CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF SPECIFIC PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD (PEMF) THERAPY Michael Torosian, MD

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CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF SPECIFIC PULSED
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD (PEMF) THERAPYMichael
Torosian, MD

• INTEGRATIVE BIOPHYSICS WORKSHOP
• A4M ANNUAL CONFERENCE
• April 16, 2010

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ENERGY IS LIFE INFORMATION

• LIFE CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT ENERGY
• SINGLE-CELL ORGANISM ? HUMAN
• CELLULAR TISSUE METABOLISM
• SUBCELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY BIOPHYSICS
• COMMUNICATION / INFORMATION REQUIRES ENERGY

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HEALTH ANTI-AGING AREENERGY DEPENDENT

• HEALTH REQUIRES PROPER BALANCE / REGULATION OF
  ENERGY
• IMBALANCE or DYSFUNCTION OF CELLULAR-TISSUE-WHOL
  E BODY ENERGY IS ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE
• RE-BALANCING or REGULATING ENERGY WITH SPECIFIC
  PEMFs CAN PROMOTE HEALTH, WELLNESS AND ANTI-AGING

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AGING CHRONIC DISEASEENERGY METABOLISM

• FREE RADICAL DAMAGE
• ABNORMAL GLUCOSE METABOLISM (AGEs)
• HORMONE PAUSES METABOLIC SYNDROME
• MITOCHONDRIAL AGING
• WEAR-AND-TEAR THEORY
• INFLAMMATION
• STRESS

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INCREASED LONGEVITY

• CALORIC RESTRICTION

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• Q IS THERE A WAY TO BALANCE or REGULATE ENERGY
  METABOLISM ACCURATELY PRECISELY ENOUGH TO
  PROMOTE HEALTH, WELLNESS REJUVENATION ?
• A SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY

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MY BACKGROUND

• SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY
• INITIAL SKEPTICISM
• FAMILY NEED
• CLINICAL BIOPHYSICS CASE STUDIES

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WHY SHOULD SPECIFIC PEMFTHERAPY WORK ?

• LIVING ORGANISMS HAVE A BIO-ELECTRIC /
  BIO-MAGNETIC FIELD (HEART gt BRAIN, LIVING
  MATRIX)
• UNIFIED THEORY OF MATTER-ENERGY
• EINSTEIN e mc2
• WAVEPARTICLE CONCEPT
• LIFE-COMMUNICATION-INFORMATION REQUIRES ENERGY

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WHAT IS SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY ?

• SOPHISTICATED BIOFEEDBACK TECHNOLOGY
  REGISTERED BY FDA AS A CLASS II MEDICAL DEVICE
• NOT TO DIAGNOSE or TREAT DISEASE
• NON-INVASIVE TECHNOLOGY USED TO DETECT
  IMBALANCES IN THE BODYS ENERGY FREQUENCIES
  DELIVER SPECIFIC LOW ENERGY EM FREQUENCIES FOR
  SELF-REGULATION BALANCING OF THE BODY

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WHAT ARE THE KEYS TO SUCCESS OF SPECIFIC PEMF
THERAPY ?

• CLINICAL SUCCESS IS BASED ON PRECISE BIOPHYSICS
  INDIVIDUALIZED BIOFEEDBACK
• SPECIFIC
• PULSED
• LOW INTENSITY
• EXTREMELY LOW / LOW FREQUENCY
• BIOFEEDBACK

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SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPYWHY SPECIFIC ?

• THE HYDROGEN ATOMS OF DIFFERENT TISSUES
  RESONATE AT DIFFERENT, SPECIFIC FREQUENCIES
  SISKEN WALKER, 1995
• MRI
• H ATOM MOST ABUNDANT IN BODY, ODD PROTONS
  HAS SPIN
• TOXINS, DISEASE, TRAUMA, INJURY, INFLAMMATION
  THE AGING PROCESS ALTER THESE FREQUENCIES (BY
  CURRENT OF INJURY) vs. HEALTHY, YOUNG TISSUES.
  THIS PHENOMENON HELPS US TO DETECT PROBLEM AREAS.

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SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPYWHY PULSED ?

• WHEN THE EMF IS ON, RESONANCE or ALIGNMENT OF
  HYDROGEN ATOMS OCCURS. ALIGNMENT OCCURS IN 1 of 2
  STATES, ONE LOW-ENERGY (LONGITUDINAL) ONE
  HIGH-ENERGY (TRANSVERSE).
• WHEN THE EMF IS TURNED OFF, HYDROGEN ATOMS
  RELAX FROM THE HIGH ENERGY (TRANSVERSE) STATE
  TO A LOW ENERGY STATE ? INDUCING ELECTRON FLOW
  PHOTON RELEASE OF A SPECIFIC WAVELENGTH.

