Hi!
I am new in the world of PEMF and just received my first ICES Pemf this week after excruciatingly waiting the shipment for a month (NOT because of Micro-Pulse, third parties and shipping companies can be a pain in the … ).
First I want to thank @Bob and the entire community for the exceptional sincerity and the drive to share info & help others in need. Truly appreciated and too seldomly seen these days. I do not remember how I found ICES and this forum but I am so glad I did!
First some background info:
I bought the ICES pemf mainly for my dog who has been suffering from a buldged thoraic disc for 2 years. My dog was not a candidate for decompressive surgery due to abnormalities in vertebrae structure + chronic nature of his condition (and also being on the senior side). So I have searched endlessly for treatments outside the scope of traditional medicine.
My doggie has been doing relatively OK on prednisone + acupuncture + CBD + physio. Herbs don’t seem to really help (have tried about anything one can think of). His condition is severe, our neuro said she was not expecting a walking dog after first seeing the MRI results. The buldge affects my dog’s hind legs, primarily the right leg. Despite the odds he can walk and is painless on steroids even though his right hind leg is a bit unsteady and slower. If you take him off the pred though, he basically can’t walk and is extremely painfull. NSAID’s do nothing except make his stomach upset, so I have tried to keep the dosage to a minimum and we have been going with that. I also bought a red light + NIR device wich has some positive effect.
Sooo earlier this year my dog developed calcinosis cutis due to the long term pred and that condition is a bitch. I bought the A9 pemf in the hopes that it would control the pain and help with mobility while attempting to wean him off the steroids or at least go down on the dosage. If it helps with the calcinosis as well, the better.
I have now done two days on the M setting, placing the coils horizontally over the spine or stacked directly over the buldge spot. I have tried to max out the time so I have been doing the treatment for ± 6 hours daily.
I don’t see any effect yet on the neurological symptoms, but that is to be expected. But I do think that the calcinosis has calmed down a bit and looks less irritated/the bumps are less raised.
I am thinking of doing this routine for a couple of weeks and then evaluating. Does this sound like a solid plan? Also all experiences of similar scenarios / applying pemf fir dogs is much appreciated.
I am also going to experiment pemf on myself (the usual lower back + knees problems, also chronic issues with MTSS due to my running hobby).
Ouch, what a long rant I’ll update our progress if someone is interested. Hoping to hear from experiences of others!