Frequency Specific Microcurrent Podcast

Hosts: Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC & Kim Pittis, LCSP (PHYS), MT

A free guide to FSM training: https://frequencyspecific.com/guide

Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss how strong history-taking and a thorough physical exam should guide care, emphasizing that clinicians should "listen to tissue," use language that reassures patients, and recognize that imaging often doesn't match symptoms. They compare small vs. large hands-on FSM practicums, the value of rotating tables to feel different bodies, and how experienced clinicians must unlearn forceful habits. They highlight practical concepts like treating adhesions before abdominal work, slowing palpation, and understanding cervical mechanics (including C2-3 facet "headband" headaches). They answer questions on a teen with CHARGE-related acquired clubfoot/spasticity and an older patient with EDS and C1-2 fusion, suggesting brain/spinal drivers and targeted frequencies. They also discuss tendon rehab, post-op protocols, and building patient hope and trust.

00:00 Podcast Preview

01:05 FSM Podcast Intro

01:31 Small Class Benefits

03:29 Rotate Tables Practice

05:49 Unlearning Muscle Memory

06:54 Ask Permission First

08:10 Say What They Need

10:05 Imaging Anxiety Spiral

11:30 Decoding Blood Work

14:21 Humility Builds Trust

17:05 Athlete Fear And Hope

21:45 Rename Protocols Words

24:43 Slow Palpation Fascia

28:05 Supine Cervical Skills

30:24 Why Suboccipitals Tighten

32:11 Ask Better Questions

33:46 Eccentric Tendon Loading

35:10 FSM for Exercise Recovery

36:10 Clubfoot Case Q&A

37:44 Working With Braces

40:16 Gene Targets and Spasticity

46:02 EDS Headband Headache

50:59 Squirrel Brain Clinical Pivoting

53:31 Joint Replacement Protocols

57:44 Wrap Up and Disclaimers

Hosts: Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC & Kim Pittis, LCSP (PHYS), MT free guide to FSM training: https://frequencyspecific.com/guide

Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) as a tool that can create rapid, profound clinical shifts and emphasize that the core outcome is "hope." They recount teaching large core/advanced classes and a case where treating a posterior shoulder labrum issue restored long-lost abduction and prompted plans for randomized trials at the University of Madrid. They describe complex cases including a missed central T9 disc identified by sympathetic signs, a catastrophic multi-ligament knee reconstruction where CustomCare programming, patient language, sleep, and emotional context improve engagement, and an intense emotional release case in Poland tied to trauma memory and cultural stoicism. They answer questions on post–breast cancer bladder leakage with estrogen suppression, Dupuytren's vs Peyronie's responses, Meige syndrome limits, and thumb/index "zing" as C6 nerve/disc-related with rehab and safety principles.

00:00 Podcast Preview

00:35 Podcast Intro and Guests

01:13 Training Week Highlights

02:20 Shoulder Labrum Breakthrough

05:17 T9 Disc Case and Tears

08:20 Clinician Awe and Gratitude

11:06 Catastrophic Knee Rehab

15:34 Naming Programs for Hope

18:24 Poland Story Emotional Release

22:44 OR Insights and Athlete Mindset

26:58 Listener Question: Breast Cancer Bladder

27:53 Bladder Leakage Mechanisms

30:12 Estrogen Blockers Impact

32:08 Dupuytrens vs Peyronies

35:49 Vaginal Estrogen Option

36:53 Meige Syndrome Guidance

38:35 Thumb Index Nerve Zing

41:10 RA Tendons and Swan Neck

44:04 Nerve Glides and Fascia

50:13 Rehab Safety and Neuroplasticity

52:59 SI Joint Instability Story

55:37 Wrap Up and Next Week

Hosts: Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC & Kim Pittis, LCSP (PHYS), MT

