PHYSIOKEY
Watch a typical treatment - https://youtu.be/XNyxK4zn9m8?si=5oxU6ft-U3Xa9XSn
Physiokey is designed to treat acute and chronic pain, increase range of movement and promote faster healing in a wide range of issues including fascial restrictions, back, neck knee and ankle injuries, stress, and more.
When placed on or drawn across the skin, the Physiokey identifies anomalies in electrical resistance, indicating points or areas to treat. Treatment is performed by selecting the appropriate settings and brushing the area or simply holding the device in place.
Applying comfortable low level battery powered electrical impulses to nerves in the skin that are functionally connected to both the autonomic nervous system and the central nervous system, the Physiokey's micro computer constantly reads and analyses the body's response, and adapts the signal accordingly to send impulses at various frequencies to activate the body's natural healing response, releasing neuropeptides including endorphins to reduce pain, promote repair and help restore function.
Physiokey is also well suited for general maintenance/tune up treatments, and can be helpful before or after workouts. Many clients find it very relaxing and report that is has helped reduce the effects of physical and emotional/psychological stress. It can be combined with other treatments such as cupping, red light therapy and massage etc.
SOME MORE TECHNICAL DETAIL -
Physiokey delivers non-invasive, computer-modulated electrical stimulation via the skin with damped, biphasic, sinusoidal impulses, causing little discomfort. These impulses stimulate both the A-delta fibres, responsible for quick, shallow first pain, and the C fibres.
It has been shown that an electrical stimulus activates C fibres when an intensity higher than the threshold for A fibres is used. Due to the device’s delivery of high amplitude oscillating waveforms in millisecond dosages, small unmyelinated C fibres can be stimulated to a higher degree than with other forms of electrotherapy. Stimulation of C fibres has been shown to activate the right and left anterior insula and the frontal operculum of the brain, regions responsible for the perception of pain and the maintenance of homeostasis within the body.
When sufficiently stimulated, C fibres also trigger local neuropeptide and regulatory peptide release, resulting in pain relief and healing. The impulse is carried via afferent nerve fibres to regulatory centres in the brain, which respond via efferent nerve fibres. The device interprets this response and, through computer modulation, modifies its next impulse accordingly. This modification provides further information back to the brain to either amplify or dampen the pathological signals initiating pain.
Physiokey is suitable for all ages, with few restrictions.
It is not suitable -
- If you have a pacemaker
- If you are pregnant
- If you have epilepsy or have seizures