9971

Date

Author

Location

Indications

June 5, 1992

J. Jay Garcia / Kathleen Dunne

Not Given

Pain, Stress

J. JAY GARCIA, J.D.
Attorney
Practice limited to Social Security Appeals

June 5, 1992

At that time of purchase both of us had a recurrence of back pain due to muscular strain and nerve irritation at the lumbo-sacral level. Being of a holistic mind and believers in self-help, we were researching for ways of improving our condition when we saw a  newspaper article about the Alpha-Stim. Although we were skeptical, what motivated our interest in your machine was our understanding for the first time, that this was not just a device to apply electrical current into the body. In our legal practice with disabled clients I was familiar with TENS devices but in our minds we had classified them in the same category as electroshock therapy.

When your representative called our attention to endorphin stimulation using very low frequency electrical current we did further research and found evidence of scientific work being performed in the field of electrobiology and electrochemistry which had relevance to our problem and which added credence to you device. This in turn opened a whole new approach to our pain and stress relief. Having long before suspected that Kathleen's and my own pain experience had a significant link to stress I saw a great  opportunity not only to temporarily sooth our muscles but to maybe manage or prevent it. I didn't think that it was just coincidence that we usually experienced back pain at the same times. Neither of us have a structural defect.  We have tried the usual medical approach and modalities but were told that we would just have to live with the pain.

However, after all this time using the Alpha-Stim I think that we are well qualified to state that the device has been an excellent aid in the control of our pain at the source, and as an added and unexpected bonus in managing our stress. We believe that in our own systematic self-treatment program, in adjunct with our professional treatment modalities, it has been a very useful tool. Frankly, it's not a panacea, and it's not magic, but if anyone is of the mind that what goes on in his or her body, and mind, is their responsibility, it is a good feeling to know that this little box run by a 9 volt battery can help so much not only in proving immediate relief but more importantly, in helping you survive the stress and tension of today's environment. We wouldn't think of not having it.  I hope that someday soon, these devices are provided to employees in their work sites.

Sincerely,
J.J. Garrcia/Kathleen Dunne

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