SCENAR Training With Dr. Alexander Revenko in May

The creator of the RITM Scenar, Dr. Alexander Revenko, will be providing training on “Scenar Therapy of Different Types of Pain” on May 19-20. It is organized by Tomatex and will be held at Better Health Chiropractic Clinic in New York City. There is no better opportunity than to learn from the creator of the RITM himself. One gets a deeper understanding of philosophy of therapy that comes from the heart and mind of the man who knows the most about it. It is an event not to be missed!

Update on Martin’s Progress

Jim Freedman provided this update on Martin’s progress to this point (see previous post -SCENAR Treatment with Terminal Illness):

5^th treatment January 27

I had not treated Martin for a while and he had kept most of his progress but I could detect some stiffness and less ease of movement. I had him roll onto his side in bed so I could treat his left hip and buttock area. After about 5 minutes Martin let out a yell from intense pain caused by a spasm in his low back. My first reaction was what had I done. He was in utter agony. It took a good 15 minutes for his pain to subside. After talking with him I realized that when he is in bed he only stays in one position, that being on his back. By having him position himself on one side this put a stress on his lower body that caused the spasm. I felt better once I understood what was going on. We discussed his next treatment and how we would do it so we would not cause the same problem.

6^th treatment Feb 3

Martin’s cough had not cleared up and if fact gotten much worse and he was in horrific pain throughout his rib area. Penny had given me a protocol called the Christmas Tree that would help relieve his congestion. I treated Martin’s back with him sitting down. I then treated his hip areas with him standing and this worked well, with no hint of any spasms. Martin noted that he could walk easier and that he felt less congested. I phoned him the next morning to see how he was feeling. Wow! He said his pain in his ribs had gone from a 10 down to much less than 1 and that he really had no pain or discomfort in walking. The cough had stopped. “Whatever you did, it was amazing” he extolled.

7^th Treatment February 12

Martin’s cough is totally gone, his rib pain is gone and his movement is good. He is starting physical therapy. I treated him when he was standing up and this continues to be the correct positioning for him.He and his wife are so thankful for his relief. The treatment went without a hitch and Martin’s movement is fine. He told me he is usually walking without his cane.

8^th Treatment  February 18

Martin is doing really well. He felt that he did not even need a treatment. I gave him a very brief treatment on both of his hips. His physical therapy is helping his range of motion. He is now going to the fitness center in the building almost every day. He is driving. I am going to be away for several weeks and I am no longer concerned about not able to treat him while I am gone. I will treat him now on a more as needed basis. It is such a joy to see his quality of life so improved.  Martin has responded amazingly well to the Scenar.

Organic Growers School

It’s early spring and time once again for the Organic Growers School! There are many activities going on this weekend, but if you are interested in growing organic, the is the best opportunity going to gather information that you won’t find anywhere else. We always have a booth at this event because we know how important SCENAR is to us when we are actively working in our garden after a winter’s rest. We use SCENAR to help us get through the initial reaction of our bodies to the work of getting the garden prepared for the spring planting. If we can treat ourselves after exertion, we don’t have the painful complaints of our bodies as they wake up to activity.

We also love the school for the people that come. They are our “peeps,” interested in natural, non-invasive ways to treat the pain of overexertion and facilitate  healing. Hope to see you there!

SCENAR Treatment with Terminal Illness

(Note: Jim Freedman bought a Scenar from us in 2006. He has worked with it on his wife and himself over the years, and when in Asheville, would call us up to connect. While here last November, he mentioned his friend Martin, and that he wanted to try treating him with Scenar. I told him of my only experience in seeing Scenar’s effects with another terminally ill individual, which I’m now writing up as a future post, where I witnessed a dramatic improvement in the quality of life during the last months. I told him, it could do no harm, and could possibly improve the quality of his friend’s remaining time. Below are the emails and his thoughts about his experiences in working with Martin.)

I have a good friend Martin who was diagnosed this past summer with multiple myeloma. This is a cancer of the plasma cells located in the bone marrow. There is no cure for this. He was on vacation and experienced excruciating back pain. He was hospitalized and diagnosed. He has numerous tumors growing throughout his body. The myeloma weakened his bones so much he had to have a rod surgically implanted in his leg.

Once back home in Florida he has undergone extensive radiation as well as drug therapies and an operation to infuse spinal cement to help stabilize his lower spine.

I told him I wanted to try and treat him with the scenar. I wondered how much good it might do for someone with this severe a problem.

Martin had become wracked with extreme pain and spent most of his time in bed.

Here are the emails that I sent Penny as I was treating Martin:

Jan 12, 2012  Thursday   1^st Scenar Treatment

The worst problem is the huge amount of pain that he is in. He is on morphine and other pain meds. Today was the first chance that I have had to treat him. I called him and he was reluctant because he was having such a bad pain day. When I assured him there would be no side affects he agreed.

He can only walk with the aid of a walker and of late he has to rely on his arms for support as his legs buckle if he puts weight on them. Most of his pain in his is back and buttocks.

When I saw Martin I was somewhat aghast at seeing him in such bad shape. It took him almost 3-4 minutes to roll over from laying on his back to his side. I treated him with the Scenar for about 30-40 minutes and I really did not expect to see immediate results.

Martin rolled back over with a lot less effort and got out of bed into his walker and was able to walk around (with the walker) but put his weight on his legs and not his arms. He had much less pain after the treatment.

Jan 14 Saturday  2^nd Scenar Treatment

I treated my friend Martin on Thursday and he has had less pain and somewhat better movement since. This afternoon I gave him his second treatment. Read more »

I’m Back With Another SCENAR Story!

