Happy Holidays

As the end of the year draws near and we get ready for the holidays, we wanted to say thank you to all of the loyal PulStar doctors and patients who have helped make PulStar the superior technology in pain relief.  

With this last post of the year we want to wish you and yours a happy and safe holiday season as well as a prosperous New Year.  We at Sense Technology look forward to achieving great things in 2009 as we help more people with the PulStar. 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

PulStar is Reliable and Consistent

One of the benefits of technology is that measurements can be made precisely and they can be repeated accurately.  

For example, we could measure the speed of a thrown baseball by having someone count how many seconds it takes to get to the catcher.  How reliable would that be?  Maybe the person starts a little faster on this throw, a little slower on that throw.  And how about consistency between counters?  Maybe one counts "one-one thousand", one counts "one Mississippi" and a third counts "one, two...".  How accurate can any of them be?

We could use the technological advancement of the stopwatch which would improve the time measurement but still would have inconsistencies between those using the watch.  What if one person starts the watch during the wind up, another right before he ball is released and a third after the ball has left the hand?  All three would accurately judge the time from the starting point to the end but the starting points would all be different.

Thankfully a radar gun was created and there is much less confusion or argument about the speed of pitches.  There is little human inconsistency that interferes with the measurement of a thrown ball.  We now trust that a ball measured at 93 mph in Pittsburgh's PNC Park will be measured at 93 mph in every other park in the country.

Now think about chiropractic.  A doctor using just his hands can not objectively quantify the stiffness of muscles or pinpoint exactly where a problem may be.  He can go on his experience and intuition to find and relieve your pain.  Even if you find the best chiropractor available, how accurate can he be for every one of your visits or for every patient he sees?  Human error is undeniable, it's going to happen, even to the best of us.  What if you moved and needed to see a different chiropractor, what's the guarantee the new doctor will find the same things as your previous doctor?

There are instruments available in chiropractic that may offer adjustment or analysis but are no more beneficial to chiropractic than the stop watch in the example above was to measuring the speed of a thrown pitch.  These instruments rely heavily on the doctor using it and the diagnosis of that doctor.  Different practitioners of these instruments will achieve different results.

Thankfully there's the PulStar Multiple Impulse Therapy.  Dr. Robert Leach, a PulStar user,  published his research about PulStar's repeatability in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics.  What Dr. Leach found is that for an experienced user, the PulStar analysis was repeatable on a scale of .89 out of 1.0 and between different doctors the analysis was repeatable on a scale of .87 out of 1.0.

The point is that you can count on the PulStar technology to accurately and consistently analyze you to find the problems causing your pain.  You can count on it if you go to the same doctor every time and you can count on it if you have to go to a different PulStar user.  The PulStar will improve chiropractic just like other technologies have improved every aspect of our lives.

 

You can click here for more research available about the PulStar or PulStarFRAS.  Just type either word into the box and click "go" to find the published research.           

More on PulStar's Flexibility

In an earlier post I talked about PulStar's flexibility when it comes to force settings and the different modes of adjusting.  Another way PulStar's flexibility can help you is in the adjustment position.

Our research has found that patient position is an important variable when it comes to effectively dealing with a patient's pain.  Patients react to treatment differently in different positions because of things like gravity and the support they receive from the table they are laying on or the chair they are sitting in.  If you are laying on a table some muscles are relaxed and the adjustment may not be effective.

Some patients spines look completely different when standing compared to when they are laying down or sitting.  A little more surprising than this is that different problems causing pain may show up in these different positions.   With this in mind we developed constant posture systems that allow doctors to both analyze and adjust patients in standing as well as sitting positions.

No other instrument or adjusting technique can offer this option which is designed to make sure a patient's back pain can be relieved quickly and effectively.  The PulStar Multiple Impulse Therapy is the best instrument technology on the market.

PulStar is Patient Friendly

The PulStar Multiple Impulse Therapy has always included a sophisticated database.  Not only does this system analyze and adjust patients, it also stores the results of the visit.  In the database a doctor can store the results of the analysis and adjustment, where the patient was adjusted, how much force was used and even the number of impulses!!   Any patient can view any of their previous visits, get a print out of any visit and even be shown trends for every vertebra over all visits on an easy to understand display.  

Also, if a patient has a previous visit, as soon as their information is retrieved, a "Last Visit Display" pops up so the doctor and patient can review the results of the last visit and compare it side by side with the results of the current analysis.  The PulStar displays the images side by side using bar graphs that make it simple for a patient to understand.

