| Imagine for a moment that you have terrible joint | | | | dramatically alter the way that the body functions, a |
| pain. Let us assume the pain is in the knee, though | | | | way to ensure that the muscles absorb all of the |
| feel free to choose another location. The agony has | | | | force and keep it out of the injured joint? What if, at |
| gotten so bad and so constant that you are forced | | | | the same time the muscles were keeping force from |
| to see your orthopedic surgeon. He or she tells you | | | | re-aggravating the joint, we could draw large |
| that you need a knee replacement, that your knee | | | | amounts of blood to the joint and allow the body's |
| has degenerated so much that the cartilage is gone, | | | | own healing and repair mechanisms to take over? |
| you are bone on bone, and your only path to relief is | | | | That sounds like a recipe for reversing the real |
| getting a new knee. | | | | problem. |
| Is there another option? Another perspective? Let's | | | | Such a recipe is, in fact, a very effective way to fix |
| take a step back and start from the beginning: | | | | the problem. One example of this recipe has already |
| Every time we do anything, from running and playing | | | | helped many, many grateful people get out of pain |
| sports to walking and lifting up our children, force | | | | and avoid surgery. It is In-Balance followed by |
| enters our bodies. It is the job of the muscles to | | | | ARPwave Therapy. |
| absorb that force, and when they do that job | | | | Developed by Dr. John Pietila, the In-Balance |
| correctly we can keep doing our activities over and | | | | protocols will make sure that your muscles are being |
| over again without pain. Problems occur when the | | | | properly stimulated at the neurological level to absorb |
| muscles don't absorb all of that force, so it is then | | | | the force that enters your body. This process lays |
| diverted to areas like tendons, ligaments, and discs. | | | | the foundation for healing, as it ensures that our |
| When even small amounts of force get into these | | | | progress will not be sabotaged by constant |
| areas continuously over long periods of time, these | | | | re-aggravation of the injured area. Once in balance, it |
| areas begin to degenerate and we have joint pain. | | | | is then time for ARPwave therapy. |
| In this sense, the muscles are like the shock | | | | ARPwave therapy uses a very unique, direct current |
| absorbers on a car. If they don't absorb the force of | | | | modality called the ARP, and it is applied in a way |
| the car going over bumps, the body of the car will | | | | that is vastly different from traditional stim. This |
| get damaged just like the joint. When the car is | | | | therapy is unique because it is able to accomplish |
| damaged for this reason, are you going to buy a | | | | several things at once. While building strength and |
| new car? Or are you simply going to replace the | | | | improving range of motion, the signal from the ARP |
| shock absorbers? | | | | simultaneously breaks up scar tissue and flushes |
| Assuming you like the car to begin with, replacing the | | | | inflammation while it increases blood flow and forces |
| shocks is the clear choice. Following this analogy back | | | | the body to break compensation patterns. In |
| to the body, the doctor has presented the option of | | | | traditional physical therapy these steps each require |
| buying a new car instead of fixing the problem with | | | | their own phase, and each can last several weeks. |
| the shock absorbers. This option does not fix the | | | | Compressing these phases into one is not only more |
| problem. Now, instead of force being transmitted to | | | | efficient, it is more effective because it allows the |
| the original knee, it is going to be transmitted to the | | | | body's healing mechanisms to work synergistically to |
| artificial one. The artificial one will wear down just as | | | | bring about greater healing. |
| the original one did, and it too will have to be | | | | The end result of this process is that the underlying |
| replaced. So even if you do get the new knee, don't | | | | problem is gone, and the body has its greatest |
| think for a moment that the problem is fixed. The | | | | opportunity to heal the symptoms of degeneration. |
| underlying issue of force absorption still needs to be | | | | And isn't that what we're really after, empowering |
| addressed. | | | | the body to perform the healing miracles it is capable |
| What if there were another way entirely? A way to | | | | of? |