Management of ischemic pain with action potential simulation - a case report

Anette Spitz-Meyer; Zbigniew Zylicz

Vol 8, No 1 (2009)

Case reports

Published online: 2009-02-06

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Management of ischemic pain with action potential simulation - a case report

Anette Spitz-Meyer, Zbigniew Zylicz

Advances in Palliative Medicine 2009;8(1):23-26.

Vol 8, No 1 (2009)

Case reports

Published online: 2009-02-06

Abstract

Ischaemic pain belongs amongst the most difficult to treat pains in palliative care. The pain is frequently severe and resistant to available analgesics. Treatment of this condition is difficult especially when the condition is inoperable. We describe a patient with severe ischaemic pain in the lower leg due to previous vascular problems and superimposed deep venous thrombosis who responded well to action potential simulation (APS), a therapy using microcurrents which resemble the body’s own biocurrents. This technology is frequently used by complementary therapists but is still barely known to evidence-based medicine.