The PulStar technology takes the guess work out of back pain treatments.  Doctors can find the exact area where the pain is coming from and treat it effectively to relieve the pain.  Then both the patient and the doctor can review the results together to make sure progress is being made.  Empowering the patient in this way has helped make PulStar a patient favorite across the country.

Why Don't All Chiropractors have a PulStar?

Given all that I have learned about the PulStar Multiple Impulse Therapy since I've been here, I often wonder why chiropractors aren't beating down our door for one.  It's interesting to me when I talk to a chiropractor about buying a PulStar, the two main reasons I hear why they don't want to buy one are 1. Cost and 2. they don't want to change the way they currently do things (ie manual  adjustments).

The cost is understandable especially in these difficult economic times and it's a topic I can discuss later.  But the part about this that I struggle with is that the PulStar will attract new patients which will in turn increase their income.  But they say it still costs too much.  However, it's a pretty good bet that most of these chiropractors have spent more money on a car that loses value everyday and costs more in maintenance and gas and doesn't return a penny.  But people still buy cars.  Anyway...

The other reason that chiropractors don't buy is because they think they do it better themselves and technology is just for show or for chiropractors that hurt and can't use their own hands any more.  We hear stories all the time from doctors who buy a PulStar and find they had no idea how much their patients prefer it.  If you read through the testimonials on our web site and the results of a survey given by Dr. Mantoya to his patients posted earlier, you will see that patients love the gentle treatment the PulStar gives them.

Everyone knows that one of the knocks on chiropractic is that people think it hurts and is dangerous.  Chiropractors know this but somehow don't believe that people with back pain don't seek chiropractic care because they are scared.  I'll admit that I have never been manually adjusted and I never will.  I don't care what anyone says, I don't want my body twisted up and I know that I am not alone.  The PulStar is ideal for someone like me and had I known it was available, I would have started using it a long time ago. 

I hope we can get some people on this blog to comment about their experience being manually adjusted and then getting a PulStar treatment to relieve their back pain.  I'm sure if enough people tell chiropractors that they prefer the safe and effective PulStar treatment, more chiropractors will make it available.  Treatment for back pain doesn't need to be painful or scary or dangerous.  The PulStar proves it.

Back Pain Treatment Is So Confusing

I'm always looking around at what other people are saying about back pain and the treatments that are available or that they suggest. It's no wonder that people are so cynical when talking about "cures" for back pain.

I was at a site called BackPainFixes.com and I clicked on the "Sports Medicine" link and I noticed all of the "Best Sports Therapies" in the left hand column and I couldn't help think, "If any one of them worked, why would they need to list all of them"?  There aren't 43 different solutions to relieve headaches.  You take ibuprofen or acetaminophen and you call it a day because it works.  You don't try some exercise one time, try straps, weights, girdles, helmets or whatever instrument another time and then some balm or cream or syrup another time.  We all know that ibuprofen and acetaminophen work so we use those.

But when it comes to back pain, web sites have no problem selling every thing under the sun because it doesn't matter what works and what doesn't as long as you keep buying the products they produce or market.  If relieving your pain mattered, they would only list the product that worked and not every product available.  The truth is that if they cure your back pain, they may not be able to sell you more products.

Chiropractors that use our PulStar Multiple Impulse Therapy report that they are getting a great response from their patients (physically) and that their patients love it.  Add to that the research we have done on the results of treatment with our system and it's pretty hard to deny that we aren't the ibuprofen or acetaminophen of back pain.  The PulStar will give you safe, gentle and effective pain relief.  We just need to get it into the hands of more chiropractors.

If you have had an experience with the PulStar, let us know about it.

Happy Thanksgiving! 

Dr. John Huffman in Erie, PA

Dr. John D Huffman, DC opened his doors at Huffman Family Chiropractic at 2030 E. 38th Street in Erie, PA on October 27th of this year.  After practicing in Dublin, OH and Sunbury, OH, Dr. Huffman decided to buy a PulStar and start his own practice.

Dr. Huffman graduated from the Logan College of Chiropractic in 2005.  Since then he has specialized in the Diversified, Thompson and Cox techniques.  Dr. Huffman says that PulStar's "reputation" as the latest technology on the market accompanied with the best customer support made the decision to buy a PulStar easy.

