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electrical stimulation and hind limb unloading
Many PEMF practitioners use PEMF when an animal, including humans, has an injured limb and loss of use of the associated skeletal muscle. Some may argue that PEMF resembles electrical stimulation via Faraday’s Law of Induction. PEMF seems to act on the ERK signaling cascade in cultured myoblasts. [1] Electrical muscle stimulation in a…
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PEMF and hemoglobin
PEMF is said to increase oxygen delivery to our bodies. Just exactly what does this mean? This post presents a hypothesis as to the molecular and electromagnetic mechanism as to how this occurs.
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TRPC1 and PEMF
How does extremely low frequency electromagnetic radiation interact with TRPC1 channels? What are the down stream effects of this interaction?
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Red light and myopia
Myopia, also near nearsightedness because the afflicted individual sees near objects but has issues with far away objects, has been reviewed on Wikipedia. Wikipedia authors attribute the main factors as increased length of the eyeball and/or changes in the refractive index of the cornea. A few publications were found demonstrating that red light used to treat…
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Red Light and mitocondria
Right light therapy is said to target cytochrome C oxidase, complex IV, of the mitochondria. Most complexes of the mitochondria contain functional groups that absorb one wavelength of visible light or another. Absorption of light may translate into increased membrane potential, which translates into more ATP. This post introduces the role of ATP in…