Have any of you heard of this or tried it? http://www.microvas.com/ and http://www.google.com/search?q=micro...en-US:official and http://www.proximusmedical.com/Microvas.htm. The first link is to the MicroVas company website, and is a sales pitch. The pictures of wound and lesion healing are dramatic. The third link is another sales pitch, including how a practitioner can rake in the money using MicroVas. But if it works as advertised, it's worth it I guess.

This seems similar to the Rebuilder, Rejuvenator, TENS, etc. The large machine is for a hospital or other professional setting. I'll bet it's mainly empty space with an imposing facade. I wonder if there's been independent studies of its effectiveness compared to other electrostimulators.

I watched the slide show. I have never been so impressed in all my life.

NOW YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO BE ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TO DR. FRED. I'm going to print out the article.

Sounds very very promising.

Melody

and it seems on the face of it to be another version of electro-stim.

I webbed it out further and could find no research about it's efficacy.

I for one simply wish I could be 'authorized' to receive electro stim therapies of any sort...Treatments in and of themselves don't last long, but things always seem to progress for the good FASTER with than without for me.

This doesn't answer your primary question tho. - j

--considering the discussions of magnet therapy that have been going on here lately.

I started doing a little reserach, and have not really been able to find anything solidly scientific about the efficacy; most of what I've found falls into the personal testimony category. That may not be a strike against this type of therapy, as it is fairly new, but I do tend to be cautious when most of what can be found about a therapy are either personal testimonies or invitations to invest.

The theory behind the therapy is OK--there's certainly evidence for microvascular repair from electrical/magnetic stimulation, and microvascular damage does contribute to a lot of conditions, but I imagine this may eventually fall into a similar category as the Rebuilder, Anodyne, IFE, etc.--helpful in some conditions/for some people, but not necessarily others.

I looked at the slide show and skimmed other info.
I didn't see a home unit. Did I miss it?
It seemed that the entire thing was for medical professionals, at
a cost of about $14K. The pix of the unit seems to be a small unit
on a large stainless cart to make it more impressive.
The principle seems to be the same as we've seen before in other
electrical stimulators, only the delivery may be more intense or of a different wavelength. The idea of oxygrenation of blood vessels and nerves thru electrical stimuilus is not new. There are others out there already.
As you say, David- the pix of healing and repair are dramatic.

some of those foot ulcers were pretty horrific! I have not used electro stimulation for my PN. If I did that I'd need the pads to cover every surface of my body sadly enough.

But My physiotherapist who I have seen very often in past due to herniated and inflamed discs in lumbar region uses the tens machine for my lower back, and I love it.

By nature I am not too skeptical, and if something like this was available over here, and I could afford it, I would be queuing up for a go.

I live near the HQ of MicroVas (Tulsa, OK). The owner Wayne Buchner spoke at one of our neuropathy group's meetings. He made some claims about the system that I think were sensational and overstated, for example "will absolutely reverse neuropathy" etc. I later called him and asked several questions about the system. I asked him several times the difference between MicroVas and TENS and he did not give me a satisfactory answer. Anyway I tried the treatment and it did not help me significantly. But that doesn't mean it won't help you. I say it's worth a try.

They put some large sticky pads on my feet and other parts of my body, usually four pads at a time. An electric current is passed between pairs of pads, for example on opposite sides of the foot, so the current goes deep into the tissue. I could feel the current but it was not painful. It was sometimes painful when they removed the pads, especially from hairy areas (legs).

Here are my complete notes on the treatment if you are interested:

Jan. 26, 2009 - First visit to Dr. Jack Brown and first MicroVas treatment. Dr. Brown told me the same as other drs--We have no cure for this, the best we can do is improve your quality of life. He gave me a prescription for Tramadol 50 mg and said to take 1-2 per day. Also gave me samples of Metanx, a "medicinal food" as it says on the label. It is a mix of vitamins & supplements. I don't plan to start these until I see the results of the MicroVas. After the first MicroVas treatment, I believe my right foot felt better for two hours or so, then was back to normal.
I was treated with MicroVas 5 times by Trish at Dr. Jack Brown's office in Sand Springs (Sand Springs Medical Associates). Treatments were 1/26, 1/29, 2/2, 2/4, 2/5. The only improvement I ever felt was for maybe 2 hours after the first treatment my feet felt a little better. Otherwise no improvement, possibly a little worse at times. The strength of the treatment felt fairly strong. Dr. Brown thought I should have seen improvement after 5 treatments if I was going to. He suggested accupuncture & gave me a card for someone. He suggested one other course of treatment but I can't remember and can't find my notes, may find them later, I'm pretty sure they were in a small notebook.

Patent Awarded To MicroVas, Oklahoma Medical Technology Company:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...28/ai_n6088457

If you want the owner's phone # send me a private message.
Electron