| As nerve & muscle stimulators for personal | | | | to the tissue. This in turn allows the cells to regain |
| use, the first medical microcurrent shoes in the | | | | their own natural energy flow. When injury occurs, |
| world have been created using 21st century | | | | the area that has been injured has a higher |
| nanotechnology. These shoes are capable of | | | | electrical resistance than the surrounding tissue |
| treating many diseases merely by walking while | | | | does. This in turn decreases and perhaps even |
| wearing them. When muscles are used repeatedly | | | | stops electrical flow through the injured area, |
| for a long time, it often leads to muscular | | | | which impedes the healing process and promotes |
| soreness and fatigue. Microcurrent therapy has | | | | inflammation. When microcurrent therapy is used, |
| been shown to be effective at reducing pain and | | | | this resistance is reduced, which allows electricity |
| muscle soreness. These therapeutic shoes or | | | | to flow through and therefore restore normal |
| microcurrent induction shoes could be potentially | | | | function. This, in turn, helps stimulate natural |
| useful for providing treatment if they were worn | | | | healing. |
| during normal activities. | | | | In addition, microcurrent therapy can be used at |
| What is Microcurrent Stimulation and Microcurrent | | | | specific frequencies for a variety of tissues and |
| Therapy | | | | conditions. This can often soften tissue and |
| Microcurrent stimulation is a therapy used | | | | decrease pain, which provides long-lasting pain |
| whereby electric current is provided in literally | | | | relief that may even be permanent. This has |
| millions of an ampere. It works on a cellular level | | | | some promising benefits that may be applicable to |
| to help stimulate the healing process. It is based | | | | current chronic pain conditions as well. |
| upon the theory that the body's electrical balance | | | | For example, fibromyalgia and myofascial pain |
| is disrupted when one is injured, so that the | | | | have been shown to be greatly reduced and even |
| natural electrical current of the body changes | | | | eliminated with the use of microcurrent therapy |
| course. Microcurrent stimulation restores this | | | | When traumatic injury occurs, such as that which |
| balance. | | | | occurs with sports, both tendons and ligaments |
| In fact, microcurrent therapy can relieve pain, | | | | seem to repair much more quickly, and |
| stimulate wound healing, help stimulate the | | | | inflammation and swelling is also reduced. |
| regeneration of injured tissue, provide relief to | | | | In addition, soft tissue regeneration is improved. It |
| myofascial trigger points, increase protein | | | | has also been found that if magnet therapy is |
| synthesis, and stimulate lymphatic flow. | | | | combined along with microcurrent therapy the |
| Microcurrent stimulation is produced in therapy at | | | | benefits can be amplified. |
| literally one millionth of an ampere, because this is | | | | Still another exciting and possible use of |
| believed to be the body's own natural current | | | | microcurrent therapy is to help cure addiction. |
| strength. This therefore restores the body's own | | | | Behavioral programs such as those used to stop |
| natural current. | | | | smoking, lose weight, or stop drinking seem to |
| When microcurrent stimulation is provided, it | | | | benefit from the use of microcurrent therapy as |
| cannot be felt, because the sensory receptors | | | | well. |
| are not stimulated. Other electrotherapy pain relief | | | | Finally, it may also have antiaging and general |
| methods, such as TENS, are provided at higher | | | | health benefits. Thus far, studies have shown that |
| occurrence in milliamps, thereby causing muscle | | | | using microcurrent therapy can help stimulate and |
| contraction. | | | | rehydrate collagen, increase the uptake of |
| With microcurrent therapy ATP production | | | | nutrients within cells, and significantly stimulate the |
| increases by 500%. ATP is the primary molecule | | | | excretion of waste products, including heavy |
| our bodies use to produce energy and is found in | | | | metal from inside cells. Therefore, microcurrent |
| every cell of the body. In fact, it has been found | | | | therapy may soon be on the horizon not just as |
| that ATP production increased fivefold after | | | | a pain relief therapy for those who have been |
| microcurrent therapy was administered. As stated | | | | injured or who are suffering from chronic pain, |
| previously, protein synthesis also increased, and so | | | | but as a general health and well-being |
| did amino acid transport. | | | | "maintenance" practice used to sustain good |
| When microcurrent therapy is used to help heal | | | | health. |
| injured tissue, it restores the natural current flow | | | | |