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Why I Trust PEMF

I didn’t start using PEMF because I believed in it. I went to a demonstration because they were showing how it might help neuropathic pain, and I was thinking of my husband. By the time I arrived, the demonstration was already over. The owner, David Cadis, suggested I try it myself. I told him I didn’t have pain. He gave me a look that said, “Are you sure?”

Eventually, I admitted that I did have hip and leg pain — but only when I walked too much. My doctor had already told me I would need a hip replacement one day and, until then, I should “tough it out.” I accepted that at the time. I used a wheelchair for shopping and travel and adjusted my life accordingly. Trying PEMF seemed harmless. I had nothing to lose.

I stepped into the coil for nine minutes. My hip felt slightly lighter afterward. Later that night, I noticed tingling. The next day, the pain had shifted — subtly but unmistakably. I went back again. Then a third time. After three sessions, something real had changed.

When I asked the price, the answer was: $21,000.

That stopped me immediately.

I couldn’t justify that kind of expense based only on my own results. So I asked if I could rent the device. David agreed — $500 for a week. I brought the machine into The Center and offered free sessions to see whether others would respond the same way. No charge, no pressure — just observation.

Thirty-five people came in that week.

Thirty-four reported noticeable pain reduction — usually 50% or more.

One person felt no change, but she walked in expecting nothing and left with exactly that.

The consistent pattern was clear:

less pain, less swelling, better movement, and better function.

A few years later, around 2018 or 2019, PEMF surprised me again — this time with my husband. He fell and injured his knees and upper shins. The pain was intense, and he was already near the upper limit of gabapentin for chronic neuropathic pain. I treated him far longer than recommended: 75 minutes morning and evening for five days. His fall-related pain disappeared — and so did the neuropathic pain we had been managing for years.

That wasn’t a miracle. It was simply PEMF doing what it does best:

improving circulation, reducing inflammation, and helping nerves settle.

Years after my own experience — long after PEMF had already allowed me to stay mobile — I learned that my “hip problem” had never been a hip at all. A vascular scan revealed a 100% blocked right femoral artery, completely undiagnosed at the time. When I walked too long, my muscles and nerves reacted to the lack of oxygen, and the pain mimicked hip failure perfectly.

PEMF didn’t cure the blockage.

But it improved circulation and oxygenation around it enough that I never returned to the wheelchair. I stayed mobile for more than a decade.

Now, 13 years later, as I begin to feel familiar muscle and nerve discomfort when I walk too long, I know exactly what to return to. It’s the old saying: the shoemaker’s child goes barefoot. I need to be more consistent with my own PEMF routine.

Across the years, client after client has shown the same steady pattern:

not dramatic miracles, just reliable reductions in pain, inflammation, stiffness, nerve irritation, and recovery time.

PEMF has never felt magical to me. It has felt practical. Predictable. A way of supporting the body so it can do what it already wants to do when given the chance.

If you’d like to learn whether PEMF may be appropriate for your own pain or mobility challenges, you’re welcome to contact The Center. I take a no-pressure approach — information first, always.