For more of twenty years, the magnetic field therapy has primarily been used for the healing of fractures. As a result of further development, Alphatron Pulsed Therapy is undeniably able to assist the body’s own restorative function in the healing process by direct stimulation - without surgical intervention, without drugs, without side effects. During treatment, you will sit or lie in a completely relaxed fashion. As a result of a weak current with an extremely low frequency, our machines create a pulsating magnetic field which acts upon the part of the body being treated via a coil.  In the process, the body does not come into contact with electricity.   The pulsating magnetic field creates a biological signal that has a number of beneficial effects on your body: *  increased metabolic activity in diseased cells *  regeneration of cartilage and bone *  improved blood flow and oxygen supply *  increasing partial pressure of oxygen *  increased enzyme activity (enzymes act as biocatalysts which stimulate regeneration     processes)                                        *  pain relief We can summarise as follows: If you often find yourself reaching the limits of other treatment methods or an existing type of magnetic field therapy, Alphatron Pulsed Therapy is still capable of providing you with crucial help. THE TREATMENT After an initial examination, our experienced doctors and therapists will put together an individual treatment programme for you. It generally starts with 30 sessions of 20 to 40 minutes, or possibly up to 60 minutes of treatment depending on the diagnosis of the patient. During the course of treatment, we monitor the healing process very carefully because everyone reacts differently to the frequency, intensity and type of magnetic waves. Thus we are able to find you the most effective combination of possible settings of the machine and are able to achieve the best therapeutic outcome. A NATURAL BIOLOGICAL PROCESS  The whole body is controlled by electric impulses. These impulses may stem from nerve cells, from muscles, joints or tiny electric signals in bone or cartilage. As part of the natural biological processes, cells in bone and cartilage donate positively and negatively charged ions to the surrounding tissues and take them up again as a result of local stresses and strains, for example, when walking. This process creates a small electrical impulse, which is established whenever we move. For example, when you take a step, you generate a small electrical impulse; if you take a thousand steps during the course of a day, you generate a large number of these impulses. These impulses have a positive effect on the cells in your body because, when you rest at night, they bring about a regeneration of the cells and you recover. As a result, you will be able once more to take your thousand steps the following day. But what can you do to provide muscles, ligaments, cartilage or bones with these regenerating impulses if you can no longer bear weight and move in an appropriate fashion? Alphatron Pulsed Therapy will enable you to experience a situation that is the same as if you took the total day’s number of steps during a 20 - 40 minute treatment. The crucial difference: you do not cause any wear to your joints and do not suffer any pain, because you have not moved at all. Alphatron Pulsed Therapy is based on this realization. As a result, you can have a positive effect upon natural biological processes and achieve amazing therapeutic results. THE WAY IN WHICH ALPHATRON PULSED THERAPY WORKS There are a whole series of physical processes whereby the process of healing under the influence of pulsating magnetic fields with extremely low frequencies can be explained scientifically. The general principle is that pulsating magnetic fields produce dynamic effects in human tissues. This is brought about by activation of the ion transport at the cell membranes and of the metabolic process of individual cells. This activation of cells in the body is of crucial importance for the healing process, as the metabolic processes are very closely associated with cell function; and, “substances” must also be able to “change”. In other words, waste products must be transported out of the cell, and cell-stimulating substances (such as oxygen and enzymes) must be transported into the cell so that the cell can regenerate itself or actually stay alive. For this, a healthy cell needs a small electric potential that enables substances - by a chemical reaction - to penetrate the cell wall. When a cell is no longer healthy, its electrical potential is too small. The cell is therefore unable to carry out exchanges with the surrounding tissues to a sufficient extent. It is also unable to receive and transmit information any longer (particularly important for nerve cells). Alphatron Pulsed Therapy can help here. The pulsating magnetic field brings about an immediate increase in the electrical potential of the cell. The metabolism of the cell is immediately supported and the cell “works” again. Information can also once again be received and transmitted. A medical study at Harvard University shows a measurable reaction of the central nervous system to Alphatron Pulsed Therapy. In fractures, Alphatron Pulsed Therapy simulates a micro-movement at the fracture site, which gives a signal to the bone cells to migrate through the fracture and heal it. The pulsed magnetic field produces a micro-vibration in the vessel walls. As a result, receptors are stimulated, which bring about a dilatation of blood vessels, down to the smallest arterioles, and hence an improvement in blood flow. The clear increase in the oxygen capacity of the blood also supports the healing process. Alphatron Pulsed Therapy also has a powerful effect in reducing oedema and haematomas. An increased enzyme activity is demonstrable - enzymes act as biocatalysts, which, for example, are responsible for cartilage formation, strengthening of the bone structure and the obtaining of energy by the body. It has been scientifically proven that the cells in our body do not react to the electric impulse alone but also to their frequency, intensity and wave form. Everyone reacts slightly differently. In Alphatron Pulsed Therapy, we produce an individual treatment plan for each patient and find the most promising combination of the possible settings offered by the machine. This is one of the most important reasons for the outstanding therapeutic success of Alphatron Pulsed Therapy. To this must be added: Alphatron Pulsed Therapy works exclusively with pulsating magnetic fields with an extremely low frequency. Treatment does not involve drugs, is free of side effects and is non- invasive.