Introduction

This week on the PEMF-SHOW we will be discussing how Pulsed Electro Magnetic Field Therapy can help people suffering with chronic pain. We will explore the mechanics of pain in the human body and how PEMF can help with both the symptoms and the underlying causes. We will discuss how PEMF can be a viable alternative to narcotics and opioids in today’s pill-popping pain treatment culture.

The Mechanics of Sensation

The human body has a communication system which connects to the brain. The brain works like a supercomputer receiving and transmitting messages through a network comprised of nerves cells.

The nerve cells are called neurons. The neurons have a nucleolus at the center which are connected to dendrites and axons – like a wiring mechanism of the nerves  . The dendrites convey messages into the nucleolus, they are the input wires. The axons convey messages away from the nucleolus, they are the output wires.

Nerve cells connect at the axon terminals where the synapses are located. The axon of once nerve cell (the output) will connect to the dendrite of another nerve cell (the input), passing the message along. This happens at the axon terminal through chemical molecules called neurotransmitters.

According to medical wisdom, neurons cannot regenerate, but damaged axons can.

There are two basic networks of nerve cells:

• The central nervous system, whose axons are situated in the brain, the eye and the spinal cord (like the wires inside a computer).
• The peripheral nervous system, whose axons are situated outside of the central nervous system (like network wires).

Messages are transferred from the axons, and there are two types of axons:

• Sensory axons (inputs) which carry messages from the skin, muscles, joints, internal organs and intestines to the central nervous system. These include sensations like touch, temperature, pain, muscle activity, and joint position.
• Motor Axons (outputs) which control motion and carry signals from the central nervous systems to the body, limbs, internal organs and intestines.

Inside the brain there are intermediate neurons which connect the sensory and motor neurons together.

Messages are transferred from the axons by electrical pulses called action potentials. These electrical pulses travel from the sensory axons to the central nervous system where they activate the nerve cells and cause sensations.   

The longer axons (or wires) are insulated with the myelin sheath, which increases the speed at which a message can travel down the axon (or wire). Shorter axons do not have myelin insulators, and messages travel slower through them. It is the shorter axons that carry messages about touch, cold, warmth and pain. Because they are slower commun