Chpt. 6: PEMF

Question 1

IS ELF bad?

Answer 1

maybe

Question 2

How many HZ is for household wiring and overhead powerlines and appliances (from sources of ELF)?

Answer 2

60 HZ

Question 3

Magnetic field strength measured in ?

Answer 3

mG (microtesla) or μT

Question 4

Frequency is okay, but adding power can be ____

Answer 4

harmful

Question 5

Are there Health Concerns with normal exposure ELF (ex. household appliances)?

Answer 5

it increases in childhood leukemia

Question 6

PEMF stands for

Answer 6

Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields

Question 7

PEMF takes a ____ frequency (ELF) and magnetic field and pulses it rapidly

Answer 7

low

Question 8

The earth is surrounded by

Answer 8

a geomagnetic field which protects us from harmful radiation

Question 9

There are about ____ million lighting strikes a day- each can be about how 100 million ___

-this is called the __ Magnetic field strength

Answer 9

4
Volts

-Schumann (from europe)

Question 10

The tissues in your body have HZ too…how many HZ for:

• Nerve
• Bone
• Ligament
• Capillaries

Answer 10

Nerve‐2 Hz
Bone‐75 Hz
Ligament‐10 Hz
Capillaries and skin‐15 Hz

Question 11

Ultrasound, ___ and PEMF can effect ____healing by effecting cell membranes

Answer 11

• laser

- tissue

Question 12

Ultrasound, ___ and PEMF can effect tissue healing by effecting cell membranes

Answer 12

-laser

Question 13

Matching frequencies of environment may be hopeful.. Possible Mechanisms of action effect of:

Answer 13

ions bind to cell membranes; effects cells with charges such as white blood cells

Question 14

What does treatment feel like?

Answer 14

feel nothing

Question 15

**Are there contraindications to PEMF? (3)

Answer 15

Pacemakers
Pregnancy
Epilepsy

Question 16

What are Schumann Resonances ?

a set of spectrum peaks in the extremely low frequency (ELF) portion of the earths electromagnetci field spectrum

Answer 16

a set of spectrum peaks in the extremely low frequency (ELF) portion of the Earth’s electromagnetic field spectrum.

-global electromagnetic field, generated and excited by lightning discharges in the cavity formed by the Earth’s surface; which protects us from harmful radiation