Dr. Huffman grew up in Randolph, NY and enjoys football, baseball and some hockey when he's not giving PulStar treatments.  Cars are also a hobby of his, both working on them and driving them.  Maybe after treating your back pain he can treat the sputter in your carburetor.  ;-) 

Dr. Huffman promises to treat you like family at his practice.  With that promise and a PulStar at his side, we're sure Dr. Huffman will have great success.  

Congratulations on the new practice and PulStar, Dr. Huffman!  Good luck!  Keep us posted on how things are going.

PulStar's Flexibility

Another reason the PulStar is so effective and patients appreciate the results they get is that it has three (3) modes of adjustments and displays the results of the adjustment in realtime as well.  These include "Constant-Frequency", "Auto-Frequency" and "Sweep Mode".

The "Constant Frequency" adjusting mode enables a doctor to select any of seven (7) force settings (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 pounds) at any rate between 2 and 20 Hertz (hertz equals impulses per second).  While almost no one uses the 35 pound setting any more because the 25 or 30 pound settings are more than enough, no other instrument provides this wide a combination of force and frequency settings.

In the "Auto-Frequency" adjusting mode the impulse head starts at 20 Hz and then, as the stiffness of the joint decreases, it matches the rate to the change in stiffness.  This means that as the adjustment proceeds, the frequency of the instrument changes along with the joint being adjusted and this change is all displayed on the monitor as it happens.

In the "Sweep" mode, the impulse head starts at 2 Hz and then slowly increases all the way up to 90 Hz and then slowly back to 2 Hz.

Why are all of these options important to you?  They are important because there is no such thing as "one adjustment fits all" (or frequency for that matter).  All patients are unique and all respond differently to the adjustment.  it is important to have the range and flexibility to meet every patient's needs.  The PulStar is the only adjusting instrument that provides the range of force levels and frequencies to relieve the back pain of the vast majority of patients.  No other instrument incorporates a low force setting of 5 pounds or a high constant frequency of 20 Hz.  No other instrument enables doctors to recruit muscle spindle and secondary nerve endings at frequencies up to 90 Hz like the "Sweep" mode.

This flexibility is just another reason why you can trust that you will receive safe, gentle and effective treatments from the PulStar no matter what your size, shape, tolerance or pain level.

PulStar Treatments are Easy to Understand

One of the reasons patients love the PulStar is that it's easy to see and understand where the problem is, what the doctor did to fix the problem and the results of the treatment.  The reason is that the PulStar offers a "Full Spine Display".

This display shows both the doctor and the patient all 30 vertebral locations and the stiffness at each vertebra.  There is no need to switch back and forth between each area of the back.  The doctor and the patient can view the entire spine and evaluate the response at each area.

Not only can the doctor and patient see the results of the last visit (graph on far right) they will be able to see the results of the pre- and post- scans also.  Patients will get an easy to read picture of their progress since the last visit.

Also on the screen a patient can see the amount of force delivered by the PulStar and the rate it was delivered at.  All of which can be adjusted by the doctor as necessary.  There is no guessing or estimating what was done and how much force was used, it is all displayed on the screen.

The PulStar Multiple Impulse therapy allows patients to interact with the doctor and to easily understand the analysis and treatment in clear and precise terms.  Patients can feel safe knowing that a doctor won't accidentally use too much force during an adjustment of the back or neck and cause damage.  

The PulStar's technology adds objectivity to a field built on the subjectivity of the practitioner.   Patients appreciate the consistency delivered by the PulStar because it ensures a safe, gentle and effective treatment delivered every time.

iSpine

As I was looking for more information about how people handle back pain and what they do for relief, I found a community called iSpine which stands for the "International Spine Patient Information Network".  The site is designed to share information between people suffering through back pain.  The forum allows people to ask questions, share their experience and find some emotional support.

I asked if anyone had tried a PulStar Multiple Impulse treatment to relieve their back pain.  The site administrator responded quickly and with some skepticism.  He noted that maybe the site was designed for those suffering more severe back issues or structural type problems.  Someone else called me a spammer.  I offered to get either of them a PulStar treatment so they could report back but neither accepted.  What can you do?

In any case, if someone is suffering from severe back issues and are looking for ways to avoid surgery, first I would suggest a PulStar treatment and second I would say check out iSpine since they seem to have more activity from real people than other blogs or web sites I've seen.

Dr. Chris Schellinger in Dover

Another way we want to use this blog is to keep people informed of new users as they come on board.  So...

On October 6, 2008, Dr. Chris Schellinger joined the PulStar family.  C-Schell Spine Specialists, Inc (say that five times fast) is located at 1169 Walker Road in Dover, DE.

