Microcurrent therapy is an FDA approved treatment process that relieves pain and heals soft tissue by using extremely small amounts of electrical current (millionths of an amp) to mimic the electrical signals which occur naturally when the body is repairing damaged tissues. By applying similar electrical currents through microcurrent therapy, the healing process is enhanced.

How does it work?
Our bodies rely on an array of vessels and ducts to transport blood and fluids and an intricate network of nerves to send impulses to and from the brain to keep us healthy. When an injury occurs, it disrupts the body’s natural electrical pathways. To begin healing, the brain must be notified of any cellular irregularities via electrical impulse.
Therascope restores the body’s natural electrical pathways by penetrating the cell wall with a subtle, yet powerful microcurrent to remove metabolic waste and increase the flow of critical nutrients to the injury.

Therascope promotes blood flow to the muscles increasing flexibility. Pre-event treatments on healthy athletes can help decrease the chance of injury.

How is it different than TENS and Electric Stim?
Microcurrent is the only electrical modality to penetrate the cell wall. TENS and Electric Stim are designed to interrupt the body’s natural electrical pathways to block pain signals to the brain which actually inhibits the healing process. In fact, TENS units used at high levels of electrical current can cause cellular damage.

Micro Electrical Nerve Stimulation (MENS) is based on the well documented Arndt-Schulz law, which states: “Weak stimuli increase physiologic activity, and very strong stimuli inhibit or abolish activity.” This means the lower the electrical current the greater the physiological effect.

What does Microcurrent Therapy feel like?
The electrical current is so small that it is rarely felt. It would take one million microcurrent units to light one forty-watt bulb.

Published Journals

The photos below show a significant temperature increase near the injury due to increased blood flow following the Therascope treatment.