New Automated Medical Acupuncture Provides Muscle Comfort
At age 31, Jerry Zaslow sustained a lower back injury resulting in back and leg pain. Instead of resorting to surgery, Jerry regained function through innovative Automated Medical Acupuncture known as Electrical Twitch Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation (ETOIMS). This innovative technique relieves soft tissue discomfort arising from muscles and connective tissue. ETOIMS deep muscle twitching mechanism relaxes tight muscles.
At age 31, Jerry Zaslow sustained a lower back injury
that caused numbness in his left foot. Despite this injury and against the
medical advice of multiple orthopedic surgeons, Zaslow completed fourteen marathons by age 64.
By then, progressive muscle pain and left foot numbness interfered with his running and made him seek medical help again. "I thought I'd
need surgery so I could keep running. That's
when a running buddy of mine asked if I'd tried acupuncture. My
son-in-law, a former resident physician of Dr. Chu suggested that I make an
appointment with her". He did. Fourteen years later, at age 79, he still remains
physically active.
How does Zaslow keep going,
disabled by back pain that would keep most people from exercising
altogether? Electrical Twitch-Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation ETOIMS, an automated
acupuncture is the answer. Jennifer Chu, MD, is an Associate Professor of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Director of the Soft Tissue Comfort
Center at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center. She created this
innovative technique primarily to relieve soft tissue
discomfort arising from muscles and
connective tissue. ETOIMS deep
muscle twitching mechanism relaxes tight
muscles.
Dr. Chu determined that Jerry Zaslow's chronic pain condition stemmed from nerve root irritation
related to spinal stenosis and herniated discs. Often, irritated nerves signal
muscles to shorten, resulting in muscle spasm, discomfort
and disabilities. Unlike acupuncture that
places needles along traditional "energy" lines or meridians to theoretically
balance energies, Dr. Chu treats muscle spasms.
A monopolar needle-electrode that is automatically inserted, provides a
0.5s electrical pulse, which causes muscles to twitch. The twitch creates a deep focused stretching and relaxation of the
muscle relieving muscle discomfort and
tightness that gives back pain.
Zaslow, the President and CEO of a manufacturing and distribution
company, claims temporary retirement from marathons, but
not from being physically
active. He works eleven-hour days, occasionally runs 1/2-1 block and trains
aerobically on exercise equipment. While his objective is to return to
long-distance running, Dr. Chu's objective is to maintain his physical activity.
Jerry Zaslow says, "I wouldn't be
able to be this active without Dr. Chu. Long live ETOIMS".
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/9/prweb159199.htm