Production
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Bone Repair
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B-Endorphins
Here is a list of 233 research
articles
The results from True Clinical
Microcurrent Stimulation (TCMS) have been outstanding for over 30 years.
In the 80's & 90's virtually every big
college, professional athletic and Olympic teams used TCMS to keep their
athletes on the field of play. Superstars like Carl Lewis routinely endorsed
their benefits.
You will NOT get TCMS from a cheap,
hand-held unit. The marketplace is flooded with devices claiming to be
microcurrent stimulators, and technically they are. While the final output may
be in the microcurrent range, there is much more that determines TCMS, and
ultimately the effectiveness of the therapy.
A TCMS stimulator MUST have the following
output parameters:
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Constant Current Generator
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+/- 60 Volts
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Modified Square Wave, or Sloped
Square Wave
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Alternating Polarity
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50% Duty Cycle
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Frequencies down to .1 Hz
All of these parameters are critical to
TCMS. If your device does not have this configuration, you don't have a TCMS
device.
Here's why some of these parameters are
important.
Constant Current Generator - As the name implies, the microcurrent
output stays constant, even in the face of increased resistance. This is
critical with a sub-sensory current. Otherwise you can't be guaranteed the
correct amount of current is being delivered.
+/- 60 Volts - Dues to the high resistance of the skin and
electrodes, you need sufficient voltage available to maintain the current at the
preset level.
50% Duty Cycle - When using frequencies below 1, the body is
receiving a continuous direct current which breaks down the skin resistance
quickly and provides a deep penetration of the current.
Alternating Polarity - Creates a "push-pull" ion effect, and reduced ion
accumulation under the electrode pads or tips.
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Place pads so current runs through
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Turn the unit on.
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Clinical Microcurrent Stimulation. This special package includes:
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Unlocking the Secrets of Electrotherapy on DVD (Vol .1 )
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This two hour DVD is a complete seminar on the physics and clinical
applications behind microcurrent and interferential stimulation. Live
action, animation, and stereo sound, combined with DVD ease of use makes
this a powerhouse education system for doctor or staff. Dynamic
Chiropractic reviewer called it “The best video on physical therapy I have
ever seen!” Video includes many advanced treatment techniques like:
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Surround the Dragon
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Golgi Tendon
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Magic Hands
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You will know everything about microcurrent therapy
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Microcurrent Quick Reference Book
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97 pages of technique illustrations
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Points and settings for various conditions
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Facial Rejuvenation
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Macular degeneration treatments
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Complete guide of acupuncture meridians and points
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Therapy Pro (Software Program for the PC)
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Contains many of the same reference materials found in the Microcurrent
Guide, but in computer format for easy access and printing. Easily create
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Illustrated Exercise prescription software
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Illustrated Muscle anatomy lab
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The Lost Art of Microcurrent Stimulation
By Joseph Ventura
D.C.
©2008
VenturaDesigns
The lost art mentioned in
the title isn’t some secret practiced by a lost tribe in the Andes. Nor does it
refer to the ancient use of torpedo fish or electric eels, or some other sort of
obscure electrical generator to treat the human body. What I refer to is
clinical microcurrent stimulation. From about 1984 to 1994 there was not
available a more dynamic modality to assist a patient in getting better faster.
It was used in every
Olympics, and by virtually every pro football, baseball and basketball teams,
and in many major college programs. A national spokesperson was Carl Lewis,
perhaps the greatest Olympic athlete of all time. It received a remarkable
amount of support from virtually every health care profession. Dentists used it
for TMJ and general tooth pain. Acupuncturists used it to simulate needle
insertion. Trainers used it to speed up the healing in an injured area.
Chiropractors used it for pain control and healing. Medical Doctors used it to
repair macular degeneration and speed up the healing of fractures.
Cosmetologists used it for facial rejuvenation programs to lessen skin wrinkles.
That is an amazing array of uses from a single device. And for ten years
clinical microcurrent ruled the healing world. So what happened? Let me start by
explaining the part I played in all this.
I started my practice in
1978, you know in the last century. About a year later a couple of doctors in my
local support group talked about going to see an old Chinese doctor about a new
machine he had invented. The doctor turned out to be Dr. Thomas Wing, a
chiropractor, naturopath, licensed acupuncturist and electrical engineer. It was
reported that Dr. Wing sold the patent for the first personal pager to Motorola.
As an acupuncturist, Dr. Wing was looking for a better way to perform electro
acupuncture and to measure the electrical resistance of points. The device he
developed used an extremely low current, about 1,000 times lower than the TENS
devices of the era. He also incorporated a slowly alternating polarity, and used
frequencies below 1Hz. He called this new configuration a Tsunami Wave due to
its building effect in the body and then a release of power.
Next thing I know my buddies
came back with a machine and a contract to be dealers for Dr. Wing’s company
Monad.
