Pulsed Electro Magnetic Field Therapy





		Your Path to Healthy Living and a Healthy Life

by Dr. Johh Yim, ND

This article first appeared in the Nanaimo News Bulletin

Do you have chronic pain? Are you suffering from: arthritis, muscle pains, tendonitis, frozen shoulder, sports injuries, post-surgical pain, headaches, and so on? There is a new, cutting-edge therapy that may take away your pain.

Last September, a gentleman called my office to ask if acupuncture might help his wife’s migraine headaches. Apparently she had been having periodic migraines for over twenty years, but for three weeks prior to his call she been experiencing a non-stop headache that nothing would relieve.

I assured him that I had something better than acupuncture for headaches and that he should bring his wife in for a free demonstration.

When this couple arrived, they were predictably sceptical since no over-the-counter medicine or medical intervention had lessened the migraine pain. By the end of the twenty minute demonstration, the headache was gone.

They could not believe this had worked. The husband candidly admitted that in the years he had known his wife, this was the first time ever that anything was able to stop her migraines. In the past, she would have to take strong painkillers and sleep off the migraine.

The pain relief lasted about four hours after the initial demonstration. However, with each successive treatment, the relief lasted longer and longer. By the end of October, she had not had a migraine in three weeks. Also, her energy level and sense of well being were better after each treatment.

This patient’s migraines continued to improve dramatically at a very rapid rate. Besides her headaches improving she was pleased to report that other symptoms that we were not intentionally treating were improved as well. After 26 days this couple began to plan for a holiday away from home. This was something they had not been able to do in twenty years due to the migraines.

My opinion is that a wholistic approach combining nutrition chiropractics, and the amazing PAP-IMI treatments is the reason this patient improved so quickly. Having said that, even after four treatments of PAP-IMI, her pain was already noticeably better.

So, what is PAP-IMI? The PAP-IMI machine was invented by a Greek physicist, Dr. Panos Pappas (hence the PAP in the name). The IMI stands for ionic magnetic induction. In other words what the machine does is it creates a magnetic field.

This machine generates a pulsed magnetic field. This is different from static magnets such as a tailor’s magnet or magnets you may have played with as a child. These have one constant strength that does not change.

A pulsed magnetic field generator like the PAP-IMI creates a magnetic field that is formed and then it collapses at an intermittent rate. It is as if the field is being turned on and off over and over. This enables the magnetic field to induce energetic changes at the level of the cell membranes. The cells can use this energy to stimulate healing and affect pain signals that normally travel to the brain.

Pulsed magnetic field technology was first developed to heal bone fractures and has since been used for other orthopaedic conditions and the repair of soft tissues.

Some of the conditions that I have used PAP-IMI treatments to successfully treat include: whiplash, sports injuries, joint and muscle pain, tendonitis, headaches, sciatica, neurological pain after a stroke, and to accelerate bone healing.

This article for informational purposes only. If you would like more information on PEMF therapy please contact our clinic at 250-755-1930.