gout OVERVIEW

Gout is a common, painful form of arthritis. It causes swollen, red, hot and stiff joints.  Gout happens when uric acid builds up in your body. Uric acid comes from the breakdown of substances called purines. Purines are in your body's tissues and in foods, such as liver, dried beans and peas, and anchovies. Normally, uric acid dissolves in the blood. It passes through the kidneys and out of the body in urine.

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THERAPY OVERVIEW

Low frequency pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) can provide noninvasive, safe and easy to apply method to treat pain, inflammation and dysfunctions associated with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA) and PEMF has a long term record of safety. The analysis of various studies of arthritis, cell culture systems and clinical trials reporting the use of PEMF for arthritis cure has conclusively shown that PEMF not only alleviates the pain in the arthritis condition but it also affords chondroprotection, exerts antiinflammatory action and helps in bone remodeling and this could be developed as a viable alternative for arthritis therapy.

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SCIENTIFIC BACKED RESULTS

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Low frequency pulsed electromagnetic field—a viable alternative therapy for arthritis
K Ganesan, AC Gengadharan, C Balachandran… - 2009 - nopr.niscpr.res.in

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Effects of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy on pain, stiffness, physical function, and quality of life in patients with osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta …
X Yang, H He, W Ye, TA Perry, C He - Physical therapy, 2020 - academic.oup.com

 

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effectiveness

PEMF is a tested, researched, valid, non-medical approach to relief from gout pain. If your quality of life is affected by gout and you're not pleased with the results of the drugs you're taking consider the non-medical approach of PEMF.

X Yang, H He, W Ye, TA Perry, C He - Physical therapy, 2020 - academic.oup.com

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Sixteen studies were included in our systematic review, while 15 studies with complete data were included in the meta-analysis. Our primary outcome was the standardized mean difference, which was equal to the treatment effect in the PEMF group minus the treatment effect in the placebo group divided by the pooled standard deviation. For pain, the standardized mean difference was 1.06 (95% CI = 0.61 to 1.51), for stiffness 0.37 (95% CI = 0.07 to 0.67), for function 0.46 (95% CI = 0.14 to 0.78), and for QOL 1.49 (95% CI = −0.06 to 3.04).

X Yang, H He, W Ye, TA Perry, C He - Physical therapy, 2020 - academic.oup.com

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HOW OFTEN

How often should you repeat this therapy? The gout pain relief therapy program at Recharge requires a once per week visit to the club for 60-90 minutes per session.

 

RESULTS

What are the results of this therapy?  After approximately 6-8 weeks clients should see a noticeable improvement

 

Cost

 How much does this service cost?  The cost for this plan is $99 per month.  There are no contracts or long term commitments.  To get started you will need to purchase a Recharge Health Plan

 

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