Complementary Therapy For Pain

Pain And AcuScen by Jo Gordon

I have worked for 30+ years as a trained nurse in the south coast of the UK. Having become very concerned about the pharmacological control used for acute and chronic pain, in conventional medicine, and the system of palliating symptoms rather than finding and treating the cause, I converted to Alternative and Complementary practices. When I started to use the AcuScen I was astounded by the positive effects this tiny instrument was having on my clients, so would like to share with you a very successful case history.

4 years ago Mr H sustained a fractured hip which was surgically replaced, unfortunately, due to infection, this was unsuccessful and required removal of the prosthesis, leaving Mr H wheelchair bound. After undergoing conventional therapy for 2 years he turned towards Alternative medicine as a last ditch attempt to gain some independence. His expectations where low, just a wish to be able to stand to shave and have pain free periods.

On initial assessment I found him to be in constant pain (occasional acute on chronic requiring frequent, strong analgesia). He was malnourished, ill kempt and had a sacral sore (his carer being his wife who suffered from osteoarthritis). The District nurse was changing his wound dressings twice a week and giving local therapy for MRSA.

My priority was to improve his immune system to be able to initiate homeostasis. To this end I used Bioresonance, dietary advice and local wound therapy. The hip wound was inflamed with 3 small openings draining yellow fluid, the sacral wound was inflamed with a coin sized area of necrosis. These I treated with dilute Tea tree oil, non adherent dressings and twice weekly AcuScen (my SCENAR instrument of choice, as I have found it the most efficient and easiest to use). The settings I used, on the healthy surrounding tissue, where; Frequency: 130, Modulation: 5:1, Damping: 3, Depth- variable and energy adjusted each visit. This was followed each session with 10 minutes wrapped in a Therapeutic Multilayer Blanket (TMB).

Within 3 weeks Mr H had a more positive attitude, his wounds had healed, his nutrition improved, he was well groomed and the acute pain kept under control with occasional Paracetamol.

Whist treating the acute symptoms I decided on a protocol to address the cause of Mr H's problems. Using the AcuScen (Scan Mode) on the Back Shu points (the Teppone method), I noted areas of erythema and raised initial reaction over the following Bladder (111) acupoints; 11 – Bone, 14 – Circulation, 18- Liver and 22- Triple heater. Therapy entailed giving a "Dose" then holding to bring the velocity to 0.

Now was the time to improve the musculature surrounding the missing hip joint (The Gluteus medius & maximus, Piriformis, Superior and inferior Gemellus, Obturator internus & externus and the Quadratus femoris). This was undertaken utilizing the "Double Var" method (Variable Frequency & Depth) slowly sweeping over the whole upper leg area and followed by 10 minutes wrapped in the TMB healing blanket, on a weekly basis.

There was one temporary setback, when the local hospital pain clinic prescribed a TENS machine placed over his lumbar area. This caused such pain that a home visit and three extra AcuScen sessions were required to reverse the damage done.

Within 8 weeks Mr H was walking for 20 minutes a day, with the aid of one walking stick (a 2 inch shoe stack required on the affected side). He moved from this area 18 months ago, coming for review on an annual basis, he is pain free, happy and, most of all, independent.

Copyright 2007 Jo Gordon. Jo is a qualified nurse with 35 + years experience, she has also been trained in many forms of complementary and alternative medicine.
To find out more, her web site is - www.atime2heal.co.uk