Microcurrent therapy involves electricity at a cellular level and is known for being an almost invisible healer; the patient does not feel the microcurrent. Although we often recommend microcurrent for people suffering from anxiety, headaches, and other neural and nerve-related symptoms, microcurrent therapy in Scottsdale is for anyone who wants to return to 100% bodily function.
Here’s What You Need to Know:
What is Microcurrent Therapy?
Now we don’t want you to envision the electric machine from the Princess Bride with its life-sucking torture power. Microcurrent therapy is nearly the opposite! It sends mild electrical current throughout your cells so they can be examined through a mini-electrical generator. Microcurrent promotes communication between different kinds of cells in the body, restoring tissue frequencies, neutralizing inflammation, and improving function. With the significantly increased ATP production of the cells (the body’s form of energy), the existing disease is fought off faster and for good.
Where did Microcurrent Therapy come from?
As far back as the invention and widespread use of electricity, the body and its electrical currents have been studied. In the 1830s, Carlo Matteucci measured the electrical current in an injured tissue! While its popularity diminished with the rise of penicillin, bioelectricity has been used to heal wounds, broken bones, scar tissue, and bacterial diseases. In fact, in the 1990s, German scientists Dr. Erwin Neher and Dr. Bert Sakmann were awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for their work on the patch-clamp technique that detects minute electrical currents in cell membranes. Many kinds of ions were discovered to have electrical channels. These channels can be influenced (think along the lines of acupuncture without needles and with more significant results)!
Who benefits from Microcurrent Therapy?
Anyone who adds microcurrent therapy to their treatment sessions will benefit from a more excellent range of motion, reduction in muscle pain, and enhanced blood flow throughout the body. The FDA-approved treatment typically lasts 30 minutes, but several sessions are recommended. Microcurrent therapy is not recommended for patients with pacemakers or pregnancy. Specifically, we add microcurrent therapy to patients suffering from:
