I had a Radio Frequency treatment which sounds like Frequency Specific Microcurrent treatment, my Dr. might have called it FSM but I just remember the radio frequency part. Anyways, I had it done just at the beginning Nov. 2011 lasted until End of Feb. 2012. It worked wonderful for me. I have Permanent ulnar nerve damage, RSD, CPRS, Neuropathy, ect. in my upper right arm. I was forewarned before the procedure that all the pain will not go away and its not a cure if it does work, but also, the more treatments you get the longer its suppose to last each time. Which I can't tell you if it does or not because when I scheduled my 2nd treatment unfortunately my insurance denied it, and can't afford the $3,000 bill.

I did get from the treatment was a huge relief in pain, gained lots of use of fingers back and progressed and thrived in PT. Within in 15 min of the procedure, muscle spasms stopped, within an 1/2 hour the pain started subsiding significantly. The next day my arm was feeling weird cause it felt like my other arm, normal, with only some soreness at my elbow with some pins n needles in my pinkie and ring finger but so much less intense. My pain level over the next few months were no higher than a 5. There were some days that I did get a high level of pain, but that is because I did things I use to do before I was injured and hadn't done in 5yrs and my arm was not strong enough too. I also, had much better sleep at night, so wasn't napping during the day, again unless I over did myself forgetting I still had issues with my arm and my appetite improved. The pain didn't just come back overnight it came back slowly so it really wasn't until March that my arm was back to being just something that hangs from my shoulder and disrupts my life. The only thing that scared me was the danger of the needle scraping or peircing the carotid artery in my neck but it was done under the ultra violet xray light machine thing. Don't remember the name of the machine but since for me my injury was from a cortisone shot into my ulnar nerve I will not have any needles going near any major nerves unless they use this machine in which they can see your nerves and veins. I think its a great treatment and wish I could keep getting it as my only choices are being on all the meds I'm on now, having a similar treatment except with heavy meds injected in the neck every 2 weeks (which costs my insurance company $1800 each time) and the spinal stimulus implant.

Any questions I'll try to answer the best I can. But I think its worth the try, just make sure they are doing it with that machine though!

Best of Luck

TTFN Jill aka The Scrapoholic