Treatment areas
This technique includes two treatment areas. The first area is three pathways. i.e. three tracks or lines one of which is going along the backbone and other two lines goes in parallel of it on the right and on the left. The first pathway passes along the backbone spines, from the 7th cervical vertebra to the coccyx, then it continues from the hairy part of the head to the 7th cervical vertebra. Patient should be sitting while being treated. If this position is not comfortable for a patient, a session can be given when he or she is lying on the bed.
The electrode should be applied along the backbone spines during a session.
The second and the third pathways are located in parallel to the first one, on the left and on the right from it at the distance of 2-2.5 сm from the line passing along the spines (see Fig. 1).
Fig. 1
The second area is called ‘six points’. These points are trigeminal nerve exit points on the face.
Fig. 2
How to carry out ‘Three PAthways, six points’ technique in SDM
The manner to be observed while carrying out this technique in SDM is almost the same for
Professional devices and Home devices.
The pathways should be treated by slowly moving the electrode, firmly pressing it to the skin.
Prior to a session you should define where the seventh cervical vertebra is located: this is the most expressed vertebra in the lower part of the neck, when the head is inclined forward.
Apply the electrode below the seventh cervical vertebra and move it slowly down along the backbone spines. After the coccyx is reached, apply the electrode below the hairy part of the head and continue moving down. Finish moving just above the seventh cervical vertebra.
Repeat the treatment until the secondary signs appear but not more than 5 times.
If secondary signs are detected, treat them as specified in section 2.4 of the Instruction.
Treat the second and the third pathway in the similar manner.
Then, select the most pronounced sign among all secondary signs detected on the second and third tracks and treat this area additionally as specified in section 2.4 of the Instruction.
Warning! Reduce power to minimum before treating the face. Then, set the electrode on the side surface of the neck and increase the power level smoothly to reach its comfortable level. Then, you can start treating six points.
‘Six points’ should be treated in a stable manner in the order specified in Fig. 2, one minute per point. If secondary signs areas are detected, treat them additionally as specified in section 2.4 hereof.
‘Tree PATHways, six points’ in IDM
The pathways should be treated in IDM by sequentially applying the electrode from top to bottom, from the seventh cervical vertebra to the coccyx, and then from the hairy part of the head to the seventh cervical vertebra in the order specified in Fig. 1.
If using a Home device, set the IDM (LED ‘D’ is switched on, see Operating Manual).
Each position should be treated till a completed dose, i.e. when all four LEDs are switched on and a sound signal beeps (see Operating Manual).
The secondary sign areas should be detected by the longest time period required to obtain a completed dose. The area with the longest treatment period should be considered as the most active (asymmetry).
If the maximum periods required to obtain a completed dose are almost equal in some areas, select the area which is located above all others.
The active area detected on the first pathway should be treated three times in sequence till a completed dose.
Then, treat the second and third pathways in the order specified in Fig. 1.
Detect the most active areas on the second and the third pathways and treat them three times in sequence till a completed dose.
Select the most active area among three active areas on three pathways (according to the maximum time period required to receive a completed dose) and treat it additionally three times till a completed dose with the frequency modulation mode switched on (the oscillating frequency).
Warning! Reduce power to minimum before treating areas on the face and then increase the power level smoothly to reach its comfortable level (see Operating Manual). A power level should be adjusted on the side of the neck.
Treat each area on the face till a completed dose in the order specified in Fig. 2.
Treat the area with the maximum period taken to receive a completed dose in the first passing additionally, three times in sequence till a completed dose.
If using devices of Professional devices series in IDM when performing the ‘3 pathways, 6 points’ technique, take the following actions:
Set the device in IDM (see Operating Manual). Search for secondary sign areas using the initial reaction (IR) value.
Apply the electrode on the first area and treat till IR is obtained. Then apply the electrode on the next area and also treat it till IR is obtained. Compare IR values with each other.
Treat the area on which the IR value was 4 units or more till a completed dose (‘*’ signal is shown on the device display and a sound signal beeps. See Operating Manual).
Fix (write down) the current reaction value while completing a dose.
Then treat the next area till IR is obtained and compare it with the previous value of IR. Treat the area on which the IR value was 4 units or more again till a completed dose.
Fix the current reaction value while finishing a completed dose. Select the biggest value from two values of the current reaction while completing a dose and treat the area with the biggest value till zero (‘@’ sign is shown on the device display and a sound signal beeps). Fix the current reaction value while finishing a completed zero.
Select the next area which requires to be treated till zero in the similar manner by moving the device from one position to another and fix the current reaction value while finishing a completed zero.
Select the area with the maximum value of the current reaction among all areas which have been treated till a completed zero and then treat it in ‘FMVaR’ mode for two minutes (Fig. 3).
If IRs in all adjoining areas differs from each other for not more than 3 units and an IR value in the last area is equal to or less than four units, the treatment should be carried out in the previous position till a completed dose and the current reaction dose value should be fixed. Then continue applying the electrode in various positions and evaluate IR.
After all four areas are treated till a completed zero, two areas can be detected and each of them should be treated in ‘FMVaR’ mode. In that case, the area with the biggest value of the current reaction while being treated till a completed zero should be treated in ‘FMVaR’ mode during 3 minutes.
Fig. 3
If no difference between the IR values is detected by more than four units along all the lines of ‘3 pathways’, the treatment should be carried out in the last position till a completed dose.