So I bought a machine, at
that time named the Acu-O-Matic. I promptly started using it to treat athletes
for the various schools I worked with, and various pro tennis players I had come
into contact through the years. It worked great. Then one day I opened the back
of the unit and my life changed.
All my life I have taken
things apart to see how they work. It was natural for me to want to see the
inner workings of this remarkable machine. Dr. Wing had done such a remarkable
job in the circuit design, there were very few parts inside the machine. In
fact, the design was so efficient; it would run for two years on regular
batteries. But my first reaction was an “Ah ha” moment, as in “I can make a
machine just like this.”
Fast forward to 1990. By
that time I had retired from practice and had built Ventura Medical Equipment
(Later VME, Inc.) to be the largest manufacturer of clinical microcurrent units,
as well as other types of electrical stimulators. So what happened to the
marketplace for clinical microcurrent units? In my opinion four things happened
around the same time. In 1993 I retired after having licensed my microcurrent
design to several other companies, intending to live off the royalties. A couple
of years later Dr. Wing retired. When Wing and I left the scene so did all the
major advertising dollars we spent and most of the microcurrent seminars
stopped. Then, within six months of each other, the companies to which I
licensed the design all folded for various reasons. I took back the design and
started production again, but something new had entered the marketplace,
something that to this day is continuing to hold back clinical microcurrent
stimulators.
The absolute success of
clinical microcurrent led to imitation products, cheap imitation products. You
still see ads for them today, portable “microcurrent” stimulators for around
$50. These devices are microcurrent in output only. But output is only one of
the important parameters developed by Dr. Wind to create a Tsunami wave. These
portable devices cannot possibly get the same results because they don’t work by
the same mechanism.
Here are the electrical
parameters you must have to be considered a true clinical microcurrent
stimulator:
Constant Current
Generator
Getting such a small current
into the body means overcoming the inherent resistance in the electrical circuit
and skin resistance. A constant current generator, based on the resistance it
encounters, will vary the available voltage to maintain the selected microamp
output. The cheap portable devices are constant voltage rather than constant
current. The selected output cannot be maintained. Since microcurrent
stimulation is subsensory, having a constant current generator is critical to
success.
+/- 60 volts
In order to push such a
small current through the resistance of the circuit and the skin there must be
sufficient voltage available. The average resistance of the skin is 10,000 Ohms.
To push the maximum output of 600 microamps through that much resistance you
need 60 volts available to the circuit. Most cheap units only have about 20
volts or less available to their circuit.
Frequencies Below 1
and a 50% duty cycle
Duty cycle refers to how
long the current is “on”. So, 50% Duty Cycle means the current is on half of the
time, based on the frequency. If the frequency is set to 1 Hz the current will
be delivered for ½ second as a constant direct current. As the frequencies get
below 1, the duration increases. The advantage of this is that there is much
less skin resistance to a direct current than to a pulsed current. The cheap
devices have duty cycles measured in microseconds rather than seconds. A
constant current is never delivered.
So while these small cheap
“microcurrent devices” technically put out a current measured in microamps,
their other parameters virtually doom them to fail as a clinical microcurrent
device. Unfortunately, when these devices started to flood the marketplace, many
doctors decided to try a cheap device before investing in a true clinical
device.
By 1994, I again “retired”
after selling the design rights to another company. By that time Dr. Wing had
also retired leaving the microcurrent field without its two biggest promoters.
No more advertising campaigns, no more seminars or magazine articles.
Microcurrent technology literally stopped being a player overnight.
Over the next 14 years I
watched from the sidelines as other devices, more specifically LASERS, began to
make inroads into the marketplace by making claims virtually identical to what
microcurrent was proven to do two decades earlier. When the company I sold the
rights to went bankrupt a year ago I tried to buy back the rights. That proved
to be unsuccessful. So I did the next best thing. I contacted the Monad
Corporation, my old business rival. Turns out nobody I knew from the old days
was still associated with the company, not even Dr. Wing. I knew that the
quality of their ELF was second to none so I had no problem in asking
to become a national distributor. Monad agreed and I am now offering for sale
the ELF IV A, one of the finest modalities I have seen in my 30 years
of being a doctor of chiropractic.
How does it compare to a
LASER? Think: Better Results, Lower Price. And, you don’t have to go to a seminar
to learn how to use it. And, you will get reimbursed. Classified as a TENS
device, both attended and unattended codes are available to you, as the
ELF delivers current through either probes or pads.
After
purchase of the ELF we will send you our complete microcurrent kit that
includes the following:
Charts
Addiction and Detox Ear
Point chart for Weight Loss, Stop Smoking, Stop Drinking and general Detox
points.
Facial Rejuvenation points
and general rejuvenation techniques.
Manuals
Formula Points and pad
placement reference manual for over 70 musculo-skeletal conditions. Includes
full treatment parameters.
Facial rejuvenation manual.
Complete seminar type information on this exciting program that has a 25 year
success history.
