Frequency Specific Microcurrent Podcast

A free guide to FSM training is available there for licensed practitioners. https://frequencyspecific.com/how-to-choose-your-fsm-core-training Hosts: Carolyn McMain, MA, DC & Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT

In this episode of the Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) podcast, Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss the importance of treating the whole patient—not just the injury—and strongly discourage using AI or published frequency lists to create FSM protocols, emphasizing hands-on assessment and clinical reasoning. They troubleshoot an ACL post-op case with patellar tendinopathy and quad inhibition, highlighting tissue-based detective work (especially the fat pad, scarring, nerves, and cartilage) and noting that effective frequencies should produce palpable softening quickly. They also explain how to differentiate disc versus facet referral patterns in the upper back based on flexion/extension provocation, recommend considering flexion-extension X-rays and hypermobility screening for chronic neck issues, address questions on statin-related neuropathy and antidepressant tapering, share carpal tunnel strategies and outcomes, and explore vagus-focused approaches for interoception, pelvic pain, coccydynia, and vaginismus. They close with course announcements and a reminder that AI cannot diagnose, treat, or provide reliable legal documents.

00:00 Healing Beyond Tissue

00:38 FSM Podcast Intro

01:05 OR Teamwork Mindset

03:01 Perioperative Care Gaps

04:53 AI Protocol PSA

08:02 ACL Rehab Case Study

13:25 Hands-On Over Algorithms

16:02 Tendonitis vs Tendinopathy

18:25 Neck Pain Disc vs Facet

24:34 Reading Imaging Like a Pro

29:12 Trust the Exam

29:43 Statins and Antidepressants

32:13 Carpal Tunnel Protocols

35:48 Interoception and Vagus

37:52 Pelvic Pain and Dura

41:44 Arachnoid and Simplifying FSM

43:45 Radiation Scar Case

45:15 Vaginismus Treatment Options

48:01 Athlete Anxiety and Safety

51:01 AI Limits and Connection

52:45 Course Dates and Wrap Up

55:08 Podcast Disclaimer

In this episode, Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss supervised heavy lifting and proper form, how compression modalities can help or harm by affecting nerves, vessels, and circulation, and why kinesiology tape may support tissue healing. They share personal and clinical perspectives on bone density, DEXA scans, and maintaining vitamin D levels (including evidence cited for reduced heart disease and cancer risk at 60–80, and avoiding levels above 100), plus how vitamin D can drop after fractures. From a London integrative medicine conference, they describe live FSM demonstrations: improved tone after a suspected pons TIA and rapid resolution of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve pain, including emotional release when pain drops. They also cover perioperative rehab themes, post-surgical confidence and movement, imaging not matching pain, and upcoming UK courses, including a new visceral FSM course.

00:00 Safe Heavy Lifting

01:12 FSM Podcast Intro

01:38 Vitamin D and Bone Density

03:32 Weight Training Over 50

05:50 London Conference Setup

07:05 TIA Case Booth Demo

11:21 Nerve Pain Live Treatment

16:04 Compression and Circulation

18:08 Emotional Pain Release

21:48 Rewiring Movement After Relief

25:35 More London and UK Courses

28:11 Carolisms and Knee Rehab

30:04 Fat Pad Not Meniscus

31:21 Neighborhood Anatomy Lens

32:43 Microtrauma After Falls

33:42 Why Bursas Get Angry

35:33 TIA Signs Beyond Imaging

36:32 Shoulder Rehab Safety

38:50 Bursectomy Mom Brain

43:22 Imaging Versus Pain

46:39 Live QandA Rapidfire

51:04 Prehab Frequencies Strategy

56:06 FSM Long Game Wrap

57:49 Closing and Disclaimer

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A free guide to FSM training is available there for licensed practitioners. https://frequencyspecific.com/how-to-choose-your-fsm-core-training

