Doses and Prescriptions

Back in April, we posted about Industrial, Scientific, and Medical radio frequency bands.

Today, let's look at some of the medical uses of RF to show just how biologically effective these tiny waves can be.

Artery ablation

Body contouring, fat removal, wrinkle reduction, and skin tightening

Postoperative pain relief

Reducing blood loss during surgery

"Radiosurgery"

Healing bones

Radiofrequency Treatment

Radiofrequency Treatment is a procedure using a specialized machine to interrupt nerve conduction on a semi-permanent basis. The nerves are usually blocked for a period as short as 3 months or as long as 18 months.

Am I a candidate for Radiofrequency Treatment?
Currently, Radiofrequency Treatment is offered to patients with:

1. Headache, especially pain arising from the back of the head. ("cervicogenic headache")

2. Neck pain, following injury and automobile accidents

3. Back pain, following injury and automobile accidents

4. Mechanical neck or low back pain due to facet joint disease

5. Occipital neuralgia

You must have responded well to diagnostic blocks to be a candidate for Radiofrequency Treatment.

What are the benefits of Radiofrequency Treatment?
The procedure disrupts nerve conduction (such as conduction of pain signals), and it may in turn reduce pain and other related symptoms. Approximately 70-80% of patients will get good block of the intended nerve. This should help relieve that part of the pain that the blocked nerve controls. Sometimes after a nerve is blocked, it becomes clear that there is pain from the other areas as well.

What kind of dose are you getting?