A Message From Our Health and Science Director

Dear LifeWave Family Members,

Chronic pain is a major health issue, affecting more than 750 million people worldwide. To put it in perspective that’s greater than all the people suffering from heart disease, diabetes and cancer combined. So this is a significant problem. After six years of customer use and dozens of studies, we know that our IceWave patches are an effective means of controlling chronic pain. The question is: how can you get maximum results from IceWave? This is something I get asked a lot and so I’d like to share some tips with you.

IceWave is very easy to use. The patches come in a set of two, a brown patch (negative) and white patch (positive). Place the tan patch on the source of pain and place the white patch a few inches above the tan. Initially, I recommended taping the white patch on as opposed to removing the adhesive backing. If you don’t find pain relief after 10-15 seconds move it to the right, then below and then left, repeating the process. This is nothing new to most of you. It’s the cross method and you are probably already familiar with it.

But, I will tell you something you might not know and something that has helped me get results with IceWave. You need to be persistent. If you do not achieve pain relief with the above method, take another step. Move the white patches out a few inches and start the process again. There have been times when I’ve moved the white patch 15 to 20 times before achieving results. But when you do hit on that one spot that gives pain relief, it can be quite dramatic.

This is the simplest technique for using IceWave patches. Another, more advanced, method involves placing the patches on acupuncture points. You don’t have to be an acupuncturist to do this. Simply look at an acupuncture meridian chart (you can find one online), find a meridian that runs through the pain and place one patch on an acupuncture point above the pain and the other patch on an acupuncture point below the painful area.

Finally, a third technique you can use is the bracketing method, a technique in which you bracket the pain by placing the patches to the right and left, above and below or diagonally. You may find that you need to move the patches anywhere from one to 12 inches away from each other before you strike on an effective placement.

Now, keep in mind that in order for any of the above techniques to be effective, the subject must be hydrated. As we have worked with this technology over the years, we have found that hydration is the most important and critical factor in determining whether a person is going to respond to the patches.

So, there are many strategies you can use with IceWave. Our brochures and websites will help you work through these. But the thing to keep in mind is that you want to be persistent. If you are, you will find that you can get most people out of pain.

Sincerely,

Steven Haltiwanger, MD, CCN