This spring has been on steroids. With all the graduations, weddings, putting out a vegetable garden, etc., I’ve been short on time to think about writing, much less had the opportunity to sit down to write. It has felt like being on the receiving end of a fire hose in the face! I have a notebook page full of possible posts that have revealed themselves to me in the melee, without the moments to develop them. Except for a new grandbaby to arrive the end of July, things are now looking like they will mellow just a bit, and I will be able to resume this effort that I have such passion about.

I had a personal experience with the SCENAR that impressed me. After discovering a sizable ants nest in the garden, I boiled a large pot of water to encourage them to take their endeavors elsewhere. In carrying it out to the nest, I accidentally sloshed a wave of the boiling hot water on to the underside of my right forearm and wrist. It was excruciatingly painful. I put the pot down, ran back into the house, and immediately poured cold tap water on it. Even after that, it was so painful that I could barely stand it. Knew I had to get the SCENAR on it, but the idea of anything touching it was appalling.

I decided to turn the sensation level down to low and see if I could stand it. I turned the frequency up as high as it would go (the recommendation for acute injury) and held my breath as I placed it on the worst area (around my wrist where my superheated glove rim had kept the hot water against my skin). Within a couple of seconds, the pain began to ease. Encouraged, I did the same thing over the whole area, picking the SCENAR up and gently putting it down in a grid over the wounded area. After about 20 minutes, the pain and tenderness had been relieved completely, and I went back out to continue with the job. I didn’t think much more about it for the rest of the afternoon. That night, there was still no pain or even tenderness, and some of the redness had gone away. I treated it again, more thoroughly this time. By the next day the deep redness had paled, and much of it was gone. I treated it the second night, and haven’t treated it since. Surprisingly, it never blistered. Now, two weeks later, the skin on my wrist has a pale brown “bracelet” where the wound was the worst . When I think what the experience of healing that kind of burn would have been without SCENAR I’m more convinced than ever that everyone should have one in their home first aid kit.

Penny

A Mother’s Day Gift

Mother’s Day is May 8th! What would be nicer to receive for Mother’s Day than a gift of pain relief? Wouldn’t that be more meaningful than flowers to give to someone you love as much as your mother? In honor of Mothers on their special day, we are offering a gift certificate for two pain relief sessions for the price of one. Call us (828-337-6854) or email us (healinginnovationsnc@gmail.com) by May 4th  for a gift certificate that we will immediately send to you by mail. The treatment sessions will be scheduled as soon as payment is received.

Show your mother you love her by providing her the opportunity to relieve her physical pain and improve her well being!

SCENAR Research in Peer Reviewed Journal

Although there is a great deal of Russian research on the SCENAR, there have been few blinded, randomized, controlled studies in the West. One such study, published in 2007, was carried out by a research team at Macquarie University in Australia. The device studied is called the ENAR which is the same device as the SCENAR. The condition chosen to study was chronic neck pain.

Twenty-four people, who had not received therapy for three months prior, were divided into three groups. The first group was treated with Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation (TENS) therapy, another group received ENAR therapy, and the control group unknowingly received a sham treatment. The sham treatment was set up by telling all participants that they may or may not feel any sensations during the treatment. In the sham group, the device was turned off. The study was therefore a single blinded study, as the researchers knew who was receiving the sham treatment.

Results showed that people who received the TENS therapy were no better off than if they received no therapy at all, whereas people who received the ENAR therapy found that not only had their pain levels improved, so had their functional capabilities and quality of life.

You can find the full study at Chiropractic and Osteopathy. It is also listed in PubMed.

Spring Opportunities

This is a glorious spring! So wonderful after the hibernation of winter. Seems like there is “eye candy” everywhere!

In keeping with the parasympathetic plethora of enthusiastic blossoming, we at Healing Innovations are offering a new opportunity to experience the SCENAR in a way that is more affordable and efficient. Heretofore, we have offered hour long sessions only, but have found because of our work in other practitioner settings, that half hour sessions are as effective and considerably more affordable for our clients.

So, beginning April 15th we will be offering our clients half hour sessions for $45 per session. If you are a new client, the first evaluation session would need to be an hour at our usual charge of $65. Thereafter, the treatment sessions would be half an hour. If you pay in advance for four sessions you receive a 10% discount which would make the total cost for the four only $162. Usually, within 5 sessions (the total including the initial visit) our clients are experiencing noticeable pain relief.

Mention that you read about this offer on the blog and get the initial evaluation at half price!

Watch your well being blossom this spring and experience how SCENAR can help you stay pain free and active all summer long!

Call 828-337-6854 today to schedule an appointment!

A New Kind of Biofeedback

Organic Growers School

The event that heralds spring in these mountains will happen again this weekend at UNCA in the Alumni Hall in the Highsmith Union Building. This is always a wonderful opportunity to gather the latest information about growing organic and hanging out with interesting folks.

Healing Innovations will be there to provide free demonstrations of the remarkable biofeedback pain relieving technology called SCENAR. If you have been interested in trying the SCENAR, here’s your chance. If you mention you read about it on the blog, we will be happy to provide you with a free full session at our office (a $65 value). Drop by our table and meet the three highly trained and experienced SCENAR therapists now in Asheville. Besides giving you a chance to experience the SCENAR itself, we will be happy to answer your questions, provide information, and let you see what all the excitement over this technology is about.

The Organic Grower’s School is one of the greatest events of the year. Don’t miss it. See you there!