Category Archives: Modalities

Physical Therapy: The Ancient Practice and Overlooked Modalities of Insurance Companies

It was the Ancient Greek Doctor and Founder of Western Medicine, Hippocrates, who first introduced Physical Therapy as a form of healing. But it wasn’t until the 1970’s that Western Medicine would formally allow Physical Therapists to have their own practices. Before then, most Physical Therapy was done in hospitals. Alternative therapies these days are […]

Stomach Treatment with Diapulse

On my third visit with Shmuel Tatz, PT, PhD he asked where was I experiencing the most pain. Quite frankly, even though I felt I had made progress, I couldn’t assess myself between the intermittent pain in my head or my knee, or the things I hadn’t told him about yet. So I asked him, […]

Our Therapeutic Machines

There are four treatment rooms in the Body Tuning clinic, each musical in name: Orchestra, Guitar, Piano and Violin. There are no instruments in the rooms but there are a number of impressive machines used to help patients’ ailments. Vibration In the open area there is a machine that looks like a treadmill; it vibrates […]

SCENAR: Self Controlled Energo-Neuro-Adaptive Regulator

SCENAR (Self Controlled Energo-Neuro-Adaptive Regulator) method is one of the most sophisticated and powerful healing techniques in the world. Because of its unique, computer controlled biofeedback capabilities and ability to stimulate the neuropeptide generating C-fibers of the nervous system, SCENAR locates adapted (malfunctioning) areas of the body such as an organ. muscle, gland, etc. that […]

Diapulse

What is Diapulse? Diapulse is a device that directs a pulsed electromagnetic field to an area of injury. Both animal and human studies indicate that this treatment protects neurons, promotes regeneration, and minimizes lost nerve function. In addition, Diapulse greatly accelerates the healing of SCI-associated pressure sores. Diapulse directs electromagnetic energy to a specific body […]

Using a SCENAR device in a contemporary PT practice

Products at Work A physician, an orthopedic surgeon and a physical therapist all fell into a Rip Van Winkle sleep that lasted 20 years. The physician woke to find everything changed when he began seeing patients again. The medications he wished to prescribe no longer existed or were pulled from the market by the FDA. […]

Yoga and Body Tuning

Many yoga teachers come to me to help them with the body discomfort and pain they experience as they advance their practices. As one of them said to me: “Yoga is supposed to be good for the body but I’m finding that yoga injuries are far more frequent than I think they should be…both for […]

Massage Therapy

History Massage therapy originated over 5000 years ago as a form of medical treatment for the ailing human body. Tomb paintings in Egypt show people being massaged. In ancient China, The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, a book from the year 2700 B.C. recommends massaging the skin and flesh to treat a variety of […]