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SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPYWHY PULSED ?

• WHEN THE EMF IS TURNED OFF
• ?
• ELECTRON FLOW PHOTON RELEASE IS INDUCED
• ?
• QUELCHES FREE RADICALS
• ULTIMATE ANTI-OXIDANT
• RELIEVES INFLAMMATION
• REJUVENATES ENERGIZES TISSUES

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SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPYWHY LOW INTENSITY ?

• SPECIFIC PEMF NEEDS TO WORK AT BIOLOGIC or
  PHYSIOLOGIC LEVELS, WHICH ARE LOW INTENSITY
  ENERGY LEVELS.
• IN CONTRAST, HIGH INTENSITY ENERGY IMPULSES
  GENERATE HEAT / DESTRUCTION ARE NOT USED IN
  THIS BIOFEEDBACK TECHNOLOGY.

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SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPYWHY EXTREMELY LOW to LOW
FREQUENCY ?

• EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES (ELF)
• DEFINED AS lt 100 Hz
• CLINICAL FREQUENCIES USED TO 32,000 Hz
• BIOLOGIC or PHYSIOLOGIC FREQUENCIES
• VERY LONG WAVELENGTH, LESS PARTICLE-LIKE
• IN CONTRAST, HIGH FREQUENCIES (e.g., X-RAYS,
  MICROWAVES) ARE DAMAGING ARE NOT USED IN THIS
  BIOFEEDBACK TECHNOLOGY.
• MICROWAVE RAD (35 GHx) ? CHROMATIN CONDENSATION
  CELL MEMBRANE DAMAGE IN HUMAN BUCCAL EPITH.
  CELLS
• INT J RADIAT BIOL 85 322 9, 2009

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SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPYWHY BIOFEEDBACK ?

• INDIVIDUALIZED BIOFEEDBACK IS NECESSARY TO
  INDIVIDUALIZE CLINICAL USE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY
• THE VASCULAR AUTONOMIC SIGNAL (VAS) IS ALTERED
  WHEN THE CURRENT OF INJURY INTERFERES WITH THE
  (CORRECT, SPECIFIC EXTERNALLY APPLIED) PEMF
• BY SCANNING THE BODY USING VAS BIOFEEDBACK,
  THE MAIN FOCUS FOR APPLYING THE PEMF CAN BE
  IDENTIFIED

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FOLLOW THE ENERGY (ELECTRON PHOTON) FLOW

• MAN 5 SENSES, MOVEMENT, etc
• ? ?
• ORGAN SYSTEMS NERVOUS SYSTEM
• ? ?
• TISSUES BRAIN, SP CORD, PERIPH NS
• ? ?
• CELLS NEURONS, GLIA
• ? ?
• SUBCELLULAR PARTS MITOCHONDRIA, CELL MEM
• ? ?
• BIOPHYSICS BIOCHEM KREBS CYCLE, ION PUMPS
• ? ?
• ELEMENTARY PARTICLES-WAVES ELECTRONS PHOTONS

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DUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

• DUALITY OF HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM
• NEURONS GLIA
• ANALOGOUS TO GENES JUNK DNA
• PERI-NEURAL GLIAL CELLS
• MORE ANCIENT, DIRECT CURRENT COMMUNICATION
  SYSTEM THROUGHOUT BODY
• THE LIVING MATRIX
• CONTINUOUS, DYNAMIC ENERGY NETWORK

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SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPYCURRENT OF INJURY

• HEALTHY TISSUES
• THE H ATOMS OF HEALTHY TISSUES RESONATE AT
  CHARACTERISTIC, SPECIFIC FREQUENCIES
• DISEASED, INJURED, AGING TISSUES ? ? TOXINS, ?
  FREE RADICALS, etc ? CURRENT OF INJURY
• CURRENT OF INJURY PEMF ? INTERFERENCE ? ?
  or ? VAS (VASCULAR AUTONOMIC SIGNAL)

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SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY BIOFEEDBACK VAS

• BIOFEEDBACK VAS (VASCULAR AUTONOMIC SIGNAL)
• IS THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF
  SPECIFIC PEMF
• FIND CORRECT (RESONANT) FREQUENCY
• FIND FOCUS OF INJURY
• APPLY SPECIFIC PEMF

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SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY INTEGRATIVE BIOPHYSICS

• INJURY - DISEASE - AGING
• ?
• CURRENT OF INJURY
• ???? SPECIFIC PEMF
• ? TRANSVERSE HALL EFFECT
• ?? TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC FIELD
• ?
• ALTERS VAS
• PROVIDES HEALTH BENEFITS

