Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) therapy is an innovative painless healing modality that uses different frequencies to activate healing in body tissues and accelerate recovery time after injuries occur. FSM has been used extensively by professional sports teams as well as military training camps to speed recovery time after suffering injuries.<\/p>\n
Art & Science Healing integrates Functional System Modulation (FSM) into almost every one-on-one and integrative session at no additional charge in order to assist with pain relief and reduce nerve-driven nervous system patterns associated with discomfort.<\/p>\n
TENS and FSM electrical therapies have become an increasingly popular way for people to relieve pain. But do these modalities actually heal, or simply mask symptoms? Not necessarily; FSM uses lower current levels that more closely resemble bioelectrical signals found within our own bodies than TENS devices do, as well as more specifically tailored frequencies tailored specifically to target your tissue and condition.<\/p>\n
FSM treatment is noninvasive, safe, and virtually painless. Sessions are quiet and relaxing with electrodes strategically placed over certain parts of your body by an experienced practitioner; you may feel tingling or warmth sometimes but more often nothing at all! Sessions are adjusted based on how your system responds so they are suitable even if your system is sensitive.<\/p>\n
Hartman describes one example of its healing capabilities by telling of how a 70-year-old woman came into her clinic with a medical diagnosis of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), but actually had fibromyalgia instead. After treating her accordingly, within an hour the patient was pain free.<\/p>\n
TENS units may provide instant pain relief, but frequency-specific microcurrent works by stimulating cells of your body’s tissues to facilitate natural healing processes that work to reduce inflammation, increase energy production, improve circulation and increase range of motion. Furthermore, frequency-specific microcurrent can also break down scar tissue, enhance joint function and balance your nervous system significantly.<\/p>\n
Art & Science Healing stands out as an Austin practice offering FSM as part of our holistic care strategy – one of its primary uses being for treating musculoskeletal pain and injury recovery. FSM therapy has many applications beyond just pain management: we include it in all aspects of care at Art & Science Healing!<\/p>\n
Many of our Austin clients seek PEMF therapy as a solution for muscle and musculoskeletal pain relief, but FSM offers unique advantages that make it the better choice. PEMF uses magnetic fields to generate microcurrents indirectly while FSM directly delivers healing properties via hand-held electrodes – offering more precise frequencies specific to tissues and conditions for greater healing power than PEMF alone.<\/p>\n
Frequency-specific microcurrent (FSM) uses small amounts of electrical current to stimulate specific tissues and cell types without risk of side effects or injury. A practitioner will place electrodes on your body to deliver microcurrent, often covering them in a damp towel or gel for improved conductivity and to reduce skin irritation risk. He\/she then sets their device at specific frequencies tailored specifically for you depending on symptoms, goals and bioindividual characteristics of their patients.<\/p>\n
FSM frequencies differ from other electrical therapies in that they measure only microamperes instead of milliamperes or megamilliamperes, making the current invisible even when treating deep tissues. FSM microcurrents stimulate cellular energy production, calm inflammation and support tissue repair while also soothing nerves and decreasing metabolic byproduct accumulation.<\/p>\n
FSM therapy’s frequencies may have an immediate and long-term impact, often producing changes that are both immediate and long lasting. Scars may soften quickly, trigger points can relax quickly, swelling can drain away rapidly – these changes could be the result of FSM’s frequencies interacting with cells to create resonance effects that result from FSM therapy treatments.<\/p>\n
FSM can often help alleviate pain and dysfunction caused by structural imbalances such as muscle tightness or nerve damage, such as muscle tension or dysfunction of the nervous system. FSM has been used successfully to treat myofascial pain syndrome, fibromyalgia, sports injuries and concussions.<\/p>\n
FSM can also help manage chronic pain and facilitate healing for conditions resistant to conventional therapies, including nerve pain from trauma or entrapment, arthritis, sprains and strains, and shingles. One frequency combination has even been demonstrated to eliminate all shingles within 20 minutes! This amazing discovery may revolutionize how we treat many painful but hard to heal conditions.<\/p>\n
