‘A Physician must be a Philosopher. It to say, he must dare to use his own reason and not cling to antiquated authorities. The Physician who wants to know man must look upon him as a whole and not as a patched-up piece of work. If he finds a part of the human body diseased, he must look for the causes, that produce the disease, and not merely treat the external effects.’ Paracelsus (1493 – 1541)
Dr Zulia Frost offers Interactive Neuromodulation, Photobiomodulation, Acupuncture and TCM herbal supplementation as her main tools.
Treatment description – what to expect
Initial treatment starts with a consultation, where you are asked questions related to your condition(s)/ injury. This will help to understand better the nature of your problem, to choose the best therapeutic approach, estimating the length of course of treatment. In addition, to assess your general health using TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) principles, Dr Frost may take your pulses and look at your tongue. You may be asked to fill in the online wellness assessment questionnaire prior your visit. In some cases, further assessments tools might be suggested:
A radionics test that is designed to establish the state of your vitality and various vitamins/mineral deficiencies, environmental impact, including food energetic sensitivity. The test takes 15 minutes and helps to establish nutritional deficit priorities.
A detailed DNA profile for Health, Diet or Sport is also available in collaboration with Nordic lab.
Therapy itself normally includes use of the miHealth / InterX device (pulsing neurostimulation) in combination with Red Light device called FlexBeam. In some cases, you will be offered Low Level Laser acupuncture.
Please allow at least an hour for your first appointment. Non-complicated cases might take less time.
ALL devices are approved for safety of use, they do not have any side effects and purely aimed at activation of natural body healing mechanisms. All modalities are supported by scientific research and have been in use for decades.
To establish your personal response to therapy, Dr Frost normally schedules a follow up call to evaluate how you responded to define a further strategy or course of action.
In preparation to your appointment, please have answers ready:
- history of the injury/condition, including how long you have been suffering from pain.
- describe pain syndrome: where you feel it; is it aggravated with movement; what makes it less painful; what makes it worse; how do you feel this pain, what is a score between 0 (no pain) and 10 (maximum tolerated pain), what pain medication you currently take.
- Any other complaints that you might have.
- Fill in TCM questionnaire online in some cases, optional.
Treatment is conducted in a warm room, often in sitting up position on a treatment couch, where the Neurostimulation device is applied directly to the skin in the area affected. Stimulation is always comfortable and makes a tingling sensation. You will be chosing the level of desired intensity. In no circumstances the stimulation is painful.
Light therapy will not give you any sensation. Typically, you feel relaxed throughout and after the treatment.
Firstly, the area of injury/condition is scanned to pinpoint the Active sites related to your injury. They are areas of the skin with low impedance. Once identified, Dr Frost conducts an analysis based on the readings shown on the screen of the Neuromodulation device. Then, treatment will be targeted to this focused area. To complete the procedure, she will run the device over the adjacent muscles to provide muscular relaxation and soft tissue release in the whole area.
When treatment is complete, you will be asked to assess your pain again by score (from 0 – 10), by how it feels and by location. Typically, you feel a change in your state, often not significant as stimulation requires the response from the central nervous system which takes time. It is not unusual to have a slight aggravation in symptoms in the evening of the treatment as body engages in active healing. Please evaluate the change in your pain the following morning. Typically, you will feel less pain and some degree of stiffness, which easily disappears when you do light stretching. Pain relief is achieved after your first treatment will indicate the degree of your response to Neuromodulation therapy.
FlexBeam delivers photobiomodulation. FlexBeam is an LEDs driven device that produces red and near infrared light, just like the sun does. Light photons are absorbed by the cells at the area of irradiation, revitalising them to stay healthy and defend against bacterial or viral attacks. Light helps the cells to recover their mitochondria – a place where a cell makes energy, in addition it helps to improve local blood flow, which promotes natural healing.
Often spasmed muscles become relaxed and scars tissues can get better because the quality of collagen and elastin improve after a stimulation with near infrared light. FlexBeam is used to optimize overall energy, to support healing and to help to recover from physical exercises or long-term chronic conditions.
FlexBeam is applied directly to the skin and stimulation runs automatically for 10 minutes cycle. Typically, 2 – or 3 places on the body are irradiated by light during one session. The sensation is pleasantly warm, without heat and relaxing. You might feel energised immediately following this light exposure.
This quality is useful if an athlete has muscular fatigue and soreness after physical exercise. Also, it might have to improve sport performance and endurance.
Acupuncture is the ancient art of healing using needles inserted into specific points of the skin. Acupuncturists use very fine needles gently inserted into the acupuncture points to activate the flow of Qi. Chinese texts describe Qi as vital breath that circulates within the body through meridians. Meridians are channels and pathways that convey energy throughout the whole body. There are 12 principal meridians and 8 extraordinary meridians; they are interconnected inside the body just like the tunnels in the underground. The function of the meridians is to convey energy. Scientists managed to pass through them electrical, light and sound waves to confirm their function.