Hosts: Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT & Dave Burke, DO

In this webinar/podcast episode, host Kim welcomes Dr. David Burke, a pediatrician at Cleveland Clinic, to discuss his introduction to Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) through Dr. Ben Katholi and how he integrates FSM with osteopathic manipulative medicine in both complex rehab and community pediatrics. Burke shares cases demonstrating rapid changes in pediatric spasticity and dystonia, including a non-verbal child with basal ganglia injury whose arm tone relaxed within seconds after running basal ganglia frequencies, with improved comfort, wheelchair positioning, and reduced seizures using concussion protocols. They emphasize that FSM outcomes depend on practitioner assessment, manual mobilization (especially with scarring frequency 13), patient consent/participation, and careful listening to patient language. They also cover course announcements, upcoming research planning for childhood anxiety, publishing considerations, and Q&A on spina bifida, club foot, metal hardware safety, cranial nerves, hemorrhage frequency 18, and "desert island" favorite channels.

00:00 Costa Rica Rehab Teaser

00:56 Webinar Welcome Updates

03:34 Meet Dr Dave Burke

04:44 How Burke Found FSM

09:33 First Big Pediatric Win

14:03 Adjunct Therapy Mindset

16:57 Grounding Palpation Skills

19:52 Patient Buy-In Matters

22:30 Q&A Spina Bifida Update

24:20 Clubfoot Scarring Protocols

25:53 Vitality Frequency Insights

26:53 Rethinking Why It Works

27:53 Fat Pad Insights

29:25 Publishing FSM Case Reports

30:20 CHARGE Syndrome Brain Support

31:15 Metal Implants Safety

32:47 Cranial Nerve Frequency Play

34:29 Vitality Versus Secretions

35:38 Scleroderma Rehab Breakthrough

37:43 Let Patients Guide Frequencies

41:40 Chronic Stroke Bleed Signature

47:23 Desert Island Frequency Picks

50:48 Wrap Up And Disclaimer

A free guide to FSM training is available there for licensed practitioners. https://frequencyspecific.com/how-to-choose-your-fsm-core-training

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

In this Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) podcast episode, Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss clinical assessment and treatment approaches for sacral mechanics and SI issues, emphasizing four key muscles—multifidi, piriformis, QL, and psoas—and noting how dura, ureter, kidney, and fat pad scarring can affect pelvic mechanics. They describe using FSM to rapidly reduce pain and improve mobility and breathing, including work on pleura and intercostal nerve scarring and CNS-focused frequencies to help the brain adapt to new movement. The conversation covers patient education on pacing after pain relief, experiences treating hypermobility/Ehlers-Danlos and vestibular cases, and knee pain patterns, including synovium/cartilage involvement. In Q&A, they address scar tissue "bloodless surgery" requiring manual mobilization with frequencies, RA strategies including vagus tone and synovium work, cautions about lung scarring, and using edema/bone marrow frequencies (14/238) for stubborn orthopedic cases.

00:00 Sacral Axis Basics

01:00 Podcast Intro

01:27 Clinic Updates

01:47 Four Muscle Kingpins

03:59 Dura And Visceral Links

06:12 FSM Changes The Game

07:26 Ureter And Kidney Confusion

09:16 Breathing And Rib Mobility

12:55 Posture Starts In Pelvis

14:45 Pain Relief And Pacing

16:37 EDS And Vestibular Patterns

22:29 Knee Mechanics And Chondromalacia

24:40 Scar Tissue Mobilization

26:51 Manual Work With Frequencies

31:04 More Q And A Begins

31:21 Pineal Anti-Aging Protocol

33:12 RA Baker Cyst Case

34:42 RA Frequency Strategy

36:00 Synovium Cartilage Targets

39:02 Collapsed Lung Scarring Risks

41:42 Treat Patient Not Imaging

44:12 Bone Marrow Edema 238

49:50 Reverse Engineer Scarring

51:12 Community QnA Wrap Up

53:09 Courses Travel Updates

54:26 How To Submit Questions

55:38 Sign Off Disclaimer

A free guide to FSM training is available there for licensed practitioners. https://frequencyspecific.com/how-to-choose-your-fsm-core-training

