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Bioelectromagnetic Therapy
Magnetism
is one of the universe's fundamental powers. It has been used
medicinally for thousands of years. With the advent of electricity
and electromagnetics, our ability to produce and control electromagnetic
fields and to use them to diagnose and treat has expanded enormously.
Bioelectromagnetic Therapy is the application of electromagnetic fields to treat and promote health. Although this therapy may be new to most of us in North America, it has been studied systematically throughout eastern Europe and in the countries of the former Soviet Union for over 35 years. Thousands of studies have been performed, and its use is part of standard practice there for many conditions.
How important is Bioelectromagnetic Therapy? In 1992 Dr. Andrew Bassett, who helped pioneer the first FDA approved device using pulsed electromagnetic fields, wrote,
"In the decade to come bioelectromagnetics will assume a therapeutic importance equal to, or greater than, that of pharmacology and surgery today. With proper interdisciplinary effort, significant inroads can be made in controlling the ravages of cancer, some forms of heart disease, arthritis, hormonal disorders, and neurological scourges such as Alzheimer' s disease, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis."1Effects of magnetic and electromagnetic fields have been studied in:
Alzheimer's
Disease · Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis ·Arthritis
· Asthma · Atherosclerosis · Bone Healing
· Bronchitis · Burns · Cervical Osteoarthritis
· Chronic Venous Insufficiency · Dental Problems
· Depression · Diabetes · Elbow Pain ·
Endometriosis/Endometritis · Epilepsy · Eye Disorders
· Facial Nerve Neuropathy/Paralysis · Fibromyalgia
· Glaucoma · Gynecology · Headache ·
Hearing Loss · Heart Disease · Herpetic Stomatitis
· Hypertension · Insomnia · Kidney Failure/Inflammation/Stones
· Knee Pain · Laryngeal Inflammation · Leprosy
· Limb Lengthening · Liver/ Hepatitis · Lupus
Erythematosus · Lymphadenitis · Mandibular Osteomyelitis
· Maxillofacial Disorders · Migraine · Multiple
Sclerosis · Muscle Rehabilitation · Muscular Dystrophy
· Neck Pain · Nerve Regeneration · Neuropathy
· Optic Nerve Atrophy · Osteochondrosis ·
Osteoporosis · Pain · Pancreatitis · Parkinson's
Disease · Paroxysmal Dyskinesia · Pelvic Pain ·
Peptic - Duodenal Ulcer · Periodontitis · Pneumonia
· Poisoning - Detoxification · Post-Mastectomy ·
Post-Polio Syndrome · Post-Herpetic Pain · Prostatitis
· Pseudoarthrosis · Psoriasis · Rheumatoid
Arthritis · Schizophrenia · Seasonal Affective Disorder
· Shoulder Pain · Sinusitis ·
Sleep - Insomnia · Spinal Cord Injury · Stroke
· Tendonitis · Tinnitus · Transcranial Magnetic
Stimulation · Trophic Ulcer · Tubal Pregnancy ·
Tuberculosis · Urinary Incontinence
· Urinary Inflammation - Trauma · Uterine
Myoma · Vasomotor Rhinitis ·
Vestibular Dysfunction · Whiplash
·Wound Healing ·
Wrinkles
To view research on any of the above and more, click on BIOELECTROMAGNETIC
RESEARCH LIBRARY.
Besides addressing specific conditions, many health promoting
benefits have been reported, including increased energy and availability
of oxygen, enhanced transport of ions (calcium, potassium, sodium)
and other molecules across cell membranes, improved circulation,
superior healing, better sleep, pain relief and stress reduction.
There is speculation that regular, appropriate bioelectromagnetic
treatment may increase longevity and quality of life.
Magnetic fields pass through the body almost as if it were transparent,
inducing electrical currents, and these may account for many of
the far-reaching and systemic effects observed. Because
the body is essentially transparent to magnetic fields, they may
also provide the ideal means to deliver to a pulsed signal to
elicit a systemic response.
Bioelectromagnetic and laser therapies are frequently combined
in research and in the clinic. By adding energy to living
systems, these modern energy therapies may serve to enhance the
effects of acupuncture and other traditional methods.
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(1) Rosch and Markov, eds, Bioelectromagnetic Medicine Marcel Dekker, New York, 2004, vii.