DVD
"Unlocking the Secrets of Electrotherapy" microcurrent edition
This 1 hour video teaches you about various
electrical parameters (difference between volts and amps for example) and
illustrates various special microcurrent techniques. It’s like taking a weekend
seminar.
Software
Our Therapy Pro software
reinforces the information found in the DVD set and includes additional
information on acupuncture and trigger point therapy. The protocol section lets
you create custom protocols for microcurrent stimulation and print a hard copy.
This bonus package of DVD’s,
charts, manuals and software is valued at over $2,000 and is only available when
you order from VenturaDesigns.
More information
What follows is a recap of
information regarding microcurrent stimulation.
Dynamic Chiropractic
November 7, 1990, Volume 08, Issue 23
M.E.N.S.: A Revolutionary
New Electrotherapy -- Part I
A revolutionary new type of
electrotherapy has leaped into the national and international spotlight, thanks
to endorsements from some of the world's top athletes and sports therapists, as
well as its increasing utilization among the progressive chiropractic community
for a wide range of clinical problems.
This modality is low-volt,
pulsed microamp stimulation, commonly referred to as "M.E.N.S.," a contraction
for Microcurrent Electrical Neuromuscular Stimulation. M.E.N.S. emerged into the
physiotherapy marketplace as the brain child
Dr. Thomas Wing,
chiropractor and successful electronics inventor. The secret of Dr. Wing's
technological breakthrough is the infinitesimally small microampere currents it
utilizes, referred as "microcurrents," delivered via his patented "Tsunami"
waveform. One microampere is only a millionth of an amp, and is only 1/1000th of
a milliamp. Traditional electrical stimulation (TENS, EGS, EMS, conventional
interferential) all utilize milliamps designed to stimulate sensory and/or motor
nerves. Microamp stimulation, on the other hand, is designed to be used at
subtle subsensory levels which appear able to amplify and augment the naturally
occurring biological electricity used by Mother Nature to heal injuries.
These injury currents have
been described by a number of prominent researchers, including Robert O. Becker,
M.D. (Becker 1985); Bjorn Nordenstrom, M.D. of Sweden; and Richard Borgens,
Ph.D. at Purdue University. These researchers agree that the body does have a
means of activating its own semiconductor bioelectric circuits to send
endogenous biological electricity where it is needed for healing. Becker
proposes that these electrical signals are conducted through the Schwann cell
and glial cell perineural sheath, while Nordenstrom postulates that the
insulation properties of the arterial microcapillaries can be adjusted by the
body to shunt bioelectricity into the area of injury through the blood stream.
Dr. Becker additionally proposes that the classical description of acupuncture
meridians are actually maps of this glial cell network which parallel the
peripheral nervous system. The direct current (d.c.) injury currents conducted
through this system, according to Becker, are the naturally occurring
bioelectric signals for tissue repair and regeneration, and that acupuncture
points are maximally conductive windows into this bioelectric system serving as
amplifiers to compensate for downstream damping of signal strength.
Numerous studies have
measured these injury currents and found them to be microampere microcurrents (Illingsworth
and Barker, 1980; Borgens et al., 1979; Barker, Jaffe, and Vanable, 1982;
Borgens et al., 1980). A growing number of studies have appeared documenting the
enhanced healing effects of microamp stimulation (Carley and Wainapel, 1985;
Assimacopoulos, 1968, Wolcott et al., 1969; Gault and Gatens, 1976; Barron et
al., 1985, Alvarez et al., 1983; Nessler and Mass, 1985; Stanish, 1984).
Researchers and knowledgeable clinicians increasingly recognize that if the
ultimate clinical goal is to heal the injury, above and beyond simple short-term
electroanalgesia, microamp stimulation is the modality of first choice. The
combination of outstanding pain relief as well as enhanced healing makes M.E.N.S.
therapy a double winner. A large pilot study has recently been completed by Lynn
Wallace, a prominent physical therapist from Cleveland, Ohio. This study
measured the rate of response to M.E.N.S. on a group of 1500 patients suffering
from a wide range of clinical conditions presenting to a private practice.
Approximately 50% of these cases were acute, 30% subacute, and 20% chronic.
Thirteen different categories of injury were monitored, including both radiating
and non-radiating lumbar or cervical pain, ankle and foot pain, lower extremity
muscle injuries, as well as shoulder and elbow injuries.
By any standard of measure,
the results were quite remarkable. Ninety-six percent of these patients
responded to this modality with significant pain relief. The average decrease in
pain with a M.E.N.S. treatment was 55%. If frequency of treatments was given as
close to daily as possible, the accumulating net improvement with each treatment
was 25-30%. This rate of improvement resulted in a complete resolution of pain,
across all categories of injury, in an average of just four treatments. Even
radiating lumbar and cervical pain resolved completely within an average of 4.5
treatments with M.E.N.S..