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

00:00 Episode Preview

00:55 FSM Podcast Intro

01:22 Momentum and Growth

03:25 Student Outreach Plans

05:35 Surgery Scar Pain Case

08:31 Vagus Nerve Protocol

11:17 Treatment Time and Pathways

13:35 Mindset and Buy-In

17:31 Device Is Not Magic

19:46 Treat Causes Not Muscles

24:57 40 89 Precautions

28:49 Pain Processing and CNS

30:53 Objective Assessment Matters

32:08 Range of Motion Proof

32:57 Short Term vs Long Term Goals

33:32 Progress Reset Talk

35:07 Weak vs Inhibited Muscles

37:15 Scar Tissue and Inhibition

39:00 Reformer Joyful Retraining

41:20 Adenovirus Cold Protocols

45:06 Compression Fractures and Appetite

47:57 Bone Healing Nutrients

54:17 Teamwork and Wrap Up

56:20 Resources and Case Webinars

57:33 Take It Apart Method

58:39 Closing and Disclaimer

Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss the expansion of Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) training into new remote course formats, student portals for chiropractic colleges, and upcoming UK seminars, emphasizing gaps in standard chiropractic education (hypermobility, vagus nerve, POTS). They share a detailed case of a post-surgical patient with severe abdominal pain, mesh, extensive scarring, nausea, and restless legs whose pain dropped to zero after a long FSM session focused on vagus-related scarring, secretions, and trauma/central sensitization (including 40/89), highlighting that the device isn't "magic" but depends on assessment and correct targets. They stress the importance of patient buy-in, objective measures, and deeper diagnosis (muscles often inhibited, not weak), including examples of scar-related nerve/artery inhibition. They also answer questions on using FSM for common cold protocols and addressing appetite loss with spinal compression fractures via vagus/sympathetic considerations plus vitamin D and bone support.

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A free guide to FSM training is available there for licensed practitioners. https://frequencyspecific.com/how-to-choose-your-fsm-core-training

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

00:00 Confidence Before Change 00:56 Podcast Intro and Hosts 02:44 Hero Pose and 40/89 03:32 Objective Calm Markers 05:38 Wipe and Load Method 06:24 Gait Confidence Cues 07:44 Pain Center Reset Story 09:23 Balance Retraining Flow 12:49 Standing Protocol Mix 14:33 When 40/89 Backfires 17:58 Pain Suppression Athletes 22:28 Catastrophizing Language 27:24 Nobody Believes Pain 29:15 Healthcare Incentives Critique 29:33 Why Every Detail Matters 30:50 Time Limits and ICD Codes 31:45 Designing Realistic Protocols 32:58 Nighttime Programs for EDS 34:52 Skepticism and Proof 36:19 EDS MCAS and Vagus 38:35 Stomach Acid and Enzymes 41:35 Rapid Fire Q and A 45:31 Liver Failure Red Flags 49:17 Diaphragm Frequency Debate 50:52 Wrap Up and Disclaimer

In this Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) podcast episode, Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss how FSM protocols can change nervous system state, emphasizing that patient confidence and feeling safe are key markers for shifting movement and pain patterns. They describe using frequencies such as 40/89 to reduce fear/panic and alter pain processing, noting observable changes like slower speech, lower voice pitch, relaxed posture, and improved balance and gait. They share clinical examples including concussion/vagus protocols, athletes with strong pain-suppression, fibromyalgia-related pain center changes, and cases where prolonged 40/89 increased pain and was reversed with 81/89. The conversation also covers catastrophizing language as a response to not being believed, practical treatment programming (short vs. long, daytime vs. nighttime with converters), Ehlers-Danlos with MCAS and vagal dysfunction, digestive issues tied to low stomach acid and long-term acid blockers, and brief Q&A on electrodes, diaphragm frequencies, liver enzymes, and urgent high heart rate.

