well, that depends. People respond differently, but crucially, people change over time. I know everyone wants simple answers, but I don’t think simple answers are best in this case. What matters is that you:
1-Try different strategies
2-Pay close attention to how you respond
3-Adjust your strategy accordingly.
For example, I had been having some pretty bad regional pain running along the inside of my left leg, from my groin to the back of my left knee. That was different from, and in addition to, my left hip pain, which I discuss elsewhere.
Normally I respond pretty well to long-term, more or less continuous, low-intensity, low frequency use of the M1. And for a while (several months), that really helped me. But the problem persisted and I had to work it down every day with long sessions of ICES-PEMF. Also, I felt like long, all-night sessions were a bit too much. Somehow it did not feel quite right to me.
I knew it should be working better, so I tried experimenting, and what I settled on was very unusual for me, but it was very effective. I used deep field coils and gave myself 10-20 minute sessions throughout the day, about 3 or 4 times per day, the first one first thing in the morning, the last one right before I went to sleep. I also started using a higher frequency pattern (Alpha wave) and higher intensity (12). I also shifted the deep field coils around a bit, up and down the inside of my left leg, every few minutes, to cover the entire area of pain each session.
Within a few sessions the results were excellent, so I kept with it for about a week, and I am happy to report that the regional pain running down my left leg has completely gone away. I mean really, 100% gone. I still do the sessions about twice per day just to keep things in very good condition and to allow a full recovery. I’ll probably keep this up for at least another month or two. Compared to the regional pain, a couple of quick sessions each day is not inconvenient.
This is just an example, and the most important points are:
–People respond differently
–People change over time
–You get the best results when you experiment, pay attention, and are persistent.