FSM therapy is a noninvasive and painless therapy that uses extremely low currents–measured in microamperage or about one millionth of what you would find in a TENS unit–combined with frequencies known to resonate with specific tissues and conditions, including inflammation. FSM’s frequencies help calm inflammation, boost energy production, support tissue repair and regeneration processes, regulate nerve irritations, soothe sore muscles, soothe sore feet and so much more!<\/p>\n
Though research on frequency specific microcurrent therapy<\/a> remains limited, many health care providers have seen its benefits first-hand in their practices. Frequency specific microcurrent therapy<\/a> offers hope to those living with severe or persistent conditions for temporary or lasting improvements.<\/p>\n At Art & Science Healing, we incorporate FSM into nearly every integrative session at no additional charge to enhance the body’s ability to heal itself and soothe pain-driven nervous system patterns. Patients often notice significant improvements after just two or three maintenance sessions!<\/p>\n FSM is considered safe, with no serious side effects other than temporary drowsiness or lightheadedness; these symptoms can often be avoided by staying hydrated before and after treatment. Because FSM uses low-level electrical currents, its use should generally be safe for most healthy adults–including pregnant women–although pacemakers, seizure disorders or certain skin conditions such as shingles and herpes simplex should be avoided due to implanted devices being present near implanted electrodes or sensors.<\/p>\n An FSM session involves applying a thin layer of gel over your skin before attaching electrodes to your body with a hand-held device that delivers very low intensity subsensory electrical currents through electrodes attached to your body. You should expect nothing more than a mild tingling sensation depending on which frequencies are selected during an FSM session.<\/p>\n Recent findings of a pilot randomized controlled trial showed that 12 Functional Sensation Management (FSM) sessions significantly alleviated symptoms associated with fibromyalgia and Raynaud’s syndrome in scleroderma when compared with receiving 12 sessions of relaxation therapy as control group treatment.<\/p>\n Each one-on-one integrative session involves up to eight devices being placed on your body while you relax, without sensation being felt during sessions. Sessions are carefully tailored based on client response; therefore they are suitable for even sensitive or reactive systems.<\/p>\n Frequency specific microcurrent (FSM) is a noninvasive treatment that uses ultra low electrical currents at frequencies selected to coincide with natural healing processes in specific tissues and administered through electrodes placed on the skin. Because the currents used are so mild, they’re closer to bioelectric signals generated within your own body rather than strong electrical stimulation techniques like TENS; many clients don’t experience anything during sessions.<\/p>\n FSM can be particularly effective at treating musculoskeletal pain and discomfort, but has also been demonstrated to increase cellular energy production, reduce inflammation, balance your nervous system and dissolve scar tissue in tissues that other treatments cannot reach. FSM may even relieve nerve pain by altering how your brain perceives it.<\/p>\n FSM should only ever be seen as a complementary therapy and should never replace traditional allopathic medical care for acute or chronic conditions. FSM practitioners usually suggest working closely with a doctor when symptoms fail to improve from treatment plans provided by FSM practitioners.<\/p>\n FSM relies solely on accurate diagnosis for its effectiveness; practitioners select frequencies based on direct observation. Research has demonstrated that FSM significantly increases ATP production within cells of tissue being treated and can significantly accelerate healing rates.<\/p>\n FSM therapy not only increases client compliance but can be quickly reimbursed under existing e-stim codes for reimbursement and many clients require multiple sessions, providing practitioners with consistent revenue from every visit.<\/p>\n As FSM becomes more widely utilized, research into its benefits continues. One such study showed that pairing frequencies delivered via one device could improve cellular energy production by as much as 500%, leading to reduced symptoms associated with certain clinical conditions as ATP production increased by that amount. These findings supported the theory of how resonance plays an essential part in managing symptoms.<\/p>\n How Can Frequency Specific Microcurrent Therapy Help Me?<\/h2>\n