A free guide to FSM training is available there for licensed practitioners. https://frequencyspecific.com/how-to-choose-your-fsm-core-training

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

In this Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) podcast episode, Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss why FSM education must go beyond scripts and mode-bank templates to real-time clinical pivoting based on history, mechanism of injury, and assessment. They share seminar and practicum cases where standard protocols failed until they addressed concussions and long axonal injuries (medulla/pons), suspected muscle tears, scarring, and emotional trauma (terror, anger) affecting tissue tone. The conversation covers athletes' off-season rehab, restoring body awareness via sensory/motor cortex support, and combining FSM with biomechanics, taping, footwear, and safe isometrics to retrain movement. They emphasize a results-driven care model (not long-term monthly visits), discuss vagus-mediated immune regulation and macrophage "cleanup," skepticism and the need for published data, and practical treatment considerations like alternating vs positive polarity and home devices with remote programming.

00:00 Scripts To Real Thinking

00:58 Inflammation And VMO Activation

01:28 Podcast Intro And Sneak Peek

03:46 Mindset Over Protocols

05:18 Core Seminar Off-Script Wins

06:46 Concussion Medulla Pons Case

11:30 Shoulder Tear And Pivoting

15:58 Templates Not Algorithms

19:26 Athletes Movement Confidence

21:41 PrecisionCare Versus CustomCare

23:03 Why FSM Is Not Mainstream

27:01 Skepticism, Joy, and Emotions

29:36 Terror Anger Stored In Fascia

32:37 Pain Flares As Useful Data

34:36 Reassess After Change

35:25 Fast Relief Slow Retraining

36:31 Isometrics For Safe Patterns

37:58 Rehab Course Bridge Skills

40:36 Visceral Core Vagus Focus

42:19 Data And Parasympathetic Proof

43:53 Vagus Inflammation Strategy

48:56 Why Muscles Shut Off

52:32 Fix The Foot Fix The Knee

53:59 Care Plans And Home Units

57:44 Alternating Versus Positive

59:36 Wrap Up And Schedule

01:00:32 Medical Disclaimer

A free guide to FSM training is available there for licensed practitioners. https://frequencyspecific.com/how-to-choose-your-fsm-core-training

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

In this Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) podcast episode, the hosts discuss mindset and race preparation, including using FSM (even in a sauna), yoga, meditation, and balance work, and connect performance gains to often-neglected intrinsic foot muscles and tarsal/talus mobility. Dr. Carol Kim Pittis explains how restricted tarsal and talus motion can disrupt gait mechanics and how tools like an activator may stimulate proprioceptors. She then recounts a home visit with an 83-year-old man with four prior spine surgeries and severe chronic pain; a CT scan revealed extensive fusion (including pelvis), lateral vertebral shift, and hardware issues that changed the care plan away from forcing upright posture and toward safe walking, lower-leg/foot mobility, and symptom management. After targeted FSM protocols and supportive strategies, his leg circulation improved, and he became virtually pain-free, highlighting the importance of imaging, clinical judgment, and resetting goals and expectations.

00:00 Mindset for Racing

00:32 Foot Mechanics Matter

01:02 FSM Podcast Intro

01:28 Goals, Expectations, and Shoulds

03:13 Personal Best Breakdown

05:07 Tarsals, Talus, and Balance

10:41 Foot Model Show and Tell

15:04 House Call Spine Case

17:16 CT Scan Changes Everything

21:19 FSM Protocol and Recovery

29:58 Clinical Instinct and Authority

35:50 Imaging Stories and Running

36:52 Disc Healing and Imaging

37:48 When to Order Scans

39:27 Advocating for Imaging

41:45 Fall Prevention Reality

43:28 Processing Missed Care

45:19 Choosing the Right Modality

47:30 Knee and Shoulder Protocols

49:25 Safety and Sensitization

51:13 Goals and Hard Limits

52:40 Alcohol Gene Factoid

55:06 Continuing Education Nuggets

58:39 Practitioner Mindset Pivot

01:01:55 Deal Breakers and Buy In

01:04:19 Diet Negotiation Tactics

A free guide to FSM training is available there for licensed practitioners. https://frequencyspecific.com/how-to-choose-your-fsm-core-training