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SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPYMECHANISM OF INJURY
REPAIR

• INJURY / DEGENERATION / AGING ?
• ? TOXINS
• ? FREE RADICALS
• ? ACIDITY
• ? INFLAMMATION
• ? STRESS
• ? REACTION BY GLIAL CELLS
• PEMF REPAIR BY SPECIFIC RESONANCE FREQUENCIES,
  PHOTON RELEASE ENERGIZING ELECTRON FLOW

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CLINICAL USES OF SPECIFIC PEMF

• ANTI-AGING, HEALTH WELLNESS
• ACUTE or CHRONIC PROBLEMS
• ANY AREA, TISSUE or ORGAN SYSTEM
• VIA NERVOUS SYSTEM
• VIA CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
• BIOFEEDBACK ? BALANCING SELF-REGULATING
• WHY? - INTEGRATIVE BIOPHYSICS AT CELLULAR
  SUBCELLULAR LEVEL

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CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OFSPECIFIC PEMF - I

• PAIN RELIEF
• SPORTS INJURIES
• ANTI-STRESS
• ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
• SMOKING CESSATION
• ? BONE STRENGTH
• ANTI-FREE RADICAL ACTIVITY
• SELF-BALANCING / SELF-REGULATING
• ENERGIZING or CALMING

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CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OFSPECIFIC PEMF - II

• DELAYED NON-UNION FRACTURES
• OSTEOPOROSIS
• FIBROMYALGIA PAIN MALAISE
• HEADACHES / MIGRAINES
• ARTHRITIS
• CHRONIC INFECTIONS
• DETOXIFICATION / ? LYMPHATIC FLOW
• TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT SXs
• ANXIETY
• etc ..

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CHRONIC PAINScientific American 301 50 57,
2009

• CHRONIC PAIN AFTER INJURY IS CAUSED BY
  ?-SENSITIVITY OF PAIN-SENSING NEURONS THAT FIRE
  WITHOUT AN EXTERNAL STIMULUS
• KEY DETERMINANT OF CHRONIC PAIN
• NORMALLY NURTURING GLIAL CELLS ? INFLAMMATORY
  CYTOKINES EXCITATORY FACTORS ? ? SENSITIVITY OF
  NEURONS
• FRANZ NISSL (1894) - GLIAL INJURY RESPONSE
• ? MICROGLIA
• ASTROCYTE PLUMPED UP WITH THICK BUNDLES OF
  FILAMENTS

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CHRONIC PAINScientific American 301 50 57,
2009

• TRADITIONAL ANALGESICS ARE NOT EFFECTIVE AT
  RELIEVING CHRONIC PAIN BECAUSE
• WORK AT BRAIN LEVEL PRIMARILY, NOT AT THE
  PERIPHERAL SITE
• WORK ON NEURONS, NOT ON GLIAL CELLS
• IRONICALLY, ACTIVATE GLIAL CELLS TO ?
  SENSITIVITY OF NEURONS ? ? PAIN TOLERANCE TO
  ANALGESICS

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PAIN RELIEF bySPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY

• SPECIFIC PHOTON RELEASE ELECTRON FLOW
• ?
• ? INFLAMMATION
• MAINTAIN POLARIZATION OF NEURAL CELL MEMBRANE
  (- 70 mV)
• CNS BALANCING
• GLIAL CELL RE-BALANCING

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CLINICAL CASE

• FIBROMYALGIA HEADACHE

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CLINICAL CASEACUTE PAIN INFLAMMATION

• R PSOAS / ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE STRAIN

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CLINICAL CASESUBACUTE PAIN INFLAMMATION

• R KNEE STRAIN

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CLINICAL CASESUBACUTE CHRONIC PAIN
INFLAMMATION

• R TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT INFLAMMATION TINNITUS

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CLINICAL CASECHRONIC PAIN

• FIBROMYALGIA LLE PAIN

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CLINICAL CASE

• ANXIETY INSOMNIA

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CLINICAL CASE

• DIABETES STRESS

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CLINICAL CASE

• ACUTE POSTOPERATIVE / INCISIONAL PAIN

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CLINICAL CASE

• SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC INFECTION

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CLINICAL CASE

• STRESS-RELATED ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

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CLINICAL CASE

• SMOKING CESSATION

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SUMMARY

• SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY IS A MEANS TO BALANCE or
  REGULATE ENERGY METABOLISM TO PROMOTE HEALTH,
  WELLNESS ANTI-AGING
• BIOFEEDBACK ? INDIVIDUALIZED PROGRAM
• INTEGRATIVE BIOPHYSICS WORKS AT THE CELLULAR
  SUBCELLULAR LEVEL