PST: How it works
What is PST?
Pulsed Shortwave Therapy (PST) is a clinically proven therapeutic pain management technology that uses electromagnetic waves to reduce inflammation, alleviate pain, and support the body’s natural healing processes.
PST devices are sub-sensory, meaning they can deliver meaningful results without causing discomfort (or any sensation at all). Just thirty minutes of PST treatment—twice a day—provides a convenient, drug-free path toward reduced pain and improved healing.
How does the technology work?
PST technology works alongside the body’s natural functions to reduce pain and promote effective healing.
Therapeutic pulses target the site of pain
OrthoCor’s PST-enabled pain management solutions work by pulsing an electromagnetic wave through affected areas. The pulses are precisely calibrated to elicit a specific biological response that reduces inflammation and increases blood flow.
PST improves blood flow and supports your body's natural healing process
How? By producing an ionic bond between Calcium and Calmodulin that, in turn, increases the level of Nitric Oxide (NO) in the body. Nitric Oxide is a vasodilator—it widens blood vessels—which allows for increased blood flow to the affected area.
The healing cascade clears inflammation and its symptoms
Increased blood and lymphatic flow help flush out elements that keep the affected areas inflamed, such as dead cells, bacteria, and other detritus.
This cascade of positive biological effects targets the source of pain, lowering inflammatory enzymes, relieving pain, and supporting the natural healing process.
PST delivers immediate and long-term support
By affecting the root of pain and inflammation, PST does more than simply mask pain and make it more tolerable. It actively contributes to effective healing and long-term relief.
A closer look: See the healing cascade in action
Supported by evidence. Endorsed by experience.
Doctors say
“Ultimately, of the possible outcomes of acute inflammation, i.e. necrosis, chronic inflammation, and healing, PST blocks the first two and favors the regenerative outcomes of cells and tissues.”
Patients say
“Until I started OrthoCor, pain was a daily companion. After just 12 weeks of using the OrthoCor daily and a week of every-other-day use, I now have no pain whatsoever.”
The OrthoCor family of PST technology
OrthoCor’s PST-enabled devices take the power of PST and apply it to the specific needs of individual pain management scenarios.
Extended pain management
Activ8 products use PST to treat conditions requiring ongoing pain and inflammation management such as osteoarthritis, chronic lower back pain, and more.
Enhanced healing support
Active System products use PST to help manage shorter-term pain resulting from over exertion, strains, sprains, post-op, and repetitive use injuries.
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