I am new to PEMF, so have no advice there. What I do know, is that several years ago when I was getting my son hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), there was a man that had had a diabetic foot injury bad enough that he had been scheduled for foot amputation. He tried HBOT as a last ditch effort while awaiting surgery. (In Canada we have to wait for all things medical) When his time came for surgery, his foot was greatly improved. He canceled surgery and a month later finished his HBOT. His foot was completely healed with only slight scaring.
Thank you for this i am looking into options locally but may have to travel to a larger metro area about two hours away.
look into ewot… liveo2.com one of the first to offer an ewot system for home use. more effective than hbot in that oxygen saturation is more complete and much better circulated throughout the body in a very natural way.
the effectiveness can be attained over a consistent schedule of 30+mins of cardio exercise like running. ewot oxygen saturation and circulation gets to that state in less time (1 session vs 5xs a week over a month period).
definitely look into that if you want a more cost effective and efficient way of oxygen therapy than hbot 
I take beg to differ with, “more effective than hbot in that oxygen saturation is more complete and much better circulated throughout the body.” Boyle’s gas law trumps sales jargon. I will not do a dissertation on dissolved gases theory, but I will just repeat again, HBOT is very effective for diabetic wound healing. Can you afford it? It’s cheaper than amputation.
you’re right… i don’t have the details to support my opinion that oxygen will circulate to all parts of the body through aerobic activity and high concentration of oxygen. I am going on the premise that the rich oxygen taken in during sustained aerobic activity will get to where it needs to in a more effective manner … on the idea that exercise increases circulation and the body follows the natural course of that demand for oxygen - saturation is inevitable… tacked on w/the data from people who have benefit and anecdotes (yes, not too scientific, but what do we have to go on other than inconsistent quality of studies like pemf or many other natural options in clinical trials).
consideration of cost and access, ewot on the daily and progressive increase in use/activity/acclimation beats 10 visits every 3months at best monthly(?) which is more feasible?
but sure, effectiveness of one vs another I have not come across in any controlled study/experiment/comparison.
Anecdotally, I did 3 sessions of 1 hr HBOT 1.3 ata Summit to Sea unit and after each I felt what I describe as a feeling of blood rush to my big toe that has peripheral neuropathy. Hoping to secure more of these sessions. ICES PEMF on the big toe at night helps significantly as well. I am not as consistent with it as I should be but just got my spare M1 back from sending in for repair (I used it so much I wore out the jack) so now using it each night. I look forward to full feeling in that big toe.
Your response to 1.3 ata HBOT is interesting. For a long time HBOT was done at 2 to 5 ata. Dr. Paul Harch has spent several decades demonstrating that lower pressures and more treatments is a superior path to follow. Kinda like lower power level PEMF is better than cranking up the horsepower.
Be aware that there are often used softshell HBOT chambers available on Kijiji for 1/3 to 1/2 of new price. If the seller can demonstrate that they will reach pressure, they are a good deal.
I am a newbe with PEMF but I suspect there are some terrific synergies to be had by combining modalities. I have a hunch this would be extremely potent for TBI recovery. Can hardly wait to try the Brain Gauge, M1 and mHBOT (1.3ata) for TBI.
I agree with @uncleshred on this issue. I have heard and seen many good results from HBOT. HBOT would be my #2 go-to technology after ICES-PEMF (#2 tied with ozone).
I would go a bit further to say that a monkey with a typewriter trumps sales jargon. No arguing with Boyle.
Quick update as I promised to report. The Speedhound compression leggings have increased blood flow and I am glad I purchased it. One of my kids really likes it too - they use it after a long workout.
I’ve heard those are great for quick recovery after long runs!
Bob, I found this paper saying the combination of red light and 20 Hz PEMF with rectangle pulse will heal some very persistent wounds
Traber J, Wild T, Marotz J, Berli MC, Franco-Obregón A. Concurrent Optical- and Magnetic-Stimulation-Induced Changes on Wound Healing Parameters, Analyzed by Hyperspectral Imaging: An Exploratory Case Series. Bioengineering (Basel). 2023 Jun 23;10(7):750
Are all of your M1 pulse shapes the same? Please forgive me for not being current. I lost my little guide card too.
Yes, all Micro-Pulse ICES pulses are the same shape: very narrow very rapid rise/fall pulses.
You are asking a perfectly good question, but unfortunately all of the science is poorly done. The main problem is that they never carefully define “square waves”. No electrical or magnetic signal is perfectly square, they rise and fall at non-infinite rates. But the people who study this just look at the commercial PEMF device they are using and report what the dial says: “square wave”.
Conclusion: while their findings may be correct (example: square PEMF waves plus light have beneficial effects), they do not understand what they are doing well enough to actually measure and report the key parameters you need for either the PEMF pulse, or the light.
I have asked many of the people who do this research or who use this combination clinically. They usually see very good effects. But they never can really tell me what exactly their PEMF + light device is doing, because they just do not know.
So, while I share your keen interest in this very interesting clinical effect, unfortunately it is not possible to say very much or to make valid comparisons between the available technologies or products with any level of technical precision.
Though it will not have answers to this specific question, the guide card for your M1 is also available at our web page on line:
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Thanks Bob. Please forgive me if I have some nuance of ICES wrong. There is currently a clinical trial in the US for combining red/NIR light and extremely low frequency PEMF. I think the authors are extremely intelligent. They think they know the mechanism. Part of me wants to promote your stuff and red light. Another part of me is just ambivalent about what is there or not there in the science. My take on the mechanisms https://pemfbio.com/2026/01/29/red-light-and-pemf/