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Episode Sixty-One – Piece of Cake
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
4:26 Disc herniations, low back pain – easy 5:39 Multiple FMS machines. Getting more done in less time. Working with first resp …
Episode Fifty-Nine – Take Out The Bad, Put In The Good
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
1:27 Circle practicum 7:01 Treating seven Ehlers-Danlos at once 19:00 Increasing secretions and vitality i …
Episode Fifty-Nine – Take Out The Bad, Put In The Good
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
1:27 Circle practicum 7:01 Treating seven Ehlers-Danlos at once 19:00 Increasing secretions and vitality i …
Episode Fifty-Eight – You’re Fired
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
2:27 The truth is that control is an illusion 3:57 Depression 5:05 Patient history 7:32 Treating the cause and emotional compon …
Episode Fifty-Seven – Scarring vs. Torn and Broken
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
0:16 – CRPS – Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 4:25 – “Knifeless Surgery” Torn and Broken. When to use 13 and wh …
Episode Fifty-Six – Old Frequencies – New Uses
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
0:46 – FSM in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Germany 6:56 – Give the limbic amygdala a nap. Together with the hi …
Episode Fifty-Five – Andrew Fawcett
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT Andrew Fawcett, PT, DPT
4:36 – Jerry Greenspan RIP 7:43 – Skeptical about FSM 11:18 – Writing FSM protocols 11:50 – Using multiple FSM machines 16: …
Episode Fifty-Four – Jennifer Sosnowski
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), Jennifer Sosnowski, MD
1:46 – Jennifers FSM Origin Story 7:29 – MERT EEG and Mold 9:46 – FSM Makes You A Better Practitioner 12:34 – Mold 24:24 – Sle …
Episode Fifty-Three – David Burke And Ben Katholi
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT David Burke, DO Ben Katholi, MD
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Episode Fifty-Four – Jennifer Sosnowski
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT David Jennifer Sosnowski, MD1:46 – Jennifers FSM Origin Story 7:29 – MERT EEG and Mold 9:46 – FSM Makes You A Better Practitioner 12:34 – Mold 24:24 – Sleep and Sleep Apnea 35:4 …
Episode Fifty-Three – David Burke And Ben Katholi
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT David Burke, DO
Ben Katholi, MDhttps://youtu.be/WyF0WC-tK4Q …
Episode Fifty-Two – Ankle Sprains & Strains
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MThttps://youtu.be/dMA3GdeRWl0 …
Episode Fifty-One – Sleep and Hope
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MThttps://youtu.be/GE8RXkXHdY0 …
Episode Fifty – Central Sensitization
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MThttps://youtu.be/XPaWjw4cVKY …
Episode Forty-Nine
Shoulders – When It Wasn’t What You Thought
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MThttps://vimeo.com/742083338 …
Episode Forty-Eight – Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
Dr. McMakin, MA, DC Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT 01:29 Adams Memorial 01:53 Covid Coma Footdrop 02:45 SMA Spinal Muscular Atrophy 02:46 Polarizing N …
Episode Forty-Seven – Head Shoulders Knees and Toes
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
00:55 – new shirts 02:56 – full and partial tears 07:00 – METH 13:03 – tendinopathies 14:45 – ice on injuries 26:36 – ACL and kneeshttps:/ …
Episode Forty-Six – Pro Sports Use FSM
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
01:40 practitioners compartmentalize emotions 03:27 FSM practicum weekends 08:46 disc bulges 11:56 splenius 13:40 dry needling into the facet joint 15:24 8 …
Episode Forty-Five – Flexibility
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
00:59 digestive issues – SIBO.  06:01 broken clavicle  10:00 vestibular exam – BIVSS  15:19 hip pain  27:40 ask open-ended questions  30:44 PTs treat brain …
Episode Forty-Four – FSM Is An Adjunct
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
1:00 – international travel 2:44 – FSM is an adjunct 3:23 – Physical medicine patients don’t comply 8:59 – patience 9:44 – chronic belly pain 15:15 – worki …
Episode Forty-Three – Red Amber
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
You’re back. I’m back. I forgot to send you the picture. But that’s red Amber. Who even knew that Red Amber existed. I walked into this amber shop with the host. …
Episode Forty-Two – Dave Burke, Cleveland Clinic
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
David Burke, DO
You are the famous Dr. Dave Burke. I am David Burke. I don’t know about the famous part. Yeah, well. Definitely, in our little community, I would say fam …
Episode Forty-One – Rob DeMartino
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
Robert DeMartino, DC
Our guest today is Dr. Rob DeMartino. So nice to see you. Look at you doing all this all by yourself. I have become such a big girl.https://vimeo.com/724650022 …
Episode Forty – Peter Twist
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
Coach Peter Twist
I want to make sure that we had time to talk to our one of my favorite humans on the planet. This is Peter Twist. Anybody that’s been in Pete or rehab in the past, I was tr …
Episode Thirty-Nine – Ben Katholi, MD
Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT Ben Katholi, MD
https://vimeo.com/716564121 …
Episode Thirty-Eight – Love Is My Superpower
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT
https://vimeo.com/716192323 …
Episode Thirty-Seven – George Douglas Memorial
George Douglas, considered the father of FSM and Dr. Carol’s partner, passed away on Monday, May 9th, 2022. Dr. Carol, staff, and Kim reflect on George’s life and his contributions to FSM.
