What Is PEMF Therapy?

Your body acts as a battery. Every day every one of life’s stressors slowly depletes our body, not only physically, but emotionally and mentally as well.

However, the energy we’re speaking of isn’t metaphorical: it’s literal energy. We continue to live because we need our cells to have the energy to power our bodies. Our body is powered not by a hundred cells, not a thousand cells, not even a million cells, but trillions of cells all working together to keep us together.

Our bodies are electric, after all. Every beat of our heart stimulates our body electromagnetically and naturally, recharges itself at a cellular level. With this energy, a cell can remove its waste and even repair itself. Each of your trillions of cells is like their own little houses of energy.

Unfortunately, sometimes our cells need to be re-balanced. Without enough ATP, or adenosine triphosphate our cells need to sustain itself, our cells lose the ability to function properly. The mitochondria that power our cells need to be re-energized.

You’ve probably tried all the natural ways of recharging your cells from exercise to healthy eating but what if nothing has worked? That’s when you look into pulsed electromagnetic field therapy or PEMF.

What Is PEMF?

PEMF helps bring cells back into balance. Undergoing PEMF therapy helps our cells who have lost energy come back into an electrical balance. When your cells lose their energy you might suffer from loss of brain function, issues with your bones or muscles, and even have a compromised immune system.

PEMF is drug-free and one of the better non-invasive options for those who want a natural approach to a conventional medication when it comes to a healthy healing process. Those who live in pain from surgery or who live with chronic pain may have tried conventional means for their pain management. Drug-therapy, including taking pills for pain, is mostly just for masking the pain instead of helping your body naturally heal itself for long-term pain management.

Athletes and other active people use PEMF therapy to help recover their muscles after a game or strenuous workout. When your muscle cells are stimulated towards healing, then you recover at a faster rate because your muscles get more circulation and oxygen. Your muscle cells also process waste at a faster rate so you can get back out there and be less prone to injury.

If you’re not looking for options for pain management, then PEMF is also good for those who suffer from chronic insomnia. It’s difficult for the average person to be relaxed enough to get a good night’s sleep. Even if they do fall asleep, their sleep quality is often too poor to stay asleep for the recommended eight hours a night.

PEMF therapy helps relax both the mind and body while stimulating your melatonin hormones. A combination of PEMF therapy and the benefits of revitalizing sleep is a powerful weapon against insomnia.

There are mental benefits to PEMF therapy as well. When your brain cells aren’t getting enough ATP, then it could lead to mental health issues like depression or anxiety.

While these benefits for PEMF therapy are nice, how exactly does it work?

How Does PEMF Work?

PEMF therapy often uses lower-frequency wavelengths, and we will explain that in the next section. Electrical currents run through a full body mat or another device that enters the body to re-energize your cells. Today’s PEMF devices look similar to a yoga mat, except thicker, that contain several coils that produce an electromagnetic field.

These electrical currents, on a smaller level, helps increase the flow of cells in your blood and charges them so they don’t struggle to function. Not only are our blood cells charged but our nerve, muscle, and bone cells are stimulated as well to promote regeneration, repair, and oxygenation.

Electrically charging our cells sounds great to help promote our body’s natural healing process but is it safe? Aren’t electromagnetic fields bad?

EMF Vs. PEMF?

It’s understandable to be confused with PEMF (pulsed electromagnetic field) therapy and dangerous electromagnetic fields found around power sources. PEMF helps your body heal and has been used to help rebalance your body when your cell’s charges are unbalanced. The frequency and the wavelength are what make electromagnetic fields harmful or helpful.

Many PEMF systems use lower frequencies between the range of 1 to 10,000 Hertz. That pales in comparison to harmful electromagnetic fields in, for example, a microwave at 100,000,000 hertz. Even PEMF devices who use higher Hertz frequencies are contained within layers of filtering to contain the electromagnetic fields. It has as much risk as continued exposure to other devices that expose us to weak intensity magnetic fields like televisions or even hair dryers.

Is PEMF safe?

PEMF therapy is relatively safe with no known adverse side effects other than headaches. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t some precautions to take before undergoing PEMF therapy. Those with implant devices such as pacemakers should take the necessary precaution to ensure their devices won’t be affected. Make sure you go over the medicine and supplements you’re taking with a healthcare professional before seeking PEMF therapy to ensure it’s the right alternative treatment for you.

Conclusion

PEMF therapy is one of the safest non-invasive ways to improve your health by helping your cells naturally regenerate through electromagnetic stimulation. You find yourself with more energy, better circulation, less pain, better sleep, and stronger muscles and bones. These are all-natural as the electromagnetic field helps your own body fix itself by giving your cells the energy for a happier and healthier you.