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What is frequency-specific microcurrent (FSM)?
Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) is a system of treatment using micro-amperage current, which is electrical current in millionths of an ampere. This micro-amperage current is the same kind of current your body naturally produces on it's own, which means you often do not feel the current. The resonance effects of the frequencies are used on tissues and conditions to create beneficial changes in symptoms and health. It's change on the cellular level!
Frequency Specific Microcurrent is unique because each tissue in your body resonates at different frequencies (i.e. lungs have a difference frequency than liver, which is different than muscles etc...) & there are frequencies for bringing tissue states back to balance (i.e. inflammation, trauma, torn & broken). What does this mean? We can select a program for EXACTLY the problem you are having to target any specific issue, whether it be physical, mental, emotional or spiritual.
Microcurrent has been shown to increase energy production (ATP) in cells by 500%, reduce cytokines that cause inflammation, and increase secretions in various tissues including Substance P that reduces pain. There are numerous studies indicating its ability to improve healing in wounds and fractures.
Further Information on FSM Therapy
When an injury occurs to a tissue, the electrons in that tissue take on different vibration characteristics. The vibrations of electrons are different for each tissue type and each condition; with each frequency being specific for these tissue disruptions; hence the name "Frequency Specific" Microcurrent therapy. After the condition is assessed, frequencies are chosen and reconfiguration of the disruption in the tissues alleviates the problem. As the imbalanced electron frequencies are neutralized improvements occur.
Frequency Specific Microcurrent together to with natural therapies such as herbal medicine and reflexology help the body come to a balanced state of health faster. The mirco-current directly targets cells on a sub-sensory level; it has a dramatic effect in healing and repairing the body in various ways. Beneficial for chronic and acute neck and back pain, any inflammation, sports injuries, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, tendon ligament repair, arthritis as well as balance on the the physiological, mental and emotional level.
Healy is a tool for identifying where imbalances occur in your body and how to allow you to take charge of your healing. When we understand that all is energy and vibration, it starts to make great sense.
"The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence."
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– Nikola Tesla
Medical physicians and osteopaths used electromagnetic therapy devices to treat patients in the between 1900 and 1934. They did research and published their findings in journals, books and meetings. In 1934, the American Medical Association declared that electromagnetic therapies, homeopathic remedies, nutrition and herbs were “unscientific” and that profitable drugs and surgery were the future of medicine. Physicians were told that they could lose their license to practice medicine unless they stopped using the devices. The treatments fell out of use and by the 1950’s the machines were made illegal by the FDA, despite proven effectiveness and safety.
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In 1995, Carolyn McMakin, DC received a list of frequencies from an osteopath who bought a practice in 1946 that came with a device made in 1922 and came with a list of frequencies. These frequencies were used with a two-channel microcurrent device as if the descriptions on the list were correct, with immediate results – the frequencies appeared to do exactly and only what they were described as doing. Frequencies to reduce inflammation did that and only that. Frequencies to remove scarring increased range of motion but had no effect on inflammation . The frequency to stop bleeding prevented bruising but did nothing for inflammation or range of motion. Dr. McMakin began teaching the technique in January 1997 – Phyllis Heffner, MD first took the basic Core FSM Course in July 2018 and a second time in January 2019. She also attended the Advanced FSM Course and biennial FSM Symposium in March 2019. Her primary use of FSM is for the treatment of neurological, emotional/psychiatric, autoimmune, toxic, and digestive conditions although also treats chronic pain and other conditions.
The current FSM machines have FDA certificates as if they are TENS devises for blocking pain. The FDA has not evaluated the use of resonance therapy or frequencies.
The following is an article written by Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC in the Tuesday, October 22, 2019 edition of The Townsend Letter:
The effects of frequency specific microcurrent (FSM) signaling on nervous system function have been documented for almost twenty years. The data needs much more research to flesh out mechanisms and confirm the results, but very specific effects of specific frequencies on the nervous system have been found to be present.