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Episode Thirty-Six – George Douglas Has Passed On
George Douglas, considered the father of FSM and Dr. Carol’s partner, passed away on Monday, May 9th, 2022. No podcast this week. Next week Dr. Carol and Kim will reflect on George’s life and his …
Episode Thirty-Five – Nerve Pain Is Easy For FSM
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT 1:35 – Post-Covid complications 10:14 – Mast cell activation 17:47 – Mold exposure 27:14 – Don’t run 40/109, turn down the Vagus 32:54 – Calciu …
Episode Thirty-Four – Trust The Force Luke
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT 2:41 TTH – Tendency To Have 18:45 – Histamine 23:21 – Post-op four-hour window 29:58 – Viral plexopathies 33:46 – Neurotransmitter workshop – Billica …
Episode Thirty-Three – The FSM Learning Curve
0:00 – Ruth Johnston Award revisited 2:30 – FSM Sports becomes Physical Medicine & Rehab 7:00 – FSM works 8:43 – FSM Learning Curve 20:52 – Keep it simple 28:03 – The pain may come back 30:25 – T …
Episode Thirty-Two – Blossoming and Re-thinking
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC Kim Pittis, LCSP, (PHYS), MT 2:06 – Frequencies work whether you want them to or not 5:52 – Repair DNA frequency 9:00 – Ruth Johnston Award – Kim Pittis 19:56 – ACL reconstru …
Episode Thirty-One – It’s Spring Time – Adaptability
2:36 – PTSD – Adjusting to the lack of symptoms 12:00 – FSM patients get better 12:15 – You can’t want it more 15:15 – Adaptability 22:30 – Follow the spark 31:45 – Hydration – 4oz per hour mi …
Episode Thirty – FSM Protocols Should Be Customized
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Episode Twenty-Nine – Ice The Mice
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Episode Twenty-Eight – Post-Op Protocols
FSM Clinic OpenPublished Papers on FSMPost-Op ProtocolsHeadachesFSM DetectivesKim’s Hate Mailhttps://vimeo.com/691519035
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Episode Twenty-Seven – Emotions and Pain
00:36 – Hypertension Fatigue 01:27 – Ulcerative Colitis 03:19 – Sclerosis in the omentum 06:09 – Emotions & Pain 08:19 – S.I. joint LOX without Versed 17:22 – Inspiration from stories 21:56 – Pacemaker …
Episode Twenty-Six – Lifetime Achievement Award
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Episode Twenty-Five – Live From Phoenix
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Episode Twenty-Four – 970-33 Love Wins
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Episode Twenty-Three – What Are The 39s Good For?