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

Special Guest: Jenifer Sosnowski, MD

FSM as a Force Multiplier: MSK Strategies, Pain Labels, and the Sleep Connection (Solo w/ Kim Pittis + Dr. Sosnowski)

In this solo episode, Kim Pittis explains that Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) works best as an adjunct to other modalities—laser, shockwave, surgery, and manual therapy—rather than a replacement, and advises patients to pace activity after treatments to avoid overdoing it. She discusses practical musculoskeletal approaches for common complaints like low back and hip pain, including how to prioritize protocols when limited to one to three machines, and how to peel back treatments after an initial pain reduction to identify what helped. Kim also emphasizes patient education, the impact of diagnostic labels and wording (nocebo/placebo), and coaching patients toward hopeful future goals. Dr. Sosnowski joins to highlight the importance of sleep, frequent undiagnosed sleep apnea, testing and retesting strategies, and alternatives to lifelong CPAP dependence, alongside simple sleep hygiene ideas like morning sunlight exposure.

00:00 FSM Works With Everything

01:30 Solo Episode Kickoff

03:21 Orthobiologics And FSM

05:35 Post Treatment Pacing

07:36 Low Back Strategy Basics

10:41 Three Machine Setup

13:06 Reset With Walking

15:52 Peel Back The Onion

18:23 Diagnoses And Labels

21:31 Words Shape Healing

28:25 Future Focused Questions

31:36 Sleep As A Healing Lever

35:07 Sleep Healing Nuggets

35:34 Nudging Physiology Not Forcing

37:50 Explaining FSM to Patients

40:19 Fascia Smush and Thixotropy

43:37 Sleep Apnea Reality Check

47:41 Testing, Retesting, and CPAP Options

50:24 Clinical Q&A Low Back IT Band Pain

55:56 Nature Sunlight and Circadian Reset

58:38 Heart Coherence and Gratitude

01:00:05 Sleep Position Hacks and Wrap Up

01:02:14 Podcast Disclaimer

Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss Kim's new clinic work with an unusually outcome-focused orthopedic surgeon and the importance of tracking "end results" in patient care, referencing Dr. Codman's philosophy and how managed care shifted medicine away from long-term follow-up. They explore perioperative gaps, emphasizing prehab, patient empowerment, sleep, protein and vitamin C, and using FSM to address fear, stress, pain, and recovery, including early post-op use with electrodes or magnetic pucks. They answer questions about latent TB exposure and knee "bone on bone" pain (noting MRI for cartilage/meniscus assessment and published cartilage-thickness papers), postpartum healing with EDS and wound healing, topical melatonin in DMSO/emu oil, and rethinking "dehydrated" nervous tissue as inflammation/secretions issues. They share an animal success story, discuss why FSM spreads via reproducible results and training, and mention upcoming dentistry and Switzerland presentations.

00:00 Unicorn Surgeon Praise

00:57 Podcast Intro and Updates

01:23 New Clinic and Flow State

03:00 Outcome Focused Surgery Team

04:40 Codman and End Result Idea

08:53 Prehab Before Surgery Gaps

11:32 Empowering Patients to Heal

16:40 Post Op Guides and FSM Use

21:08 Clinic Life and Q&A Setup

21:51 TB Exposure and Knee Pain Q&A

28:07 Lung Scarring Limits

29:39 Latent TB Drive By

29:51 Postpartum EDS Healing

32:38 Topical Melatonin Blend

34:39 Why FSM Isn't Everywhere

39:02 Evidence And Sports Adoption

45:28 Animal Success Stories

49:36 Hydration And Nerve Function

53:03 Vet Applications And Wrap Up