Another study utilizing
microamp stimulation which should be of interest to chiropractors demonstrated
the results of this modality on a group of 40 patients with chronic low back
pain. These patients were divided into an actual stimulation group and a placebo
group. The study was conducted in a double-blind fashion. Three treatments per
week were given for two weeks. The subjects in the real treatment group
experienced an average pain relief of 37% greater than the placebo group. Even
more interesting were the findings at the two month, post-treatment follow-up,
which showed a 75% reduction of pain in the real treatment group, versus only 6%
in the placebo group (Learner and Kirsch, 1981).
Another interesting
double-blind study which has just been completed at Oakland University in
Detroit, demonstrated the ability of M.E.N.S. to prevent muscle breakdown after
an intense muscle workout, as demonstrated by reduced muscle soreness and
diminished release of creatinine phosphokinase (CPK), the enzyme released with
muscle breakdown. This study corroborates the anecdotal reports of many of the
world's top athletes; that this modality has enhanced their training and staved
off the muscle problems and injuries which so often interfere with performance.
Dynamic Chiropractic
November 21, 1990, Volume 08, Issue 24
M.E.N.S. -- A Revolutionary
New Electrotherapy -- Part II
Biochemical Battery
Recharging and the Arndt- Schulz Law
The electrochemical fuel for
cellular metabolism is adenosine triphosphate (ATP). This is not to be confused
with ATPase, the enzyme which degrades ATP. A study with important implications
for clinicians interested in enhancing healing was done at the Department of
Biochemistry and Orthopedic Surgery, University of Louvain, Belgium (Cheng et
al., 1982). This study found that it was possible to increase tissue ATP levels
by almost 500 percent with microamp stimulation, which the authors concluded was
a "remarkable increase." Likewise, other factors vital to the tissue repair and
regeneration were also enhanced with this stimulation, with membrane transport
and protein synthesis increased by 30-50 percent.
However, if one looks at the
effects of increasing the levels of stimulation up to the milliamperage levels
used by most clinicians, a most interesting finding was noted: Not only did the
level of all three of these vital factors fail to be enhanced above baseline
control levels, they were actually retarded below baseline levels. ATP
generation was actually suppressed with milliamperage. The results of this study
support the hypothesis frequently cited in papers in this field, referred to as
"The Arndt- Schulz Law." This theory states: "Weak stimuli increase
physiological activity and very strong stimuli inhibit or abolish activity."
(Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, ed. 26, 1985). Could it be that we
have been shouting at the body with traditional miliamperage electrical
stimulation when we would be better advised to whisper to it in the more subtle
microampere language of its own endogenous bioelectric healing system? I believe
so, as do a growing number of researchers and clinicians. As research evidence
builds and the word spreads among practitioners, M.E.N.S. is sure to become
increasingly acknowledged as a star performer in the world of physiotherapy.
Complement to Chiropractic
Chiropractors report that
the success and ease of their adjustment methods are consistently enhanced by
using M.E.N.S. either before and/or after manipulation. The treatment usually
consists of 2-5 minutes of manual point stimulation followed by the possible
addition of 5-10 minutes of unattended treatment with pads. This is a very time
effective therapy, which is made even easier by treating right through the
patient's clothing with moistened cotton swabs held in stainless steel hollow
swab holders, avoiding the necessity of gowning. Rapid patient flow can be
maintained using it in this way.
The impressive results
M.E.N.S. adds as a clinical complement to chiropractic certainly merit the brief
time it takes to administer a treatment. A number of techniques have been
developed to maximize the results of M.E.N.S. These techniques include
"Enhancement of Muscle Re-education" (EMR), "Golgi Tendon Organ" (GTO), and
"Enhancement of Tissue Repair" (ETR). Many practitioners are starting to use a
new technique which incorporates hands-on soft tissue manipulation, such as
friction massage and manual trigger-point releases, utilizing fingers
electrified with microcurrents. This technique is often referred to as
"electromassage," and produces excellent results with tight, contracted muscles
and/or scar tissue, as well as hot or cold trigger points.
Sports Therapy
M.E.N.S. has been featured
in numerous press stories about famous athletes who have experienced its
efficacy first-hand. Some of the athletes who have reported success include
Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan in basketball; as well as Carl Lewis, Jackie
Joyner-Kersee, Roger Kingdom, and Steve Lewis in track, all of whom were gold
medalists at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. The therapists at Seoul for the U.S. team
specifically requested the loan of one of Dr. Wing's M.E.N.S. instruments for
use on the athletes. Professional sports teams such as the San Francisco 49ers
and Seattle Seahawks football teams, the New York Mets in baseball, and seven of
the eight finalists in the 1990 playoffs of the National Basketball
Associations, all used Dr. Wings's M.E.N.S. therapy.