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Episode Twenty-Two – FSM Clinic Opening Soon
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Episode Twenty-One – The impossible takes slightly longer than the difficult
https://vimeo.com/670079372Hello. Hi. Hi. Are we hugging right now? I feel like we’re hugging.Yeah, I can feel the hug.I think we both need it. Oh boy.Yeah, actually, I …
Episode Twenty – Learning FSM Is Not Linear
Grey day – FSM Clinic update – Learning is not linear – The rules of makingrules – Tone – Sensitized spinal cord – More on tone – Wrong strong – The cerebellum does not negotiatehttps://vimeo.com …
Episode Nineteen – New Beginnings
FSM Clinic and Training Center Update – Pelvic Pain – Elbow Internal Fixation – Post-Op Protocols – What We Want More Of This Year – Neck Causing Forearm Pain – Sensory Exam – Frequency Sc …
Episode Eighteen – Love and Gratitude
Holiday Recap – Gluten sensitivities – Ulcerative Colitis – Patient vs. Client designation – Mid-scapular Pain – Rhomboids – Disc fusion and bulging – New Year’s wind up – Thi …
Episode Seventeen – FSM, There Is Hope Here
bilateral mastectomy | Periosteum Ulnar nerve | acute rib fracture | Ehlers-danlos | diabetic neuropathy | post-operative care | flipped small intestine | Run Concussion and …
Episode Sixteen – Pain Management
Acute and chronic vertebral disc injury | Protocol for cord descending inhibition | Parkinson’s | Dystonia a form of lack of descending inhibition? | The frequencies that DONT work | Time-depend …
Episode Fifteen – Andre Benoit
FSM Practicum Weekend – Patients vs. Clients – 81/10, 40/10 – FSM Training Overwhelm – ANDRE BENOIT – Integrating FSM – One treatment method at a time – Make what you already know, more …
Episode Fourteen – Back In Sync
Some people fall in love with their conditions and they fall in love with the appointments and with the attention. It sounds so out there to some people. Why would you love being hurt? Why would you love being in p …
Episode Thirteen – Gratitude and Being Thankful
Dr, Andrew Huberman – Huberman Lab Podcast – Anger. You create that which you focus on. – List of positive words – The stable state and positive outlook – …
Episode Twelve – Treat the Cause Before Treating the Symptoms
San Francisco Practicum – Scar tissue in the nerve – FSM Case Reports – Favorite sandwich – Is VAGUS in the PTSD protocol? – Programming CustomCare – customize your …
Episode Eleven – Building FSM for the Future
FSM Clinic Website – Fibromyalgia With No Pain – IBS – Vestibular – First Time You See An FSM Patient – Using More Than One Magnetic Converters – When It Becomes Overwhelming …
Episode Ten – Don’t Panic! Remember Your Towel
CRPS Case – How long to run a frequency – Adverse reactions to frequencies – Don’t Panic! – Settings for infection – Don’t use the 40’s. What? – Repeating frequencies How of …
Episode Nine – When There’s Not Pain
The Kim Show – Happy Birthday Kim – Flight horror stories – If you could only have 5 protocols? – Prescribing the CustomCare to patients – what additional protocols should you load? –  Hang …
Episode Eight – You Can’t Unsee It
You can’t do it all. Core FSM Training. Continuity between FSM practitioners. “expect poop to hit the fan”. When you have FSM as a tool. 18 – Channel A Frequency 18. Time-dependent frequencies. Smoos …
Episode Seven – Vestibular Visceral Vagus
Amazing Case – Brain fog and memory problems – Medical assessments – Vestibular testing – 94/94 – Brain Fog protocol update – Vestibular continued – Nausea and dizziness – 40 vs. 284 – Treatment setup – F …
Episode six – The next phase
02:23 – Long Covid – Vaccine Reactions 15:05 – CustomCare New Software16:37 – PANDAS20:11 – Concussion Protocol vs. Concussion plus Vagus26:39 – Stretching Tight Muscles37:56 – Mobilization48:15 – Nerve Pain and The F …
Episode Five – It Never Comes From Space
2:22 – TTH (Tendency To Have) or DMTO (Definitely More Than One) protocol. Energy cooties. Energetic hijackers.13:15 – Irritating injuries and irritating diagnoses.”nobody is born with fibromyalgia or …
Labrum and Meniscus – Time-Dependent FSM Treatments – Patient Stable State – How has your practice changed since starting FSM? – Setting correct patient expectations – Everything is connected to everything.John Sharkey – Bilateral knee replacement – improving flexion. – DISH – diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis – EHS – electromagnetic hypersensitivity – Hypotonicity in children – Hearing loss- Eye treatments – FSM support for COVID vaccine – FSM Advanced 2022 – FSM Sports Advanced – FSM Podcast guests coming soon
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Live Pain Free – Tap into Your Body’s Lifeline for Healing with FSM
Carolyn McMakin, MA, DCLive Pain Free – August 2021 Issue
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Background: Acupuncture is frequently offered for wounded warriors as a component of an integrated approach to pain and associated symptoms, with increasing availability at military treatment facilities and Veterans Administration hospitals. While medications can be effective for many patients, acupuncture and microcurrent therapies address the growing need to offer non opiate, non pharmaceutical therapeutics in integrative pain management. Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) is a newer, adjustable, microcurrent, electrical stimulation modality with applications for pain and other associated symptoms. Using low amperage, electrical current delivered transcutaneously affects and repairs tissues at the cellular level. Additionally, concomitant treatment with acupuncture is possible, which is particularly helpful when space and time limit the frequency with which acupuncture treatments can be provided.