Before buying the PulStar Dr. Schellinger had been specializing in the Gonstead technique mixed with a  small amount of Diversified.  He chose the PulStar because he "wanted to provide treatments to my patients that were safe and just as effective as traditional manual treatments or better."  He also mentioned that he "wanted to help those that would not typically visit a chiropractor because of their 'fears'".

For those that might be interested, Dr. Schellinger was born and raised in Dover, DE only leaving to go to college.  He graduated from Sherman College in March of 2006 and has spent the last 15 months building his very successful practice.  When he's not giving PulStar treatments he likes to spend time with his family and dogs who are his children right now.  He doesn't have much free time but when he does, he enjoys working out at the gym.

Dr. Schellinger describes himself as "the type of doctor that truly enjoys helping people.  There's nothing more exciting than watching the surprise on someone's face when they're out of pain and feeling better so quickly."  It sounds like the Dover community is in good hands, metaphorically and literally.

To schedule a PulStar treatment with Dr. Schellinger, you can call 302.736.1223 and to learn more about Dr. Schellinger and his (cleverly named) practice, you can visit his website.

Dr. Schellinger, it's great to have you on board, we can't wait to hear about the results.  Good Luck!

Money Spent on Back Pain

In my search for back pain treatments, I came across this article from the NY Times "Well" blog.  The author cites a report that shows how more people are spending more money on back pain relief than ever before.  People are spending more on drugs and surgeries and not finding the relief they are after.

In the previous post, Dr. Evans talked about research that showed that 96% of the patients treated with the PulStar were completely out of pain in six visits.  No drugs, no surgery, just safe, gentle and effective pain relief.  

Reading articles like the one above makes me realize how important our job is to get the word out about how effective the PulStar is.  Who wouldn't want to save time and money to cure their back pain?  Many people are afraid of the addictive nature of medications and the complications that can arise from surgery.  The Pulstar Multiple Impulse Therapy can give them that relief with no addictions and complications.  It really is a great instrument.

How many Multiple Impulse Therapy treatments will be necessary?

Each individual is a unique organism that responds in its own unique way to environmental stimuli including Multiple Impulse Therapy (MIT).  While no-one can say exactly how many treatments will be required to resolve your pain (or even predict whether you will respond to MIT) clinical studies provide a baseline reference.  For example, in a study of 249 consecutive patients, half of all patients treated reported complete pain relief in less than four visits.  The half requiring four treatments or more usually reported pain relief by the sixth visit.  In that study, 96% of the patients responded to the treatment.

The Efficiency of multiple impulse therapy for musculoskeletal complaints.

J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2006 Feb;29(2):162.e1-162.e9.PMID: 16461177

How is Multiple Impulse Therapy Different?

One of the frequent questions that patients have is "Will the treatment hurt?"  Since The basis for Multiple Impulse Therapy is a precisely controlled low energy impulse, In general, the therapy will not cause you any more pain than you are in right now.  Both the analysis and treatment impulses can be as low as five pounds which is hardly noticeable.  Patients report that the feeling is closer to a soothing deep massage than a conventional manual adjustment.  The therapy consists of a rapid repetition or train of small impulses rather than a single high energy thrust.  These impulses stimulate reflexes and relax the muscles around the joint thereby allowing the relief of muscle spasms that place abnormal loads on joint systems.  Once the abnormal loading of the joints is corrected and the joint is restored to normal motion, the related joint pain is usually relieved.  You and your clinician can see the effectiveness of the impulses as they relax the joint system.  Since the therapy is applied through many impulses, there is no single adjustment and no "crack" when the joint is treated.

"Lose the Back Pain" Blog

Here is another blog I found about back pain.  While it seems Jesse Cannone's "muscle imbalance" idea agrees with our own theory of back pain, the difference is that the PulStar will directly treat the imbalance to relieve the pain using multiple impulse technology.  I can not speak to the effectiveness of any of the products that the Health Back institute sells but I can say that there is only one PulStar that is sure to offer a gentle, safe and effective treatment for your back pain.  

I will also say that after a PulStar treatment, you will have the opportunity to look at what areas of your back were irregular prior to your treatment and then see how effective the treatment was on the screen display.  The display is easy to read and understand and gives you specific information about which vertebra were treated, how much pressure was used to treat and exactly how many impulses were needed to achieve that result.  You even get a printout of the screen display to take home with you so you can easily track your own progress to judge for yourself how effective the PulStar treatment is.  A copy of the screen display is below.