A free guide to FSM training: https://frequencyspecific.com/guide

Dr. Carol shares highlights from a Poland FSM core and advanced seminar with unusually frequent practicum cases where releasing myofascial tissue triggered overwhelming emotional responses, managed by working through energy centers/meridians and using 40/89 to settle symptoms and, when needed, finishing with 81/89 to "shut it down," despite previous guidance not to pair those frequencies. She describes two new hEDS patients: a classic hypermobile case with rapid pain reduction and joint stabilization, and a more complex male with autonomic dysfunction (white lips, damp extremities, pelvic floor/adductor spasticity) who improved with vagal and sympathetic calming and disc repair after subtle thoracic MRI findings. She answers questions on stiff person syndrome vs clonus, electroacupuncture vs FSM, RA precautions, chest tube pain timing, Achilles tendinopathy (124/77), tremors, mold resources, experimental frequency list concerns, device lead setup, and scope limits for serious conditions and infections.

00:00 Podcast Welcome and Links

00:43 Poland Seminar Highlights

01:17 Trauma Release and New Protocols

04:19 Back Home Jet Lag and Q&A

04:42 hEDS Case Study Quick Wins

06:16 Complex Autonomic Pelvic Floor Case

10:48 Stiff Person Syndrome and Clonus

13:21 Babinski Party Trick Frequencies

14:31 FSM vs Electroacupuncture RA Tips

17:35 Experimental Frequencies Reliability

20:09 New Spain Research Trials

21:12 Chest Tube Pain Treatment Plan

23:43 ATP Magnetic Converter Question

24:22 Achilles Tendinitis Not Itis

25:47 Scarring Frequencies After Ablation

26:41 Tremors Cerebellum Protocol

27:22 March Livestream Advanced Promo

27:33 Joining via Zoom Links

28:15 Miasm Frequencies Simplified

29:48 Mold Toxicity Webinar Guidance

31:22 Wound Healing and Head Safety

32:53 Meridian Balancing with 38.5

34:08 Scope Limits and Bacterial Infections

37:08 Athletes Inflammation and Healing

41:26 Multiple Machines and Mold Resources

42:40 FND and Leaky Gut with 124

44:34 Out of Scope Conditions and Practitioner Listings

47:04 Events, Travel, and Closing Remarks

49:37 Podcast Medical Disclaimer

Hosts: Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC & Kim Pittis, LCSP (PHYS), MT

A free guide to FSM training: https://frequencyspecific.com/guide

Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss a recent small FSM training in Canada where attendees quickly felt the effects of treatment and deepened community connection. They share a complex clinical case involving a 36-year history of pain after a vertebral artery dissection, describing an FSM approach targeting artery trauma/fibrosis/vitality plus medulla and pons trauma/necrosis/vitality and meningeal/dural/vagus scarring, resulting in facial droop resolution and pain elimination. They emphasize that experience reinforces evidence, anatomy matters, and clinicians must ask "why" rather than assuming muscle or trigger points are primary. Dr. Carol updates the nighttime vagus protocol to include 40/562 (quiet the sympathetics), reporting large HRV increases tracked via Oura Ring. They answer a question on post-extraction trigeminal numbness, advising investigational trigeminal frequencies, treating pons and bone/bone marrow inflammation/trauma, and noting 396 targets peripheral roots, not trigeminal.

00:00 Welcome and Resources

00:27 Canada Training Highlights

03:53 Hands-On Proof of FSM

04:53 Case Study Vertebral Dissection

12:14 Clinical Reasoning and Anatomy

19:15 Marketing and Patient Connection

22:04 Vagus Protocol HRV Breakthrough

27:22 Travel Stress and Self Care

28:58 Listener Q: Dental Nerve Pain

30:32 Trigeminal Nerve Challenge

31:40 Experimental Frequencies Setup

33:41 Bone Inflammation Strategy

36:01 Mode Bank Recipes Critique

38:53 Ask Why Not Where

41:40 Imaging Versus Symptoms

47:04 Provider Confidence Reassurance

47:54 Scar Tissue Breakthroughs

49:24 Costa Rica Class Invite

51:38 Wrap Up Disclaimer

Hosts: Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC & Kim Pittis, LCSP (PHYS), MT A free guide to FSM training: https://frequencyspecific.com/guide

Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss using a checklist mindset in Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) sessions with complex patients: start with what bothers the patient most, assess objectively, and avoid complacency while following palpation "breadcrumbs." They share a case involving a right hip resurfacing (metal-on-metal) with multiple subsequent surgeries, contralateral tightness that was actually kidney stone pain after prolonged dehydration on a flight, and the need for annual imaging and metal-toxicity testing that had never been done. They address how patient labels like "torqued pelvis" can be inaccurate, the emotional load of chronic "medical misadventures," and when imaging (ultrasound/MRI) changes treatment specificity. Q&A covers CRPS treatment frequency (including sensory cortex work and reconnection strategies), heel pain without spur/fracture (consider S1/nerve exam), calcaneal ligament bone growth in a hockey player, stretching vs mobilizing and dynamic warm-ups, and an update to the vagus protocol adding "quiet the sympathetics" based on HRV changes.

00:00 Podcast Intro and Links

00:26 Masterclass Memory and Checklists

01:26 Starting Complex Treatments

02:18 Hip Resurfacing Case History

07:35 Checklist Finds Kidney Stone

08:51 Metal-on-Metal Red Flags

11:04 Unpacking Torqued Pelvis

14:39 Medical Misadventures Mindset

20:20 Scar Tissue and Inhibition

25:28 CRPS Treatment Strategy

29:55 Heel Pain and Sensory Exam

32:40 Why Patients Avoid Imaging

33:21 Imaging Without Fear

35:04 Ultrasound Finds Tears

38:20 Reframing The Unknown

39:00 Checklist And Flexibility

41:18 Appendix Scar Adhesions

45:42 Palpation Breadcrumbs

47:52 Stretching Versus Mobilizing

50:16 Hockey Ankle Bone Spurs

52:33 Heat, Ice And Hot Yoga

54:15 Vagus Protocol HRV Update

56:30 Sympathetics Safety Talk

58:58 Wrap Up And Disclaimer

Hosts: Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC & Kim Pittis, LCSP (PHYS), MT

A free guide to FSM training: https://frequencyspecific.com/guide

Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss updating FSM course materials, emphasizing clearer teaching through fewer words, student questions, and patient stories. They describe FSM master classes as unscripted Q&A that builds practitioner confidence and critical thinking across professions, potentially offered in person or via Zoom. Clinically, they stress starting with what hurts most, getting patients out of pain first, listening for the "breadcrumbs" in history, and recognizing that fear of reinjury can drive symptoms; early concussion protocol lines and balancing the solar plexus are highlighted for trauma and nervous system tension. They note healing is a non-linear "reorganizing" process where pain goals shift to stiffness and function, and follow-up feedback guides next steps. Audience questions cover post-op jaw protocols after dental surgery, and differentiating facial "migraine" from trigeminal nerve pain, cervical facet referral, and TMJ-related headache patterns.

00:00 Podcast Welcome

00:25 Behind the Scenes Banter

01:08 Updating Course Slides

03:35 What Is a Masterclass

06:11 Zoom and Travel Plans

07:58 Where to Start Treatment

11:47 Athlete Fear and Fascia

15:01 Concussion Protocol Basics

18:03 Pain Improves Then Stiffness

22:36 TIA Case and Pons Protocol

26:31 Follow-Up and Feedback

28:41 Family History Clues

29:58 Childhood Shame and Healing

31:24 Patient History Matters

33:39 Jaw Surgery Recovery Tips

35:24 Facial Migraine or Nerve Pain

37:53 Neck Facets and Referred Pain

42:47 Healing Is Reorganizing

48:29 Joy, Emotions, and Fascia

52:12 Creating a Healing Environment

53:07 Teaching Visceral FSM Classes

57:20 Wrap Up and Disclaimer

Hosts: Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC & Kim Pittis, LCSP (PHYS), MT