Beyond Electroanalgesia
There are many electrical
stimulation devices on the market which can produce temporary electroanalgesia,
also called "hyperstimulatory analgsia." These devices probably close neural
gates to pain in the substantia gelatinosa of the spinal cord (Melzak and Wall,
1965), and/or stimulate the release of endorphins and enkephalins to obtain
opioid type analgesia. M.E.N.S., however, with its subsensory currents, appears
to be working at the local tissue level to achieve anti-inflammatory effects and
speed tissue repair and healing. The pain relief it provides, as dramatic as it
is, is more a beneficial side effect of the favorable physiological tissue
changes it produces. Practitioners must ask themselves, with the advent of
M.E.N.S., whether their aim is to mask pain or to uproot its cause. Because the
answer to this question for so many chiropractors is the latter, M.E.N.S.
therapy is being increasingly selected by informed practitioners as the
physiotherapy modality which most fits the bill for them.
Robert I. Picker, M.D.
Walnut Creek, California
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Microcurrent Electro-Physiology
Research Abstracts: 1985 - 1999
KEYWORDS: wound
healing, scar, ulcers, direct current
l) Carley and Wainapel: Electrotherapy
for Acceleration of Wound Healing: Low Intensity Direct Current Archives of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vol. 66, July 1985
Summary: 30 hospital patients with non healing ulcers were divided into two
groups, one treated with conventional wound dressings and one with microcurrent
stimulation at 300-700 uA. The latter group was given two two hour stimulation
periods per day. After six weeks of such treatments, the group treated with
microcurrents showed a 150-250% faster healing rate , with stronger scar
formation, less pain and lessened infection of the treated area
KEYWORDS:
microcurrent, polarity, healing, scar, antibacterial
2) Wolcott, Wheeler, Hardwicke, and Rowley:
Accelerated Healing of Skin Ulcers by Electrotherapy Southern Medical Journal,
July 1969.
Summary:
These researchers applied microcurrent stimulation ranging from 200-800 uA to a
wide variety of wounds, using negative polarity over the lesions in the initial
phase, and then alternating positive and negative electrodes every three days.
The treated group showed 200-350% faster healing rates than control, with
stronger tensile strength of scar tissue and antibacterial effects in infected
wounds in the treated group.
KEYWORDS:
ulcers, polarity, stimulation, quadriplegia, healing
3)
Gault and Gatens: Use of Low Intensity Direct Current in Management ofIschemic
Skin Ulcers Physical Therapy, Vol. 56, #3, March 1976.
Summary: 100
patients with skin ulcers were treated with microcurrent stimulation; six of
them had bacterial ulcers with one side used as controls. Stimulation of 200-800
uA was applied, with negative polarity used until infection cleared, and then
polarity reversed. Patients had diagnosis ranging from quadriplegia, CVA, brain
tumor, peripheral vascular disease, burns, diabetes, fracture, and amputation.
The lesions with patients treated with currents showed approximately twice as
fast a healing rate.
KEYWORDS:
accelerated, wound healing, current, ATP, amino acids, b
4) Cheng, et Al: The Effects of Electric Current
on ATP Generation, Protein Synthesis, and Membrane Transport in Rat Skin
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, #171, Nov/Dec. 1982
Summary:
These researchers used in vitro slices of rat skin to determine some of the
biochemical explanations for accelerated wound healing demonstrated in the above
studies. By applying various levels of current to the samples, and then
chemically analyzing them, they determined that skin treated at currents below
1000 uA showed up to 75% higher amino acids and up to 400% more available ATP
than controls, and that skin treated at levels above 1000 uA showed depressed
levels of of these substances. Often less than non-treated controls.
5) Rowley,
McKenna, and Wolcott: Proceedings: Use of Low Level Electrical Current for
Enhancement of Tissue Healing. Biomedical Scientific Instruments #10, 1974
Summary: This
article is an overview of theory and research into the titled field.
KEYWORDS:
microcurrents, bone, healing, remodeling
6)
Tomoya Ohno (Japanese): Experimental Studies of Influences on Healing Process of
Mandibular Defect Stimulated by Microcurrent Shikwa Gakuho, #82 1982
Summary: 50
uA microcurrents were applied to one side of the jaws of a group of dogs with
lesions in their jaws. The other side was untreated. The dogs were examined at
periods of 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 42 and 56 days. Results: "It seems likely that
direct microcurrent promotes normal bone formation within the defective area and
accelerates the osseous healing process. Prolonged application of electrical
stimulus promotes a remarkable bone remodeling mechanism."
KEYWORDS: post
traumatic, microcurrent, modulated
7) Sinitsyn, Razvozva (Russian): Effects of
Electrical Microcurrents on Regeneration Processes in Skin Wounds Ortop
Travmatol Protez, Feb. 1986
Summary: 68
patients with post burn and post traumatic wounds underwent treatment constant
and modulated microcurrent of negative polarity of 1-10 uA/cm2 over a period of
2-20 days. Although both groups showed accelerated regeneration, the modulated
electric current group showed more prolonged and marked effect. Better survival
of skin grafts was demonstrated compared with uintreated patients.
