As we already know pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy system improves blood circulation to optimize human cell function. Interesting enough, the famous Soviet drug called Meldonium also produces the same effect in the human body mostly targeting the heart.
Meldonium, developed in 1970 by Ivars Kalviņš at the USSR Latvia Institute of Organic Synthesis, and now manufactured by the Latvian pharmaceutical company Grindeks and several generic manufacturers. It is primarily distributed in Former Warsaw Pact countries and the Former Soviet Union as an anti-ischemia medication. Meldonium or Mildronate® is widely used in the clinical practice.
During increased physical activity, it restores the oxygen balance of tissue cells as well as it activates the metabolic processes that results in lower requirements of oxygen consumption for energy production. Mildronate® is widely recognized by health care professionals and patients, and this may include athletes as well.
Meldonium has been considered a banned substance by the World Anti-Doping Agency since 2012, as many former Soviet Bloc athletes have been known to take it as a performance enhancing mechanism, most famously brought to the mainstream media by the suspension of Russian tennis superstar Maria Sharapova in 2016. You can read about the incident here via this link.
Nevertheless, PEMF therapy can potentially deliver similar performance enhancing results without the intrusiveness of a Soviet made drug or its possible side-effects. Of course, there are limited studies regarding the differential results of PEMF therapy and drug treatments like local steroid injection or Meldonium. We would like to see more research in this field and its potential for mainstream athletic use.
The primary symptom in most patients with disorders affecting the soft tissue is pain. In many patients, daily activities are limited as inflammation causes pain and, with it, a restriction of the range of movements. Causes of soft tissue pain can be depicted as musculo-skeletal, neurologic, vascular, and referred visceral-somatic or articular (Cailliet, 1991). Early reports of applying electrical current to treat pain date back to before 1800 (Ersek, 1981).
PEMF therapy has successfully been used for the control of pain associated with rotator cuff tendinitis, multiple sclerosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, and peri-arthritis (Battisti et al., 1998; Lecaire et al., 1991). An improvement was observed in 93% of patients suffering from carpal tunnel pain and in 83% in cases of rotator cuff tendinitis. PEMF therapy was also used for treatment of migraine, chronic pelvic pain, neck pain, and whiplash injuries (Rosch, 2004).
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