hello I'm Dr. William Pawluk this video is about cell injury and the
use of pulsed electromagnetic fields to repair the cell we all have cell injury
on a daily basis in many teachers of our bodies and we can all do something about
it there are many common misconceptions about cell injury it's not just about
physical injury it has to be a very basic consideration in helping anyone in
any unhealthy state cell injury results when cells are stressed so that they are
no longer able to adapt or when cells are exposed to damaging agents or are
deprived of essential nutrients or become compromised by mutations or
intrinsic abnormalities that affect essential cellular constituents the
normal cell has a fairly narrow range of function and structure it had a
physiologic demands maintaining a steady state called homeostasis
when this homeostasis is challenged the cell has to adapt or it will die
adaptations are reversible functional and structural responses to more severe
physiologic stresses and some pathologic stimuli with adaptation new but still
altered states happen to a point allowing the cell to survive and
continue to function I call this balanced imbalance for instance in
response to increased loads heart muscle becomes enlarged a form of adaptation
and can even undergo injury if the blood supply to the heart muscle is
compromised or inadequate the muscle first suffers reversible injury seen by
certain cell changes if this is not reversed the cells suffer irreversible
injury and dying virtually all forms of disease start with molecular or
structural alterations and individual cells injury to cells and to the matrix
between cells ultimately leads to tissue and organ injury the end results of
genetic biochemical or structural changes in cells and to
shoes become functional abnormalities which lead to clinical signs and
symptoms and then may become diseased self-injury progresses through a
reversible stage it is obviously best to stop the change there there are two
forms of cell injury reversible and irreversible the hallmarks of reversible
injury are reduced oxidative phosphorylation with with resulting
depletion of ATP the basic energy of the cell cellular swelling caused by changes
in ion concentrations and water influx mitochondrial and scalp
cells skeleton alterations and DNA damage within limits the cell can repair
these derangement and if the injuring stimulus goes away the cell will return
to normal and live out its lifespan if the damage is not stopped there the
injury becomes irreversible the cell cannot recover and it dies either
through necrosis or apoptosis in necrosis the cell auto digests an
example of a cause of necrosis is infection whether cells DNA or proteins
are damaged beyond repair the cell commits suicide appropriately this is
called apoptosis both apoptosis and necrosis may be seen in response to the
same insult the main causes of cell injury are oxygen deprivation physical
agents chemical agents and drugs infection Amana logic reactions genetic
arrangements and nutritional imbalances physical ancient agents causing cell
injury include mechanical trauma extremes of temperature including burns
and deep cold sudden changes in atmospheric pressure radiation and
electric shock when most of us hear the term injury we normally assume it is
mechanical trauma such as sprains dislocations and muscle tears fractures
and so on non-fiscal causes of cell injury are
much more common and usually subtle we don't know if they are happening in our
bodies until we have signs or symptoms cell injury progresses through various
stages including any of the stages repaired naturally within the repair
capacity of the body so during any of the stages they can repair naturally
within the repair capacity of the body now repair can be facilitated either
naturally or by the application of various treatments Sellinger progresses
through various stages the first is biochemical followed by structural
changes below the level of recognition with a light microscope
then it progresses to changes seen with a microscope and then ultimately it
change it progresses to where changes are seen without a microscope that is
they're physically or visually obvious at any of these levels physiologic
reactions may be able to be detected either by equipment
lab tests or through signs and symptoms there's a time lag between the cells
stress and the physical changes of the cell injury or death with lab techniques
changes may be seen in minutes to hours after injury however it may take hours
two days before changes can be seen by a microscope or be seen visually for
example if blood supply shut off to heart muscle cells swelling is a
reversible physical change that may occur in a matter of minutes and may
progress to irreversibility within an hour or two unmistakable microscope
changes of cell death may not be seen until four to 12 hours after total
vascular blockage persistent or excessive injury causes cells to pass a
nebulous point of no-return into irreversible injury and cell death so
let me say it again senator swelling is the first
manifestation of almost all forms of a drita cells this is called edema
this is a stage where pmf's are particularly helpful the consequences of
