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Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) is an exciting new way of treating nerve and muscle pain and many other conditions using specific frequencies and micro amperage current.

Microcurrent has been in use for over 15 years. There are hundreds of practitioners (not just chiropractors) in the US, Australia and Canada using FSM to create miraculous changes in patients to reduce pain and improve health.

Most of the time FSM produces immediate dramatic changes in tissue that make it an indispensable tool in treating pain and many other health concerns.

There are FDA restrictions on what we can say, report or claim as an effect of the use of microcurrent as a device for the treatment of any condition other than a general “treatment of pain” statement. Microcurrent instruments are all approved under the general class of “TENS” devices even though microcurrent is 1000 times less current than TENS. TENS devices can only make claims about general relief of pain.

This doesn’t change what we can do; it changes what we can say about what we can do. All references to clinical effects other than simple pain control refer to frequency resonance effects not the effects of microcurrent.

We are more than happy to sit down and answer any of your questions with a free consultation, but below are some typical questions our patients have asked before, during and after their treatments.

How does it work?

Your body seems to use the microcurrent energy to increase its own energy production. Microcurrent increases the production of ATP, your own chemical energy, by up to 500%. It also increases protein synthesis and waste product removal. These results have made microcurrent the growing choice of athletes and other patients wanting to speed up their healing time.

Why can’t I feel it?

The current is so low it doesn’t stimulate sensory nerves.

Why does the doctor use the black graphite/vinyl gloves?

The graphite gloves conduct the current from the machine to your body. The gloves allow the doctor to feel your muscles and put the current exactly where it is needed.

Why does the doctor change frequencies on the machine?

We have observed that specific frequencies seem to do specific things to the muscles and other tissues. The tissue will suddenly soften and becomes less painful when a “correct” frequency is chosen. This softening and the pain relief that comes with it seems to be long lasting and in some cases permanent.

How do the frequencies work?

We believe the frequencies work on the principle of biologic resonance. For example, a singer can shatter a glass when the note resonates with the crystal structure of the glass. Microcurrent frequencies seem to be able to resonate with biologic tissue and change the structure of the tissue when the frequency is correct. Once the tissue is changed and stable, it seems to be able to stay in the new configuration.

What are the side effects?

Microcurrent changes the muscle tissue, removing long stored waste products and increasing cellular metabolism so quickly that there is often a detoxification reaction after treatment. Some people have a similar reaction after a massage, but the reaction after microcurrent is stronger because we do so much in such a short period of time. The side effects can include nausea, fatigue, drowsiness, a temporary increase in pain, and a flu-like feeling. The side effects usually start about 90 minutes after treatment and last from 4 to 24 hours. As your body detoxifies your system, the symptoms will diminish.

What can I do about the side effects?

Your doctor may give you some supplements to help your liver detoxification pathways deal with the byproducts from the muscles, but it is best that you drink at least two quarts of water in the two hours following treatment. If you feel the side effects return, drink more water, take additional supplements and it should pass in about 20 minutes.

Do the benefits last?

Every patient responds individually, but the changes to the muscles seem to be long lasting. About 60 to 80% of the changes created in one treatment last until the next treatment, about four to seven days. Your muscles are used to being the way they are and may return to the old configuration if not treated again although some patients have had permanent changes in one treatment.

Again, we are more than happy to sit down and answer any of your questions with a free consultation call or e-mail us today to schedule an appointment.