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What Should It Feel Like?

PEMF Basics
#1

Brand new to PEMF and Micro-pulse. Forgive the newbie question.

Just got an M1 device to try and treat my cervical stenosis. I’ve read the user manual and feel that I’m setting the device properly. When I activate it I see the flashing green lights on the side of the device. I’ve also used the ICES coil tester and see the flashing green lights on the tester. However, when I put the coils against my skin at the highest intensity level, I do not feel any sensation at all - no warmth, tingling, pulsing. Should I be feeling something, anything at all, when the coils are on my skin and the device is working?

Thanks in advance for any and all help.

#2

Welcome to the wonderful world of Micro-pulse ICES PEMF. No you will not feel anything. This isn’t like a TENS unit. It is exponentially better :wink:

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#3

I never felt anything except things getting better. But you have to have in mind that the BODY heals itself, not ICES or pharmaceuticals. So most things “need time”.

In my view ICES creates a LOCAL environment, that ALLOWS for healing.

What one should avoid, except in extreme conditions, is the highest power levels. My wife uses those for example when heavy migraines set in. But that’s it. I would use then for something acute, too. But not for long.

#4

Thank you. Does it matter which of the coils are against your skin, each side looks a little different?

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#5

As described in the instructions and videos. Flat side to skin, if stacked bumpy together and flat to the skin. With 2x2 it does not matter.

#6

That is how most people react: no sensation of the PEMF at all. But the pulse energy is there, it is just reduced to include only the biologically active (helpful) part of the electro-magnetic waveform. After a lot of experimenting, I was able to reduce the total energy output by 99.8% to still get a biologically beneficial effect, but with all of the extra (useless) electro-magnetic energy removed from the waveform. The details of how this works are discussed throughout this forum.

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#7

I agree with @hcf, 100%

#8

I’m told by my FM specialist that fibromyalgia makes us hypersensitive, so much so that I can hear my heart beat under my pillow when sleeping or my blood rushing through my veins.

Initially I was annoyed by the clicking when I slept with the coils set to my prefrontal cortex to address my anxiety and depression, but it’s been several years now and I can now ignore it completely, and sleep with it on my head every night.

I’m told most people don’t feel anything but as a hypersensitive, I hear and feel it clicking even at low settings of 4-5. Nevertheless it’s a small price to pay for the relief it brings!

FYI you don’t want to set at high intensity unless you’re addressing dense anatomy such as bone. Best stick with lower intensities for best results.

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#9

Thank you, just wanted to make sure that not feeling anything didn’t mean it wasn’t working.

#10

Like @Serenity I am also “energy sensitive”. While I have an autoimmune disorder affecting my nerves, I’ve been energy sensitive my entire life (before the disorder presented itself 30 years ago). When I use PEMF devices (Beamer, A9, C5) I feel the magnetism as a tingling energy. And when the power is high (4+ on ICES devices) it feels uncomfortable. Really high power treatments actually hurt - not the same as normal pain, but in a unique way.

I find most people, family and friends that have tried PEMF don’t feel anything, but there are some of us “energy sensitive” folks who are sensitive to it.

@Bob, I wonder how common this is among people you’ve come across?

#11

Hi @AaronC9,
Yes, I have definitely seen this with a few people using our PEMF. So far as I can tell, it is not very common, but I would estimate that at least about 1 out of every 500 to 1000 people who use PEMF have reported this kind of electro-magnetic hypersensitivity to me. PEMF users are a pretty self-selecting crowd, so I am not sure how widely this happens in the general population, it could be less frequent than what I see. But also, I suspect that many people simply do not report this to me either, so this type of sensitivity among PEMF users could be significantly more than what I see (about one out of 500 to 1000)

So, yes, this is definitely a real thing. Starting with the C5 and M1, I did my best to widen the power spectrum at the extremely low end to help people who have high e-m sensitivity benefit from PEMF. One of the other things you can do of course to reduce e-m exposure is to put additional layers of padding, bandages, or pillows between yourself and the PEMF source.

You might find it technically interesting to know that the M1/P9/C5 at the lowest intensity levels (about 4 and below) diminish to practically environmental baseline levels of electro-magnetic background. This would be hard to detect using even the most sensitive devices, but some people can sense it nonetheless.

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#12

Thanks Bob. Appreciate the insight and the extra efforts you’ve made to make this available to us “special” people :slightly_smiling_face:

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