8)
Sinitsyn, Razvozova, (Russian): Stimulation of the Regeneration of Skin Wounds
by Microcurrents Vopr Juroortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult, Nov.-Dec. 1985
KEYWORDS:
tendons, stimulated, stimulation, proline
9) Nessler and Mass: Direct-Current Electrical
Stimulation of Tendon Healing in Vitro Clinical Orthopedics and Related
Research, April 1987
Summary: 80
tendons from white rabbits were surgically transected and removed from the
animals after being surgically repaired. They were divided into 4 groups of 20,
and cultured with 10 of each group being electrically stimulated, and half not.
A 1.4 volt direct current connected through a 150 kOhm resistor was used for
stimulation, at a current of about 7 uA. It was found that currents any higher
than this caused discoloration of the tendons. Healing was measured by proline
uptake and bridging of the repair site by the epitenon. Results: "a continuous
direct current causes increased tendon cell activity within seven days and the
increased activity may persist as long as 42 days." The researchers suggested
that externally applied microcurrents may be preferable in future studies.
KEYWORDS:
tendon, Achilles
10) Stanish and Gunlaughson: Electrical Energy
and Soft-Tissue Injury Healing Sportcare and Fitness, Sept/Oct 1988
Summary: This
article is a summary of research into tendon healing acceleration, including
human injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament and the Achilles tendons:
"While the results are subjective, the individuals in both groups appear to have
returned to usual activities more quickly, and have greater mobility, than
people treated more conventionally".
11)
Vanable, Joseph: The Role of Endogenous Electrical Fields in Limb Regeneration
Limb Development and Regeneration, Part A. pages 587-596 Alan Liss Publishing,
N.Y. 1983
KEYWORDS:
Achilles, tendon, anodal, cathodal, microamps, load
12) Oweye, Spielholz and Nelson: Low-intensity
Pulsed Galvanic Current and the Healing of Tenotomized Rat Achilles Tendons:
Preliminary Report Using Load-to-Breaking Measurements Archives Physical Med
Rehab, Vol. 68, July 1987
Summary: 60
rats were divided into three groups of 20. One was unstimulated, one group had
their Achilles tendons stimulated with positive (anodal) current, and the third
group's tendons were stimulated with negative (cathodal) currents. A current of
75 microamps, at 10 Hz was used. Results: "The group treated with anodal current
withstood significantly greater loads (p<0.001) than did either the group which
healed normally (i.e. without stimulation) or the group treated with cathodal
currents".
KEYWORDS:
wheatstone, conductance, acupuncture, points, conduc
13) Reichmanis, Marino, and Becker: Electrical
Correlates of Acupuncture Points IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering,
November, 1975
Abstract:
Employing a wheatstone bridge, skin conductance was measured over those putative
acupuncture points on the large intestine and pericardium meridians lying
between the metacarpophalangeal joints and the elbow. Results were compared to
those from anatomically similar locations devoid of acupuncture points. "At most
acupuncture points on most subjects, there were greater electrical conductance
maxims than at control sites".
KEYWORDS: patch
clamp, currents, membranes, diabetes, ion chann
14) reported by Lawrence Altman: Cell Channel
Finding Earns Nobel Prize New York Times Medical Science section, October, 9,
1991
Summary: Two
German scientists, Dr. Erwin Neher and Dr. Bert Sakmann, will share the $1
million dollar Nobel prize for their development of the patch-clamp technique
that allows the detection of minute electrical currents in cell membranes. This
discovery, which "revolutionized modern biology" may shed light on the causes of
several diseases, like diabetes and cystic fibrosis. This method allowed the
detection of 20 to 40 types of ion channels that allow positive or negatively
charged ions into and out of the cells. "This study confirmed that electrical
activity is not limited to nerve and muscle tissue, as previously thought, but
is intrinsic to 'all kinds of other cells'".
15) Richez, Chamay and Bieler, U. of Geneva: Bone
Changes Due to Pulses of Direct Electric Microcurrent, Virchows Arch. Abt. A
Path Anat. 357, 11-18 (1972)
Summary: 26
rabbits had platinum electrodes surgically implanted into the medullary cavities
of their humerus bones. Microcurrent stimulation was applied at 50 and 250 uA,
allowing pause periods of one second between one second treatment bursts. The
scientists found that osteogenesis (bone growth) happened more around the
cathode (negative polarity), and that slight tissue necrosis occurred around the
anode. The tissues stimulated acted as capacitors, discharging 75% of the
current absorbed during the rest periods. They concluded that pulsed current is
superior to direct current for bone healing acceleration.