A free guide to FSM training: https://frequencyspecific.com/guide

Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss how Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) supports complex cases by combining hands-on treatment with creating a safe, private space for patients to share key emotional and historical details that guide frequency choices. They cover using FSM to reduce PTSD-related brain inflammation by turning on the vagus, how repetition of pain-free movement builds confidence and rewires threat responses, and why clinicians may need longer sessions than a high-volume clinic model allows (with CustomCare rentals as a workaround). Case examples include identifying psoas involvement in hip adhesive capsulitis, modifying a concussion/vagus program (e.g., longer 40/89 and 81/109), addressing post-COVID stroke effects including hippocampus-related trauma recall and pons-related spasticity/vision changes, calming fear after aggressive soft-tissue work, and prioritizing fear/worry before grief. Q&A includes strategies for acute T12 compression fracture pain (consider marrow, nerve involvement, splinting muscles, RockTape/brace, trauma frequencies, vitamin D needs) and guidance on when to avoid or test "40" frequencies during active infection. They note stress incontinence protocols were unreliable due to pelvic floor complexity and emphasize distinguishing inhibited vs weak muscles and listening closely to the patient's story.

00:00 Vagus and Trauma Reset

01:30 Podcast Intro Break

01:55 Clinic Week Check-In

03:50 Safe Space for Athletes

06:42 Listening for Emotional Clues

09:24 CustomCare Timing Tweaks

10:39 Vulnerability and Healing

15:50 Stroke Case and Pons

19:33 Clinic Workflow Hacks

21:55 Aggressive Bodywork Fallout

24:43 Grief, Fear, and Confidence

27:41 Pain-Free Patterning

29:19 Teaching Lighter Touch

31:03 Q and A Compression Fracture

32:53 Compression Fracture Recovery

34:09 Taping and Bracing Support

35:27 Trauma Frequencies and Bleeding

36:30 When to Avoid 40s

40:50 Vitamin D After Fractures

41:57 Why Incontinence Protocols Fail

48:52 Weak vs Inhibited Muscles

53:20 Rehab Class Deep Dives

54:49 Costa Rica and London Trainings

57:11 Wrap-Up and Disclaimer

Hosts: Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC & Kim Pittis, LCSP (PHYS), MT

A free guide to FSM training: https://frequencyspecific.com/guide

Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss recent FSM CORE practicum cases, including a PT with peritonitis/abdominal adhesions and vagus involvement who regained hunger and could eat after treatment, plus notable shoulder improvements guided by ultrasound findings. They emphasize that FSM is not "plug-and-play," healing is never linear, and ethical, scope-appropriate, hands-on assessment matters—especially with athletes where confidentiality and trust are central. They address concerns about people selling FSM devices/programming based on symptoms or video consults, warning it harms patients and the reputation built over 30 years. They share clinical perspectives on stubborn joint pain, scar mobilization, cartilage and capillary considerations, using pain/pressure frequencies, and why core teaching uses alternating current to reduce risk in unknown stenosis. Q&A includes TMJ post-veneers, poison ivy, Lyme symptom support, Dupuytren's, and cancer-related misconceptions.

00:00 Healing Breakthrough Stories

00:58 Podcast Intro and Welcome

01:52 CORE Practicum Highlights

04:46 Clinic Cases and Concerns

07:34 Kim Joins the Call

08:38 Working With Athletes

13:10 Stubborn Knee and Nonlinear Healing

15:28 Ethics Against Plug and Play

20:40 Protecting FSM Standards

24:30 Remembering Why It Matters

27:52 Live Q and A Begins

28:12 Frozen Shoulder Not Frozen

30:58 Next Question Genetic Risk Case

31:07 Cancer Safety Myth

32:33 TMJ After Veneers

33:00 Poison Ivy Protocols

34:03 Lyme Symptoms Support

34:59 Dupuytren's Limits

36:42 Ethics And Scope

44:11 Cartilage Blood Supply

51:39 Muscle Vs Fascia

56:56 Stenosis Polarity Risks

01:00:15 Wrap Up Disclaimer

Hosts: Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC & Kim Pittis, LCSP (PHYS), MT