cell injury depend on the type state and adaptability of the injured cell the
cells nutritional and hormonal status and its metabolic needs are important in
its response to injury if these are deficient themselves may have difficulty
adapting to and recovering from the injury so if these factors are out of
balance they usually be addressed first to maximize recovery from cell injury
any injuring stimulus simultaneously triggers multiple interconnected
mechanisms that damage the cells there's no single mechanism involved as a result
treatment approaches should have multiple mechanisms of action on the
cell targeting one mechanism of injury for example edema to the exclusion of
increasing ATP production will be more likely to produce less than desired
results opportunities to intervene are possible even to the point of imminent
or actual cell death dying cells are typically surrounded by cells that still
have the chance to be revived if cell death from cell injury can be limited
the damage to the tissues and the organs can be limited to however even cell
death is part of the natural cycle of cells even without injury all cells go
through their own natural cycles of life and death without the need for them to
be injured for natural cell death or apoptosis either too little or too much
apoptosis can also contribute to a wide range of diseases defective apoptosis
may lead to increased unnatural cell survival an inappropriately low rate of
expected apoptosis permit the survival of abnormal cells and often leads to
cancer it can also fail to eliminate potentially harmful cells such as
chronic lymphocytes resulting in chronic inflammation where
these defective cells can actually start attacking the tissue itself causing
autoimmune disorders increased apoptosis results in excessive premature cell
death causing neurodegenerative changes or
diseases such as ischemic injury for example heart attack or stroke that can
also cause cells to die off prematurely that are infected with viruses but
should have the capacity to survive and retain the virus and clopin or maintain
the virus under control what I've talked about before
now what cell injury as an abnormal event however a common natural type of
cell injury event usually considered part of life is aging cellular aging
begins at some variable point in time after growth stops typically in a
person's 20s at least the progressive loss of functional capacity over decades
characteristic of aging the person and ends in death with age there are
physiologic and structural alterations in almost all organ systems aging
induced alterations and cells caused the aging of an organism and then the person
cellular aging is the progressive accumulation over the years of chronic
sub-lethal cell injury that may or may not lead to cell death or it certainly
can lead to a diminished capacity in a cell to respond to injury since cell
injury affects all of us on a daily basis the question is what can we do to
improve cell function and reduce the effects of cell injury this is where
pulsed electromagnetic fields come in they are the center Kanaan of cell
injury management low frequency pulsed electromagnetic fields or pmfs
at the right intensity penetrate completely through the entire body
stimulating every cell in their path they can be applied locally to treat
them or to treat the whole body in my book magnetic therapy in eastern europe
not only do we discuss the use of pmfs for various medical applications but we
also discuss many of the known mechanisms of how pmf's work in the body
and on cells to improve and reverse cell injury the classic effect of pmf's touch
almost all aspects of injury they worked to reduce edema
improve nutrient flow to cells open cell membrane channels to allow nutrients in
and waste out better increased production of ATP stimulate repair
mechanisms and enhance apoptosis of chronic inflammatory cells research
indicates that not only cells that are out of balance I'm sorry
research indicates that only cells there are balance are affected by most
clinical pmf energy that's important clinically since as clinicians we must
first of all do no harm there's no other technology that I'm aware of
with a single modality can have both the range and depth of actions that
clinically directed pmf's can have in addition it does all this with no harm
to healthy cells in my experience pmf's affect the entire range of cell injury
including that caused by physical trauma low intensity pmfs have long been
approved by the FDA for healing nonunion fractures this is a prototype use of
pmf's now we just have to think beyond physical injury to general concepts of
cell injury to realize the extended spectrum of benefits of pmfs
in clinical practice and for personal use they should be part of every
clinicians tool chest this is the modern magnetic medicine this is the new edge
of medicine I also consider frequent if not daily PEMF use a basic
anti-aging strategy I ask my patients regularly if they would rather have
average health or good health from what I've seen those who routinely use pmf's
appear to be healthier than the egg gray of age-related peers having less
dis-ease in their bodies thank you for watching this video hope to talk to you
soon this is dr.
William Pawluk