The point is that with the PulStar, you don't need to try lots of different products and systems.  You don't have to guess what is being treated and how.  You can see for yourself in the easy to read, easy to understand print out and know for sure how effective the PulStar treatments are.

Focus Group Results

One of our newer users, Dr. Jerry Mantonya, recently provided a questionnaire to some of his patients that had received a PulStar Multiple Impulse Therapy treatment for the first time. On top of being a great idea, the information was very insightful and helpful.

Here are the results:

1. How wold you rate the appearance of the PulStar, easy to understand or too technical?

All responded that it is easy to understand. A couple mentioned that not only was it interesting but it was a nice visual especially when comparing before and after.

2. Does this technology instill confidence that it could fix your problem?

All but one responded yes. The one person said "unsure" but that they wold be inclined to begin treatments using the PulStar if a problem arose. Others commented that using the PulStar the doctor was sure of "getting the right place", there would be "increased confidence for each effective adjustment", doctors could "know all areas have been identified and adjusted".

3. Do you find this to be on the cutting edge of Health Care?

All responded yes. One respondent commented that "previous technologies didn't seem foolproof - this appears to be much more specific with regard to treating and identifying areas of concern".

4. How was the comfort compared to manual adjusting, was it more comfortable, less comfortable, no difference? (only those that had been adjusted were asked to respond)

Of those that responded, 60% responded that it was more comfortable, the other 40% said they didn't notice a difference with one saying he/she "was sore after adjustment but within a couple of days could tell difference. Had been having headaches and those were better".

5. Would this technology influence your decision of chiropractic care, less likely, more likely, no influence?

No one selected "less likely" but only 43% said the PulStar would "more likely" influence their decision. 28% didn't respond and the rest said they were "unsure" of the influence.

The comments here were interesting though.

One respondent that didn't answer this question commented he/she "knew it would influence a lot of people who believe that 'you'll make them worse to keep them coming' or 'why bother, it doesn't do any good'."

Another that didn't answer this question said they "already knew how important chiropractic is to me but if I were new to chiropractic, being able to see would make it easier to believe".

One of the respondents marked "no influence" because he/she would still come to see their favorite doctor but "if he was not available, I now know that with the data/history stored in memory, any of the doctors could do my adjustment with a successful outcome".

One respondent that selected "more likely" said "the print out helps me monitor & measure my own progress".

6. Additional Comments:

Here are some of the comments:

"Great 'proof' for the insurance and family of unbelievers."

"My daughter cannot stand to have her neck touched and this would work ... and make logical sense".

"Women who don't want a man to 'hover over them' and 'get that close' would appreciate the difference".

"I think for patients that are afraid of adjustment, I feel this would be a good alternative".

"Great when [you] need to shift to a different doctor - would get same technique and same opportunity for continued progress on the same areas or 'know' that the new area really needed done"

"I would recommend to others, especially people that might be hesitant, as they may be more convinced about treatment, consistency, outcomes".

Overall the results of the focus group came out positive. We will be looking at the possibility of doing more of these with other users around the country and hopefully we'll be able to get some PulStar patients to this site so they can tell their story first hand.

We'd like to thank Dr. Jerry Mantonya for this great work and if you are ever in the Newark, OH or Hebron, OH areas and need a PulStar adjustment, check him out.

"Cure Back Pain" Blog

I have been (and will continue) searching for other blogs about back pain both to see what they are saying and hopefully to learn from. I recently came across this blog that I found very informative.

Sensei Adam Rostocki has done a great job accumulating information on his blog about all sorts of back pain related issues. If you are looking for definitions, descriptions or explanations of back pain related topics, his site is very helpful.

I'll admit that I haven't read everything on his blog but one of the things I found missing was anything about instrument adjusting. I believe that the PulStar Multiple Impulse Therapy would have helped Sensei Rostocki's back pain symptoms at the very least. It's unfortunate that he was unable to receive a PulStar treatment while he was in pain so you could see what it can do and how effective it can be.

My hope is this blog, like his, will give people a safe, gentle option to cure their back pain that they might not otherwise have had. If you know of any other blogs or web sites that discuss or offer back pain relief, I'd love to know more about them.

Patents

It occurred to me that Dr. Evans introduced himself and briefly described his background but did not fully explain his expertise. I decided I would toot Dr. Evans' horn for him since it is important for people to know why he is an authority on multiple impulse therapy to help relieve back pain.

