1. INTEGRATIVE BIOPHYSICS WORKSHOP A4M ANNUAL CONFERENCE April 16, 2010
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF SPECIFIC PULSED ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD (PEMF) THERAPY Michael Torosian, MD
INTEGRATIVE BIOPHYSICS WORKSHOP
A4M ANNUAL CONFERENCE
April 16, 2010

2. ENERGY IS LIFE & INFORMATION
LIFE CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT ENERGY
SINGLE-CELL ORGANISM → HUMAN
CELLULAR & TISSUE METABOLISM
SUBCELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY & BIOPHYSICS
COMMUNICATION / INFORMATION REQUIRES ENERGY

3. HEALTH & ANTI-AGING ARE ENERGY DEPENDENT
HEALTH REQUIRES PROPER BALANCE / REGULATION OF ENERGY
IMBALANCE or DYSFUNCTION OF CELLULAR-TISSUE-WHOLE BODY ENERGY IS ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASE
RE-BALANCING or REGULATING ENERGY WITH SPECIFIC PEMFs CAN PROMOTE HEALTH, WELLNESS AND ANTI-AGING

4. AGING & CHRONIC DISEASE ENERGY METABOLISM
FREE RADICAL DAMAGE
ABNORMAL GLUCOSE METABOLISM (AGEs)
HORMONE PAUSES & METABOLIC SYNDROME
MITOCHONDRIAL AGING
WEAR-AND-TEAR THEORY
INFLAMMATION
STRESS

5. INCREASED LONGEVITY
CALORIC RESTRICTION

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

7. MY BACKGROUND
SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY
INITIAL SKEPTICISM
FAMILY NEED
CLINICAL BIOPHYSICS & CASE STUDIES

8. WHY SHOULD SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY WORK ?
LIVING ORGANISMS HAVE A BIO-ELECTRIC / BIO-MAGNETIC FIELD (HEART > BRAIN, “LIVING MATRIX”)
UNIFIED THEORY OF MATTER-ENERGY
EINSTEIN: e = mc2
WAVE……………PARTICLE CONCEPT
LIFE-COMMUNICATION-INFORMATION REQUIRES ENERGY

9. 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 BODY’S ENERGY FREQUENCIES & DELIVER SPECIFIC LOW ENERGY EM FREQUENCIES FOR SELF-REGULATION & BALANCING OF THE BODY

10. 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

11. SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY WHY 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.

12. SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY WHY 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.

13. SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY WHY PULSED ?
WHEN THE EMF IS TURNED OFF ↓
ELECTRON FLOW & PHOTON RELEASE IS INDUCED
QUELCHES FREE RADICALS
ULTIMATE ANTI-OXIDANT
RELIEVES INFLAMMATION
REJUVENATES & ENERGIZES TISSUES

14. SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY WHY 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.

15. SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY WHY EXTREMELY LOW to LOW FREQUENCY ?
EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES (ELF)
DEFINED AS < 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 ]

16. SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY WHY 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

17. FOLLOW THE ENERGY (ELECTRON & PHOTON) FLOW
MAN 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

18. DUALITY OF HUMAN NERVOUS SYSTEM
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

19. SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY “CURRENT 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)

20. 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

21. SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY = INTEGRATIVE BIOPHYSICS
INJURY - DISEASE - AGING ↓
CURRENT OF INJURY +
►►►► SPECIFIC PEMF
↓ TRANSVERSE HALL EFFECT
↑↑ TRANSVERSE ELECTRIC FIELD
ALTERS VAS &
PROVIDES HEALTH BENEFITS

22. SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY MECHANISM 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

23. 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

24. CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF SPECIFIC 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

25. CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF SPECIFIC PEMF - II
DELAYED & NON-UNION FRACTURES
OSTEOPOROSIS
FIBROMYALGIA PAIN & MALAISE
HEADACHES / MIGRAINES
ARTHRITIS
CHRONIC INFECTIONS
DETOXIFICATION / ↑ LYMPHATIC FLOW
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT SXs
ANXIETY
etc ……………..

26. CHRONIC PAIN Scientific 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

27. CHRONIC PAIN Scientific 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

28. PAIN RELIEF by SPECIFIC PEMF THERAPY
SPECIFIC PHOTON RELEASE & ELECTRON FLOW ↓
↓ INFLAMMATION
MAINTAIN POLARIZATION OF NEURAL CELL MEMBRANE (- 70 mV)
CNS BALANCING
GLIAL CELL RE-BALANCING

29. FIBROMYALGIA & HEADACHE
CLINICAL CASE
FIBROMYALGIA & HEADACHE

30. CLINICAL CASE ACUTE PAIN & INFLAMMATION
R PSOAS / ABDOMINAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE STRAIN

31. CLINICAL CASE SUBACUTE PAIN & INFLAMMATION
R KNEE STRAIN

32. CLINICAL CASE SUBACUTE – CHRONIC PAIN & INFLAMMATION
R TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT INFLAMMATION & TINNITUS

33. CLINICAL CASE CHRONIC PAIN
FIBROMYALGIA & LLE PAIN

34. CLINICAL CASE
ANXIETY & INSOMNIA

35. CLINICAL CASE
DIABETES & STRESS

36. ACUTE POSTOPERATIVE / INCISIONAL PAIN
CLINICAL CASE
ACUTE POSTOPERATIVE / INCISIONAL PAIN

37. SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC INFECTION
CLINICAL CASE
SYMPTOMS OF CHRONIC INFECTION

38. STRESS-RELATED & ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION
CLINICAL CASE
STRESS-RELATED & ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION

39. CLINICAL CASE
SMOKING CESSATION

40. 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