What is Multiple Impulse Therapy?

Every week more and more healthcare professionals are using the PulStarFRAS and Multiple Impulse Therapy in their practices – to help their patients achieve and maintain higher levels of health. 

For this reason it is important that both clinicians and their patients better understand the principles behind Multiple Impulse Therapy.

What is Multiple Impulse Therapy?

Multiple Impulse Therapy consists of applying a “low force” repetitive stimulation at selected anatomical sites. 

The sites are selected by the doctor or clinician.  The objective of the treatment is to reduce or eliminate pain and/or other symptoms by increasing circulation, reducing edema, releasing restrictions in joint movement, and correcting joint fixations and subluxations. 

Multiple Impulse Therapy is applied via a hand-held instrument, which is designed to provide a precisely controlled low force mechanical stimulus to the body.  The clinician can choose the force to be applied.  Choices include 15-20-25-30 and 35 pounds.  Each impulse lasts only a few milliseconds.  Several body sites may be treated during one treatment session.

The computerized control system measures and continuously displays tissue resistance at the therapy site, as the therapy is taking place. 

The Multiple Impulse Therapy instrument also allows clinicians to assess the stiffness of individual joints, or vertebra, before and after the application of Multiple Impulse Therapy. 

One of the expected outcomes of Multiple Impulse Therapy is reduced resistance at the therapy site. 

The instrument is known as the PulStar or PulStarFRAS (Function Recording and Analysis System).  The PulStar’s assessment functions allow both the patient and the clinician to verify that treatment objectives are being met.