THE BIRTH OF RESONANT PET: FREQUENCY SPECIFIC PEMF
In my Physical Therapy practice, I get to support people in their healing journeys and achieve incredible results with Frequency Specific Microcurrent and Specific Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF). A part of my PT practice for humans involves customizing a Home Unit for folks to take their healing process into their own hands and support their journey while they're not in the clinic.
Inevitably, as people experienced the amazing results of this therapy for themselves, they began to ask me about ways to support their beloved pets.
Fortunately, the frequency pairs we use for humans translate to those we use for animals. Frequencies that we use are simply pulses per second, which we measure in Hertz (Hz). So in a treatment, for example, I can pair the frequency that signals 'reduce inflammation' with the frequency for the target tissue 'nerve' and nerve pain is reduced. We know that this helps animals because of their body response and in the cases where they are being monitored, how their lab values change. Surgeries have healed in half the typical time, bleeding stops quickly, pain behaviors change, anxiety reduces ... the list goes on. It's quite remarkable to witness.
So as I began collecting the stories from my patients about their animal companions, it struck me: how can I not support animals in this way?
Over the next months, I'll be sharing the stories of some of the animals I've been privileged to help with this incredible therapy. They'll all be collected here on my blog, Resonant Pet Stories.
HOW DOES PEMF THERAPY WITH RESONANT PET WORK?
Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF) produces a magnetic field which has the potential to optimize tissue function and cellular energy. The bodies of animals (and of us humans) are both electrical and magnetic, and this therapy operates on a cellular level to elicit changes in the body. Instead of on a chemical level, which we are most used to because of our observed effects of food, supplements, medications and so on, we are able to target the cell from an energetic level with this therapy.
The difference between standard PEMF and the Frequency-Specific PEMF that I use is that I am able to concurrently run two different frequencies simultaneously, which translates to a far more specific treatment. Instead of generally "increasing microcirculation" as some of the more mainstream PEMF therapies have been shown to do, we are able to target a very specific target tissue (for example, the liver, or the corpus collosum, or the ligament, or the tendon, or the nerve, etc) with a very specific frequency instruction. When we transmit these dual frequencies through the magnetic field, they elicit very specific changes in the tissues which we can validate based off symptom changes, lab values, behaviors, function, range of motion, healing times, etc.
IS THERE RESEARCH ON PEMF THERAPY?
The short answer: yes there certainly is!
I compiled this document that details the research on PEMF for humans for The Healing Collective, where I do Frequency Medicine work with humans.
I will be working on compiling a post detailing the research on PEMF for animals to post on this blog, so stay tuned! In the meantime, a quick PubMed search shows promising research on PEMF for both humans and animals. Here is an abstract from a 2018 paper by Gaynor et al:
Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy can non-invasively treat a variety of pathologies by delivering electric and magnetic fields to tissues via inductive coils. The electromagnetic fields generated by these devices have been found to affect a variety of biological processes and basic science understanding of the underlying mechanisms of action of PEMF treatment has accelerated in the last 10 years. Accumulating clinical evidence supports the use of PEMF therapy in both animals and humans for specific clinical indications including bone healing, wound healing, osteoarthritis and inflammation, and treatment of post-operative pain and edema. While there is some confusion about PEMF as a clinical treatment modality, it is increasingly being prescribed by veterinarians. In an effort to unravel the confusion surrounding PEMF devices, this article reviews important PEMF history, device taxonomy, mechanisms of action, basic science and clinical evidence, and relevant trends in veterinary medicine. The data reviewed underscore the usefulness of PEMF treatment as a safe, non-invasive treatment modality that has the potential to become an important stand-alone or adjunctive treatment modality in veterinary care.
WHAT IS ENTRAINMENT?
Another way to think about Frequency-Specific therapies is to consider entrainment.
Entrainment is a phenomenon in which two oscillators interact with each other, typically through physical or chemical means, to synchronize their oscillations. This phenomenon occurs in biology to coordinate processes from the molecular to organismal scale. Biological oscillators can be entrained within a single cell, between cells or to an external input (Jiménez et al 2022).
If a tissue has an optimal resonant frequency of 195 Hz, for example, but it is oscillating at 182 Hz, it will present in a pathological state. From this perspective, the farther away from the optimal resonant frequency, the more dysfunctional the tissue. If we pulse electromagnetic frequencies tuned to that optimal state, 195 Hz, over time, the dysfunctional tissue will begin to oscillate at that optimal frequency, correcting its function.
With these specific frequencies, we are operating by the same mechanism that a guitar string plucked will vibrate that same note but no other note of the guitar sitting across the room, or by which an opera singer, when she hits the exact frequency, can shatter a crystal glass, or how your key fob on your car will only unlock your Subaru but not the Subaru parked next to it. As we understand that the body's tissues all have different optimal resonant frequencies, it makes sense that we can target these structures and entrain them to their correct, healthy resonance.
THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING
You don't have to take my word for it. The animals (and their happy caretakers) speak for themselves, and I'm looking forward to sharing their stories in this upcoming series.
RESOURCES CITED
Chaitow L and McMakin C. Frequency Specific Microcurrent in Pain Management. Curchill Livingstone 2010.
Gaynor JS, Hagberg S, Gurfein BT. Veterinary applications of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy. Res Vet Sci. 2018;119:1-8. doi:10.1016/j.rvsc.2018.05.005
Jiménez A, Lu Y, Jambhekar A, Lahav G. Principles, mechanisms and functions of entrainment in biological oscillators. Interface Focus. 2022;12(3):20210088. Published 2022 Apr 15. doi:10.1098/rsfs.2021.0088
McMakin, Carolyn R. 2017. The resonance effect: how frequency specific microcurrent is changing medicine.