FSM and Inflammation
In 2000, blood sample data was analyzed by the premier micro-immunochemist at NIH, Terry Phillips, PhD, who documented log-rate reductions in all of the inflammatory cytokines by factors of 10 and 20 times in response to one and only one frequency combination, 40 hertz to reduce inflammation and 10 hertz to target the spinal cord. These changes happened only in patients with fibromyalgia from spine trauma, and their pain decreased from 7.4/10 to 1.4/10 in 60 minutes. While the cytokines dropped and endorphins increased at log rates, serotonin dropped. When the pain was zero, the frequencies were changed to target the medulla and balance the nervous system. In every case, serotonin reduction stopped, and the levels of serotonin increased only in response to this protocol. In one case, the level more than doubled in 30 minutes. No nutritional intervention was used.
In 2003, blinded animal research showed that only one frequency combination (40/116) reduced lipoxygenase (LOX) mediated inflammation by 62% in four minutes in every animal tested. This is a time dependent response in a well-established animal model of inflammation. In the same research, 40 hertz combined with 116 hertz reduced COX mediated inflammation by 30% in four minutes, which was equivalent to injectable Toridol when it was tested in the same animal model. No other frequencies reduced inflammation.
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FSM and PTSD
In 2005, the two-hour frequency protocol for treatment of PTSD was developed. The frequencies aim to reduce the activity of midbrain stress centers, reduce inflammation in the forebrain, and quiet the sympathetics. The protocol has been used by thousands of FSM practitioners for 14 years. There have been no failures to date and no negative side effects as long as medication is reduced when symptoms improve. In 2010, data collected on three-to-five year chronic, combat-induced PTSD showed dramatic and rapid reduction in PTSD symptoms and scores after only four treatments in four weeks. No improvement is expected in PTSD when it has persisted for longer than two years. The recommended treatment calls for eight sessions in seven weeks. The data show significant improvement after only half the recommended treatment. No nutritional or medication interventions were used.
FSM and Brain Injury
The treatment protocols for traumatic brain injury, stroke, and concussion have been in use since 1997. In 2013, Alicia Thomas, EdD, documented significant and dramatic EEG changes in TBI and autism patients treated with a combination of frequency specific microcurrent and speech therapy processes.
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Experience has shown that when these protocols are combined with nutritional support and brain exercises, the effects are even more dramatic and positive.
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FSM and Autonomic Function
In 2013, Roger Billica, MD, documented rapid dramatic changes in autonomic function and heart rate variability in response to only very specific frequencies targeting the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. The frequency to “increase secretions” of the sympathetic nervous system was applied for 60 seconds and dramatically increased sympathetic tone and reduced parasympathetic tone as demonstrated by HRV readings. That effect was reversed when the frequency to “increase secretions” in the parasympathetic system was applied for 60 seconds and tested after a two minute wait. Clinical responses consistently reproduce these effects. For this testing no nutritional intervention was used. In clinical settings, nutritional and dietary support are always recommended.
Conclusion
Nutritional approaches to brain health are clearly effective, but they take too long and, in general, work too slowly to optimize patient compliance. The data and common sense suggest that combining the rapid response to frequency specific microcurrent therapy with
nutritional approaches that maintain those immediate changes would make treatment more effective, more efficient, and less expensive.
N O T I C E
The information provided here does not constitute medical advice or medical recommendations/treatments.
Healy is designed to harmonize your bioenergetic field and enhance
recovery, vitality and wellbeing, not to cure, treat, mitigate, diagnose or
prevent disease. Healy is a wellness device NOT an illness device.
It is created to help harmonize, balance, and support the bioenergetic field.
In the European Union, Healy is a medical device for the treatment of pain for chronic pain, fibromyalgia, skeletal pain and migraine, and for the supportive treatment of mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety and related sleep disorders.
The Individualized Microcurrent Frequency (IMF) programs of the Healy Editions are not medical applications. The information here is for reference and educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. You should always seek such advice from a qualified medical professional.