The most important things to keep in mind when considering mental health, the brain and PTSD is that in the brain: 1. Everything is connected to everything else; 2. The system is designed to help you survive trauma and threat in a primitive world; and, 3. Nothing in the brain reacts well to inflammation
My entire practice since 1998 has been the 10% of patients no one else could help, and I failed a number of them myself. But eventually through trial and error and being sick and recovering myself through the help of brilliant colleagues, I learned what I am about to tell you in this article.
Dr. Carolyn McMakin treats a patient with RSD with Frequency Specific Microcurrent
My name is Steve. I have a 22 year-old autistic son. He was clinically diagnosed as very severe autistic.
WDDTY Kate Montana March 2020 FSM articleHealing with Frequency Specific MicrocurrentsOn January 19, 2004, in a football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens fractured his fibula (the long, thin bone of …
Background: Acupuncture is frequently offered for wounded warriors as a component of an integrated approach to pain and associated symptoms, with increasing availability at military treatment facilities and Veterans Administration hospitals. While medications can be effective for many patients, acupuncture and microcurrent therapies address the growing need to offer non opiate, non pharmaceutical therapeutics in integrative pain management. Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) is a newer, adjustable, microcurrent, electrical stimulation modality with applications for pain and other associated symptoms. Using low amperage, electrical current delivered transcutaneously affects and repairs tissues at the cellular level. Additionally, concomitant treatment with acupuncture is possible, which is particularly helpful when space and time limit the frequency with which acupuncture treatments can be provided.
The Use of Micro Current and Autocatalytic Silver Plated Nylon Dressings in Human Burn Patients: A Feasibility Study
R. Huckfeldt, M.D., D. Mikkelson, R.N., K. Larson, M.D.
L. Hammond, O.T., B. Flick, M.D., C. McMakin, D.C.
February 21, 2003
Proc …
The Effects of Electric Currents on ATP Generation, Protein Synthesis, and Membrane Transport in Rat SkinNGOK CHENG, M.D., HARRY VAN HOOF, M.D., EMMANUEL BOCKX, M.D., MICHEL J. HOOGMARTENS, M.D.,* JOSEPH C. MULIER, M.D.,* WILLIAM DE LOECKER, M.D. …
Cytokine Changes with Microcurrent Treatment of Fibromyalgia Carolyn. R. McMakina,, Walter. M. Gregoryb , Terry M. Phillipsca Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Clinic of Portland, 17214 SE Division Street, Portland, OR 97230, USA b B …
Frequency-Specific Microcurrent for Treatment of Longstanding Congenital Muscular Torticollis
Regina Thompson, PT, PCS; Sandra L. Kaplan, PT, DPT, PhD Therapy Services (Ms Thompson), Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation, Cuyahog …
Frequency Specific Microcurrent Resolves Chronic Pain and Adhesions After Ulnar Transposition Surgery
Jodie Adams1* and Carolyn McMakin2
1 New Heights Physical Therapy, 5736 NE Glisan St, Portland Oregon, 97213, Portland
2 Fibromyalgia and myofasc …
MicrocurrentExperimentalResultsMicrocurrent Experimental Results.
