Got Pain? A Blog for You!
Welcome to our blog for PAT, the most unique and effective microcurrent pain relieving device ever to be on the market. “Got Pain” is a blog written by the developers of the PAT device to help people understand the best ways to get the most benefit from PAT, what our opinions are concerning pain treatments and also answers to your questions.
Why We Care about Pain Management. Carl Marino, PT
Today I would like to address the question of what the reason was that got me interested in pain management. Of course, as a physical therapist, I have dealt with pain in the majority of my patients. But I became more specifically interested in severe and chronic, persistent pain that disabled many of my patients. Whether it was low back pain, neck pain, severe arthritis or one of many other painful conditions, I developed a specific desire to help these people. Severe pain can be so devastating that people are often left with severe financial problems, strain on relationships, self esteem issues and on top of everything, often an addiction to pain medication. For a number of years I rented space in a medical doctor’s office who specialized in pain. It was there that I saw the saddest situations caused by pain.
When I had the good fortune to meet Dr. Mark Chandler, we realized we were using essentially the same type of microcurrent for treatment. Ironically, we were using it for different conditions. Dr. Chandler has been a pioneer in treating wounds with electrical stimulation. I had also treated wounds using the same currents, but I mostly treated pain. The term “wounds” used in this case were bed sores, diabetic ulcers, stasis ulcers and any openings in the skin. We worked together to bring you this technology, so you can get the pain relief results at home!
In conclusion, microcurrents, especially in the very specific form used for PAT, normalize cell tissues and reduces inflammation. Painful areas of the body typically have tissue damage and the currents used in our PAT device begin the healing of these damaged tissues. We look forward to continuing this blog! If you have any specific topics about pain that you would like us to address, please email Carl at carlpt@marchanmedical.com.