KEYWORDS:
silver, staphylococcus, infection, anodal
16) J.A. Spadaro, S.E. Chase, and D.A. Webster:
Bacterial inhibition by electrical activation of percutaneous silver implants,
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Vol. 20, 565-577 (1986)
Summary:
Percutaneous silver wire implants were placed in rats, and the wounds inoculated
with Staphylococcus aureus to test how much infection would spread. Microcurrent
stimulation was passed through the wires, with + anodal current placed into
implanted silver wire, and the - cathodal electrode placed on the rat's belly as
a ground. It was found that significant inhibition of infection occurred, with
the most marked results at 20uA current level. "Metallic silver can be
effectively and efficiently activated to elicit its anti-microbial activity by
the application of microampere electrical current."
KEYWORDS:
pulsed, Yucatan pigs
17)
Byl, McKenzie et.al.: Pulsed Microampereage Stimulation: A Controlled Study of
Healing of Surgically Induced Wounds in Yucatan Pigs, Physical Therapy, Volume
74, Number 3/March 1994
Summary: This
study failed to confirm the superiority of microcurrent-stimulated wounds in
test pigs over controls. A good review of previous studies is given as well as a
discussion of which research variables could account for the inconclusive
results, which vary from other studies that found microcurrent to be efficacious
for wound healing.
KEYWORDS:
microcurrent, TMJ, laser, placebo
18) Bertolucci and Grey: Clinical Comparative
Study of Microcurrent Electrical Stimulation to Mid-Laser and Placebo Treatment
in Degenerative Joint Disease of the Temporomandibular Joint, Journal of
Craniomandibular Practice, 1995
Summary: 48
patients were divided into three groups, some receiving placebo, some
microcurrent and some laser to treat pain of TMJ sydrome. Both microcurrent and
laser were found to be significantly more effective than placebo, with laser
slightly more effective than microcurrent. The author acknowledges that lasers
are not legally sold in the United States for this purpose, and that
microcurrent's easy accessibility makes it more practical for practitioners
here.
Keywords: EEG,
FFT, chaos analysis, neurofeedback, microcurrent
19) M. Heffernan: Comparative Effects of
Microcurrent Stimulation on EEG Spectrum and Correlation Dimension, Integrative
and Behavioural Science, July-September, 1996, Vol. 31, #3
Summary: 30
subjects were selected for a study comparing the effects of microcurrent on
smoothing of EEG measurements of the brain. Subjects were randomly assigned to
three groups - microcurrent (100uA) applied to earloble, trapezius area of
shoulder, and no stimulation. Electrodes were arranged so subjects could not
tell which group they were in. Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and correlation
dimension from chaos analysis were used to measure results. The researcher found
that microcurrent applied to the shoulders was markedly more effective in
smoothing EEG patterns than earlobe or placebo. "This would represent a possible
cost-effective alternative to neurofeedback in treating (anxiety and attention
deficit disorders), by raising low regions in the FFT.
Keywords:
Trigger points, TP, temporomandibular, conductivity, GSR
20) DuPont: Trigger Point Identification and
Treatment with Microcurrent, The Journal of Craniomandibular Practice, October
1999, Vol. 17, #4
Summary: This
article gives the author's techniques for locating and stimulating trigger
points (TP's) using a microcurrent stimulator, specifically for the treatment of
temporomandibular disorders. He states that electrical conductivity is highest
over trigger points, and galvanic skin response (GSR) testing can be used to
locate such points. He utilizes probe electrodes to treat small TP's, and pad
electrodes to treat larger ones. Probe treatment is delivered @ 0.3 Hz, 20 - 40
uA, with treatment time of 10 - 30 seconds per site. He suggests administering
treatment in 24-48 intervals, and states that results should be seen within 2 -
3 treatments. He acknowledges that these protocols are not necessarily the best
ones, but work well for his practice. 2) Vanable, Joseph: The Role of Endogenous
Electrical Fields in Limb Regereration Limb Development and Regeneration, Part
A, pgs. 587-596, Alan Liss Publishing, N.Y., 1983 2) Vanable, Joseph: The Role
of Endogenous Electrical Fields in Limb Regereration Limb Development and
Regeneration, Part A, pgs. 587-596, Alan Liss Publishing, N.Y., 1983
the following are personal observations by Dr. Joe Ventura
ELF for
any practitioner that deals with pain patients
The ELF is an outstanding device to locate and treat
acupuncture points and trigger points. Treating the points associated with
various pain syndromes and then passing the healing current (ETR) through the
area, delivers a powerful one-two knockout punch for pain. The ELF technology
enjoys a 30 year success history, longer than any other microcurrent device. I
have personally used it on professional athletes, world-class college and high
school athletes and on my non-athlete patients, all with outstanding success.
Our exclusive ELF package comes with Acupuncture
point and trigger point formulas for over 70 different common musculo-skeletal
conditions.
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 ELF for TMJ Pain Control and Healing
In 1984 I developed one of the first TENS
devices for the Denar Corp and worked for several years with Jack Haden, DDS
teaching microcurrent healing at his TMJ seminars. I know first hand that
clinical microcurrent stimulation can control the pain associated with TMJ and
the ETR wave can help normalize the associated muscles greatly helping the other
techniques you employ.
