STATISTICS:
There are an estimated 250,000 spinal cord injured (SCI) individuals living in the United States.
On average, 11,000 new injuries are reported every year. Paraplegia (losses of movement and sensation in the lower body) affects 55% of the SCI population, and 44% are affected by quadriplegia (losses of movement and sensation in both the arms and legs).

Initial hospitalization (an average of 100 days), adaptive equipment and home modification costs following injury average $140,000. Additional lifetime costs incurred by SCI individuals average $600,000 and can reach as high as $1.35 million depending on the severity of injury and the age at which injury occurred. In 1992, there were 10,000 reported spinal cord injuries nationwide. The lifetime costs associated with these injuries are projected to total $10 billion.

HISTORY:
…After working with paralyzed patients we noticed some of the results seen included the healing of long-term, non-healing wounds on heels and buttocks, as well as spasticity and disuse atrophy. All of the treatments were very successful. Even more successful than we expected! When treating the abdomen to strengthen the muscles we found that the patients were also regaining control of their bowels and diaphragm. When working the back for support or to relieve muscle spasms we found that their level of feeling increased. While treating the legs to relieve the spasticity or develop the muscles we found that the bladder function was affected.

These were so dramatic that our medical department began looking at specific pad placements and protocols for the different symptoms the paralyzed patients were having. The more the symptoms were worked, the more feeling returned. They then turned their attention to protocols directed at opening the neurological pathway at the site of injury to the extremities. Results were seen in every case of paralysis in which the spinal cord was intact. … Although each patient has an individual recovery schedule, there is a pattern of recovery developing as the pathway reopens/repairs.

SUBJECTION: 1) The restricting inflammation is reduced by the movement of electricity as outlined in the NCTP©. 2) There is such a large amount of current that it “fools” the CNS causing it to send the appropriate chemicals to “repair” the damaged area of the axon, which has been demyelinated and “has a leak”.

COMPARE MODALITIES
The Neurocare 1000™ has a higher output than any other electrical stimulator on the market today. Where other units invoke the “active” muscle fibers at a maximum of 125 volts the Neurocare 1000 can invoke the “inactive” muscle fibers (due to injury, trauma, disuse, etc.) at a maximum of 440 volts. Amperage is the painful part of electricity. Other EMS units achieve the 125 volts at 90 milliamps of current. Neurocare 1000™ achieves the 440 volts at 4 milliamps of current. Patients can normally tolerate a maximum of about 10 milliamps of current, therefore normal EMS units very seldom reach the potential of 90 milliamps and 125 volts, thus they cannot “saturate” the “active” muscle fibers to reach the “inactive” muscle fibers. Ten milliamps on normal muscle stimulators is 30 volts. Four milliamps on the Neurocare 1000™ is 440 volts. The reason Neurocare 1000™ has this ability is that it is AC (alternating current) output, whereas the other stimulators are DC (direct current) output. This feature is currently proprietary to Neurocare.

The machine is simulating exercise not only to the “active” muscles but also to the “inactive” or injured muscles, thus allowing them to be strengthened and re-educated. The Neurocare 1000™ can do this, even though the patient cannot, because it does not invoke the reflex arch mechanism. Thereby being able to work the inactive muscles without the use or need of medications (narcotics or steroids). By being used at home it allows the patient to have longer treatments for a longer period of time than would be financially possible within a clinical setting. Our company provides clinical technicians via phone for your patients or insurance companies on a 24-hour basis, with no extra charge. All the physician needs to do is fax a prescription to our toll-free fax and we will get a machine to the patient and do all of the instruction on protocol as well as how to begin.
Able to achieve deep muscle contractions without discomfort to the patient combined with the NEUROCARE Treatment Program™ patients are able to achieve results in cases from whiplash to diabetic neuropathy.

EASY IN-HOME USE!! SAFE, PORTABLE, NON-INVASIVE, SIMPLE TO USE

EXCERPTS FROM : The New England Journal of Medicine - January 29, 1998 – Volume 338, Number 5
…If axonal injury early in the course of disease contributes to the development of irreversible neurologic deficits, the prevention of axonal loss might be expected to prevent persistent disability.

It has recently been recognized that in some patients with traumatic (nonpenetrating) spinal cord injury there are residual axons that maintain continuity through the lesion but fail to conduct impulses as a result of demyelination. These findings have been reported in some patients with “clinically complete” lesions (i.e., those with no function below the level of the lesion), which are classically considered to be due to transection of the spinal cord and its constituent axons within the lesion. (16, 17, 18) The demonstration of these preserved, but demyelinated, axons suggests that in spinal cord injury, at least some degree of functional recovery might be achieved by strategies that restore impulse conduction along demyelinated axons…

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MUSCLE SPASMS: Can create great pain and even nerve impingement resulting in “referral pain” to other sites.
DISUSE ATROPHY: Can cause loss of muscle strength and even mass (i.e. an arm that has been in a cast for several months, a paraplegic/quadriplegic, polio victim, even someone who has been without physical activity for a period of time),

MUSCLE RE-EDUCATION: Relates to a muscle being used in a different function than what is its normal function. The muscle responds negatively (i.e. pain, spasm, etc.) until it is re-educated to the activity level placed upon it. (i.e. Occupational Overuse-Carpal Tunnel). The need to re-educate a muscle can be the result of various causes ( a sprain, whiplash, continued keyboard use, etc.).
RANGE OF MOTION: Loss or reduction can be caused by many sources, but almost always results in pain to the patient.

LOCAL BLOOD CIRCULATION: Can be due to a number of causes (i.e. swelling due to an injury/overuse/disease). Increasing local blood circulation reduces this.