Research Conducted by Dr Vivienne Reeve, University of Sydney and Wayne Reilly,
Health World Ltd. Feb 12.03
Hypothesis 1. FSM alters LOX induced inflammation using an accepted m …
Microcurrent Treatment of Myofascial Pain in the Head, Neck, and Face
Purpose: To study the effects of microcurrent treatment of resistant myofascial trigger points in the head, neck, and face. Methodology: A review of the rationale for effectivenes …
The efficacy of frequency specific microcurrent therapy on delayed onset muscle soreness
Denise Curtis, MSc, NMT a, *, Stephen Fallows, PhD a , Michael Morris, MSc a , Carolyn McMakin, MA DC bSummaryThis study compared the effects of freque …
NON-PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT OF SHINGLES
Shingles pain and lesions resolved in 48 hours after treatment with frequency-specific microcurrent.
By Carolyn McMakin, MA, DC
In unpublished anecdotal reports of
Frequency Specific Microcurrent
(FSM) tre …
Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Neuropathic Pain Using Frequency Specific Microcurrent
By CAROLYN MCMAKIN, MA, DCFrequency-specific microcurrent (FSM) has been used
for 10 years by numerous practitioners in various
specialties (MDs, DCs, NDs, PT …
Visceral and Somatic Disorders: Tissue Softening with Frequency-Specific Microcurrent
Carolyn R. McMakin, MA, DC,1 and James L. Oschman, PhD2
Abstract
Frequency-specific microcurrent (FSM) is an emerging technique for treating many health conditio …
CASE REVIEW: MICROCURRENT TREATMENT OF LOW BACK PAIN
Microcurrent therapy: a novel treatment method for chronic low back myofascial pain
Carolyn R. McMakin, M.A., D.C.Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Clinic of Portland, 17214 SE Division Street …
Effects of Aerobic Exercise Associated with Abdominal Microcurrent
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
21(4):229-36 MARCH 2015 Source: PubMed
Andreia Noites, Rita Nunes, Ana Isabel Gouveia, José Mesquita Bastos
Polytechnic Institut …
Activation of Signal-Transduction Mechanisms May Underlie the Therapeutic Effects of an Applied Electric Field
J. C. Seegers,1 C. A. Engelbrecht,2 D. H. van Papendorp1
1Departments of Physiology and 2Physics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South …
A Pulsed DC Electric Field Affects P2-Purinergic Receptor Functions by Altering the ATP Levels in Vitro and in Vivo Systems
J. C. Seegers,1 M.-L. Lottering,1 A. M. Joubert,1 F. Joubert,2 A. Koorts,1C. A. Engelbrecht,3 D. H. van Papendorp1
Departmen …
Significant Enhancement of ATP Synthesis in Cardiomyocytes By Electric Microcurrent
Karin Macfelda1
, Alexander Holly1
, Johannes Mueller2
; 1
Medical University of
Vienna, Vienna, Austria; 2
Berlin Heals, Berlin, Germany
Objective: The cardi …
Impedance-Controlled Microcurrent Therapy for Managing Radiation-Induced Fibrosis in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
ARLENE J. LENNOX, PH.D.,*†JEFFREY P. SHAFER, M.D.,†MADELINE HATCHER, R.N.,†JANICE BEIL, R.N.,†AND SANDRA J. FUNDER, R.N
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The Basis for Microcurrent Electrical Therapy in Conventional Medical Practice
Joseph M. Mercola, DO and Daniel L. Kirsch, PhD, DAAPM
Sponsored by the American College for Advancement in Medicine
Volume 8 Number 2 Summer 1995 Journal of Advancemen …
Microcurrent stimulation in the treatment of dry and wet macular degenerationLaurie Chaikin1
Kellen Kashiwa2
Michael Bennet2
George Papastergiou3
Walter Gregory4
1
Private practice, Alameda, CA,
USA; 2
Retina Institute of Hawaii,
Honolul …
Effects of Low-Frequency Electrical Stimulation on Cumulative Fatigue and Muscle Tone of the Erector
Effects of low-frequency electrical stimulation on cumulative fatigue and muscle tone of the erectorDa-Haeng Kang, PT, MS,1 Jae-Keun Jeon, PT, MS,2 and Joon-Hee Lee, PT, PhD3,*Author information Article notes Copyright and License in …
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An Account of the Revolutionary Discovery of Dr. Albert Abrams, the Diagnosis of Disease from the Radio-Activity of the blood
By Upton Sinclair
(Reprinted from Pearson’s Magazine for June 1922)
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For some fifteen or eighteen years I have ha …