The ELF comes with detailed TMJ
charts and reference materials. Start using it right out of the box!
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ELF for Facial
Rejuvenation
A quick review of the Internet shows
that microcurrent stimulation is still a very big business in the facial
rejuvenation field. That is because thirty years later it still works to tone
the underlying muscles.
What many don't know is that facial
rejuvenation was invented by Dr. Thomas Wing and Dr. George Goodheart through
their work in muscle re-education. I was among the first group of doctors to use
their techniques and Dr. Wing's patented equipment.
I opened the first clinic in Kansas City for performing such a service
in 1984.
Unfortunately what I also discovered during
my Internet search is that many of the current facial rejuvenation techniques
have little in common with the original system, and in many cases the current
techniques act contrary to laws of physiology.
I am pleased to offer the original facial
rejuvenation protocols updated with new charts and manuals. And the new
ELF, the descendent of the original machines, is the premier
microcurrent stimulator to perform the protocols.
And because the original protocols are so
effective, your time is cut down to about 15 minute, per client.
The protocols include BOTH the correct
acupoints to stimulate and the muscles to work and how to work them. And because
the ELF was the original facial rejuvenation machine, you can be
assured of the results.
It also comes with our exclusive facial
rejuvenation training material that includes detailed charts and reference
materials to get started right, and right away.
All this for under $5,000! Order Today!
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ELECTROACUPUNCTURE
Dr. Thomas Wing a licensed acupuncturist,
chiropractor and naturopathic doctor from California originally developed the
ELF to be the premier electroacupuncture device. He and others at the
time, were looking for a way to simulate needle insertion using electrical
impulses. During his research he discovered that the boy reaction to a positive
stimulation current was enhanced if a negative current was used first. This was
later born out to be true in published research.
Dr. Wing also understood that the body's
tissues were capacitive in nature. That is, charges could be stored and then
released when a certain level was achieved. He built into his machine a circuit
that would let the operator know when the body had released that charge.
So, the ELF has several features
that make it the premier electro acupuncture device.
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Very stable searching meter that displays
both 0-100 and 0-200 ranges simultaneously
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Tsunami Wave© stimulation of points either
from a single or dual probe system
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Feedback loop to ensure the current is
being delivered
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Feedback loop to show success of current
delivery
As a chiropractor and acupuncturist allowed
to perform needle insertion in Kansas in the 1980's, I can testify that this
device is so effective you will consider never using needles again. Dr. Ventura
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ATHLETIC
INJURIES
It started in the 1980's. Jack Scott PhD
began using microcurrent stimulation on several world class track athletes with
whom he had associated. Word of the fantastic success spread quickly through
that community and soon he was treating the best in the sport. Through the
efforts of Dr. George Goodheart who was part of the official medical team in the
84 Olympics, the ELF was used an an official modality and help many an
Olympic athlete through their minor, and not so minor aches and pains of Olympic
competition.
After the Olympics there was no stopping the
success of the ELF. Many professional athletes now demanded
microcurrent as part of their rehab process. Virtually every major professional
sports team had a device. Some athletes like Carl Lewis, possibly the greatest
Olympic athlete ever, carried their own unit wherever the went to compete.
My personal experiences were in treating
athletes at the 1986 U.S. Open Tennis Tournament and with the various high
school and college athletes I treated in my practice. I've had the fortune of
having virtually every modality at my disposal during my practice years. By far,
the best technology for speeding up the healing in an injured area is clinical
microcurrent and the best machine is the ELF. Dr. Ventura
Why
the ELF is NOT Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM)
FSM is the brain-child of Carol McMakin DC.
It is based on the work of Albert Abrams MD. Dr. Abrams holds the distinction of
perhaps being the greatest medical charlatan of all time. He believed that every
disease had a frequency and if you bombarded the body with the exact frequency
of the disease you could neutralize the disease. He created a device that he
leased to other doctors with the understanding that if you broke the seal and
opened the box you could no longer use it, it must be returned. His device never
passed a single test of scientific scrutiny in the U.S. or in Great Britain,
earning the disapproval of both the AMA and the British Medical Association.
Abrams work was championed in the 60's by Royal Rife and now by Dr. McMakin.
Unfortunately there is still no proof that
FSM is any better of different than conventional microcurrent. If fact, I have a
great concern that FSM protocols do not take into account that crossing currents
of different frequencies try to cancel each other out. This means the actual
treating, or beat frequency, is the difference between the frequencies of the
two channels.
Understand this: The Current of Injury of
the body is a continuous current of DC electrical energy, negative in polarity.
The Current of Healing is the same, but positive in polarity. Continuous means
constant, as in no frequency. Doesn't it make more sense to use the EXACT same
parameters as the body does? That's what the ELF uses.
Until adequate research is done to establish
that FSM is truly unique and that the body is really frequency specific in the
healing process, FSM must be regarded with skepticism.
My opinion, and I would love further
discussion on this. JV
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