Case Study 6:
“Hand held device is giving my life back, says ENM patient”
Patricia Dunn has suffered agonising pain in her back, hips and knees since a lifting accident in 1991 – and has been unable to work for 13 years. She then developed arthritis and the degenerative ailment spondylosis, which has left her unable to walk around her house or take a trip to the shops on foot.
Five operations on her back, two removed spinal discs and surgery on her knees all failed to rid Patricia of the pain that had taken over her life.
Then she discovered a new therapy called Electronic Nerve Modulation (ENM), invented by the healthcare company remedi. Within a few weeks, things started to change.
The hand-held unit uses electrical impulses to influence the way the central nervous system conducts chronic pain signals as they travel from the spinal column to the brain.
Many people who use the device report their chronic pain is significantly reduced afterwards. Mrs Dunn, of Greenwich, London, said: “I suffered pain in my legs, my hips and right up my back just by trying to walk around the house.
“I was virtually housebound because walking around was so painful. But in the short time I've been using this device I have regained some of my life. I still need a scooter to go to the shops, but can walk around once I am there. I could never do that before. I have even been out in the garden.”
ENM has been proved to work with pain associated a range of conditions – provided that the pain caused is chronic (persistent and long standing).
The device works on a simple principle. When we feel pain, nerve signals are sent from the injury site through the spinal cord and finally to the brain.
Electrical energy can interrupt nerve signals on their way through the spinal cord, effectively blocking the ache.
People who suffer from agonising conditions including sciatica, lumbago, backache, arthritis, headaches, migraines and osteoporosis are using ENM to help them regain control of their lives.
The ENM devices, which are the size of small personal stereos, are also very cost effective.
Patients can easily use them on themselves, without the help of a nurse. One electrode, on a sticky pad, is placed on the mid-spinal column, the second at the base of the neck.
Mrs Dunn, aged 62, said: “ENM has changed my life. My husband and family have seen me before I used this device and they are over the moon with the results.”
The above case study formed the basis of an article printed in the Bexley Times on 16th September 2004 and The Mercury, Greenwich Borough and The Mercury, Lewisham Borough on 29th September 2004.
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