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The emergence of BioElectric Medicine: Non-traumatic pain and Edema

Management "

By nne Sliwinski, Ph.D.

Bioelectric medicine is the second oldest medical science and second most

documented science known. In 46 A.D. Scribonius Largus described the

treatment of patients with electric ells to relieve pain and increase

circulation. In more recent times, (1949) Nemec in Germany described the

first endogenous applications of interferential currents and in the United

States, (1960), Melzack and Wall developed the Gate Control Theory of Pain.

Understanding this theory, has led to the use of certain low stimulatory

frequencies to interfere with pain perception.

Today, both low and middle frequencies are being used for pain and edema

management. Low stimulatory frequencies are being used for pain and edema

management Low stimulatory frequencies are those between .1 and 1000 Hz or

pulses per second (p.p.s.) And those generally used on the patient within

this range are between .1 and 200 p.p.s. When applied to the body, .l-35

p.p.s. results in pumping activity such as skeletal muscle movement that

massages both blood and lymph vessels and vasoconstriction with the

A. Complex acute and chronic pain management

1. Pain syndromes originating in the area of the vertebral column

2. Pain in the limbs

3. Pain originating from degenerative tissue changes/trophic disturbances

4. Pain from muscles and tendons due to strain or sprain

5. Traumatic and post-traumatic pain (contusion, fractures, hematoma, etc.)

6. Headache pain (migraine, cluster, tension, etc.)

7. Post-traumatic headache pain

8. Neuralgic headache pain

9. Neurogenic pain (phantom limb, causalgia, Raynaud's, etc.)

10. Miscellaneous pain (post-surgical)

B. Stimulation of motor nerves and muscles

1. Relaxation of muscle spasm

2. Neuromuscular reeducation and prevention of disuse atrophy

3. Post-surgical calf-muscle stimulation for prevention of phlebothrombosis

C. Improvement in circulation (circulatory

influence)

1. Support of regeneration process

2. pH normalization

3. Edema reduction

BioElectric Medicine is fast emerging as a viable treatment option for

patients suffering from pain, edema, spasms, and circulatory disorders. The

future of medicine will be greately influenced by this new, old medical

science.

Reference:

1. Clinical ElectroMedicine Research Academy.

2. Spergene, D.C., d. et al " Manipulations Under Epidural

Anesthesia with Corticosteroid Injection: Two case Reports " Journal of

Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, November/December 1997: 618-621.

nne Sliwinski, Ph.D., consults as Director of Education for Stress

Therapy Solutions, In.c She has a doctoreate in cell biology from Utah

State University and a Master's from Ohio University. She completed

research at the Cleveland Clinic foundation and St. Charity

Hospital. She is also a part-time instructor of Anatomy and Physiology at

Cuyahoga Community College.

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