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MICRO-CURRENT ON PAIN CONTROL AND HEALING
By Gerald H. Smith D.D.S.
TAKEN FROM PHYSICAL THERAPY FORUM APRIL 30 1993
We now know the body has a micro-current "circulatory system" that provides intercellular communication through electromagnetic signaling. Becker has documented that our bodies present a positive polarity along the central axis and a negative polarity in the peripheral structures. He has also shown that this polarity is reversed in hypnosis, during anesthesia and following an injury which creates a positive potential at the site of trauma. Becker has speculated this polarity reversal sets up a current of injury that initiates and signals the beginning of tissue repair and regeneration. Doctor Becker believes this current of injury is conducted by means of direct micro-current signals past along the Schwann and Glial cell sheaths that surround the neurons.
The internationally known radiologist and researcher, Bjorn Nordenstrom, describes tissues as biologic batteries in our body. This concept is well known and accepted by many researchers. Nordenstrom believes that an electrical voltage potential difference exists in the body that is created by a separation of oppositely charged ions. He states that the electrical energy of this biologic battery can be tapped once its closed. The closed circuit permits the flow of electricity between oppositely charged areas. In his book on bioelectricity, Nordenstrom describes the activation of these biological semiconductor circuits following muscle activity and injuries both of which cause a build-up of positively charged ions. Researchers have benefited greatly from the discovery that the body functions in a micro-current level. Scientific studies utilizing micro-currents have documented its ability to reduce pain, stimulate and even shorten the healing process. Research by Cheng, at the university of Louvain in Belgium, have shown that a current of 500 micro-amperes can raise the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) level almost 500% and increase protein synthesis and membrane transport. The Bourguignon study documented the intracellular influx of calcium within the first min. Of micro-current stimulation followed by an uncapping of insulin receptors on the cell membrane and enhancement of protein and DNA synthesis. Nessler and Mass in their study used seven micro-amperes of direct current to speed tissue repair and regeneration of excised rabid tendon. Histologic examination confirmed the tenoblastic repair had been enhanced by electrical stimulation.
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