A free guide to FSM training: https://frequencyspecific.com/guide

Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss how Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) requires attention to detail while staying flexible and treating what you find in real time, emphasizing the value of slowing down, building rapport, and eliciting patient stories to uncover healing "nuggets." They share seminar and clinic examples including treating hypermobility/Ehlers-Danlos with vestibular issues, addressing cecum irritation potentially linked to parasites, resolving an acute "frozen shoulder" tied to hypermobility and tendon injury while avoiding steroid injections, and a case of SPG7 symptoms improving after targeting cerebellar pathways, misfolded proteins, and DNA repair frequencies. They also cover clinician education topics such as why foam rolling the IT band can be harmful, the importance of treating fat pads, and clarifying FSM contraindications and precautions involving pregnancy, pacemakers, infections, insulin pumps, DVTs (avoiding 284), spinal stenosis (use alternating current), and tachycardia scope considerations.

00:00 Adapt And Pivot

01:02 Podcast Intro And Hosts

02:00 Course Webinar Aha Moments

05:02 FSM Mindset Shift

06:57 Real-Time Case Workups

09:32 Story-Based Intake

11:40 Managing Expectations

14:00 Codman History Lessons

17:16 Frozen Shoulder Breakdown

22:54 Rehab Sidesteps And ACL Pop

27:19 Live Q And Cochlear Implants

28:39 SPG7 Case Teaser

29:28 SPG7 After COVID

29:47 Mitochondria And Misfolded Proteins

31:31 Cerebellum To Medulla Breakthrough

34:17 Asking What Pathways Matter

35:05 Knee Cyst And IT Band Myth

37:03 Why Rolling IT Band Backfires

40:04 Fat Pads Bruising And Scar Tissue

42:54 Contraindications: Pregnancy And Pacemakers

48:29 Infection, DVT And Tachycardia

59:31 Patient Advocacy And Wrap Up

Hosts: Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC & Kim Pittis, LCSP (PHYS), MT A free guide to FSM training: https://frequencyspecific.com/guide

Dr. Carol hosts a Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) podcast Q&A covering treatment ideas and empirical precautions. She discusses hypotonia/floppy baby syndrome and spinal muscular atrophy, suggesting mitochondrial and spinal cord frequency approaches, and shares a case of SPG7, a mitochondrial genetic disorder possibly triggered by COVID, that responded to mitochondrial and viral frequencies. She explains why to avoid scar-tissue frequencies shortly after an injury, based on experience, and presents a frozen shoulder case traced to partial tendon tears in a hypermobile/Ehlers-Danlos patient treated with multiple protocols and home CustomCare programming. Additional topics include vestibular screening prevalence and symptoms, CHARGE syndrome considerations, an internal "buzzy" sensation linked to pesticide exposure addressed with poison frequencies, EDS ligament/labrum questions, spondylolisthesis management ideas, lymphatic drainage strategies, electrode methods, C-section adhesions, and seminar policy updates.

00:00 Healing Too Well 00:47 FSM Podcast Intro 01:12 Meet the Group 02:37 Floppy Baby Questions 04:22 SMA and Mitochondria 08:44 Injury Scar Tissue Rules 12:41 Vestibular Screening Clues 14:29 CHARGE Syndrome Discussion 18:11 Instant Frozen Shoulder Case 24:08 Buzzy Feeling Toxicity Case 26:23 EDS Hip Labrum Advice 29:16 Spondylolisthesis Treatment Tips 31:36 Spondylolisthesis Care Plan 32:55 Boosting Lymph Drainage 35:02 COVID Vascular Considerations 37:35 Converter vs Towels Pads 39:45 Lymphedema After Scar Work 44:33 Achilles Tendonitis Steroids 46:53 Gloves vs Wet Towels 48:55 Meridian Mother Theory 50:33 C-Section Adhesions Guide 54:49 124 Hertz Repair Explained 57:16 Wrap Up and Disclaimer