Low-frequency sound waves used by device to relieve pain
DO YOU know that low-frequency sound pressure can be used to relieve pain?
This is the concept used by Medsonix’s Acoustic Resonating Therapy (ART), a noninvasive, drug- and prescription-free method to increase blood flow and mobility, decrease inflammation and pain, and relieve symptoms attributed to a wide range of diseases and disorders.
Developed over 10 years by acoustics designer Alphonse Cassone of Las Vegas, Nevada, this US FDAregistered device uses low frequency sound waves to increase blood flow, decrease inflammation and pain, and relieve the painful symptoms of a host of medical problems.
Cassone said Medsonix doesn’t just mask the pain, but goes deep to the root of the problem. “This is not a band-aid solution; it cures the pain.”
Pilot studies conducted at the School of Nursing and Physical Therapy of the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2000, published in an international medical journal in 2002, showed that the Medsonix ART system improved range of motion and de- creased pain in over 85 percent of patients.
Medsonix’s ART system can help alleviate arthritis, bursitis, migraine, carpal tunnel syndrome, back and joint pain, multiple sclerosis, Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, sciatica, diabetic neuropathy, lupus, and peripheral vascular disease.
Each ART session lasts for about 30 minutes and can be done while patients are reading, listening to music, or checking their e-mail. There is no need to disrobe, though patients are required to wear sound-reducing headphones during treatment. As they are enveloped with low frequency sound waves, patients often feel a warm, tingly sensation throughout the body or around the affected area.
Though the treatment requires four to six sessions, patients feel less pain immediately after a session of ART, Cassone said.
Medsonix’s ART can also be employed in conjunction with a patient’s regular treatment, he added.
Meanwhile, Enrique Soriano III, Filipino partner of Medsonix, said they plan to set up ART demo units at hospitals that cater to indigent patients for research purposes.