Dr. Evans holds 7 U.S. Patents, 3 of which are based on PulStar technology. His patent numbers are: 4,307, 722; 4,425,191; 4,844,105; 4,841,955; 4,984,127; 5,435,813; 5,662,122

Here is the patent search site if you want to look into it more.

I know of other companies claiming to have patents but they really only have trademarks and in some cases not a single patent. In case you come across another company making these claims, here is the trademark site so you can do your own research.

I hope this provides some objective proof that the PulStar is an effective means to back pain relief. It is the only instrument adjusting technology with 3 patents and it is the only instrument with this much clinical research behind it.

The PulStar truly offers back pain relief that makes sense.

Chicago Seminar Wrap

Wow! What a trip! Christian and I left Pittsburgh Monday and arrived in Chicago that evening. We stayed in a neat old hotel (the Carlton) in Oak Park. I can recommend the hotel if you are fond of faded elegance of days gone by and good food. We installed Dr. Ouda's new PulStar in downtown Chicago on Tuesday morning and set up a demonstration in Oak Park that afternoon. On Wednesday, we demoed and walked past 14 Frank Lloyd Wright homes before leaving for Detroit.

They must have moved Detroit during the night because it took 8 hours of driving instead of the expected 4 (turned out that Gary Indiana was flooded). Detroit was fun as we got to see and update Dan Collins and Jennifer Westcott and coordinate their Chicago presentations with ours. We stayed at the Dearborn Inn, an old hotel built by Henry Ford and one of the elegant places to stay in Detroit and visited the Ford Museum which is outrageous. Everything and anything shoved into a huge space with very little organization but great fun!

They moved Detroit back as it took only 4 hours on the return trip and we stayed at the Marriott on Michigan Ave. for the seminar. The seminar went well. Dan was great as usual and presented the basic PulStar protocol. There was about an even split between users and non users so we focused on the basics which is normal for these one day events. Jennifer led the small group practicum and everyone seemed to get quite a bit from the presentations. Tom Kenny, the president of Williams Health Care, showed up and introduced himself to the attendees. Tom handles our overseas sales which are growing nicely.

The November seminar will be hosted by Dr. Steve Savoie in Clermont FL which is close to Orlando. This seminar will also focus on the basics. The next advanced seminar will be held in Pittsburgh in April. See you there!

Chicago Seminar

One of the ways we try to help those suffering with back pain is to offer seminars to teach our users basic and advanced Pulstar protocols to help them get their patients out of pain faster. The Chicago seminar is one our most attended seminars which is great news for patients of these chiropractors who will come back better equppied to get their patients out of pain using the Pulstar.

Dr. Evans and Christian left for Chicago yesterday where we are hosting an intense, information packed, one-day seminar. The seminar will be held at the Chicago Marriott downtown Saturday, September 20th from 8:30 - 6:00 pm.

The seminar will feature one of our national trainers, Dr. Daniel Collins, DC and will give our Pulstar users an opportunity to learn and master basic and advanced protocols to help them effectively use the Pulstar.

For more information, click here.

Why Multiple Impulse Therapy

"Get of Pain Faster and More Effectively With The PulStar"

I'd like to introduce you to the PulStar and show you how to get out of pain faster. I am Dr. Joe Evans, the president of Sense Technology and the inventor of the PulStar. I am a bioengineer (I have a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University) and in the past was the manager of the Medical Systems Department of Westinghouse Research Laboratories. I have served as principal investigator of an NIH contract for the development of heart assist devices and have been involved in the development of medical instrumentation for most of my career. My theory of musculoskeletal fixation resolution, The Minimum Energy Hypothesis, has been recently published in a peer reviewed journal and I have had several papers either accepted for publication or published on the subjects of musculoskeletal research methodology, the use of pain scales as outcome measures, methods for comparing musculoskeletal treatments and the efficiency and effectiveness of the PulStar when used to treat musculoskeletal complaints.

Getting to know Dave

My name is Dave and I joined Sense Technology in Pittsburgh this last June to help with sales and marketing. I've spent a majority of my adult working life in restaurants and call centers and I believe working with Sense to market the Pulstar fits very well with my background.

Customer service has been a large part of what I have done so I feel great about Sense Technology and the work we do. Our goal is to create safe, gentle and effective instruments to help people get out of pain. I've talked to chiropractors that have used the Pulstar to relieve back pain and they say great things about it. I've read surveys from patients looking for relief from back pain and they say great things about the Pulstar (I'll post more about this later). The more I learn, the more excited I am about joining Sense.

This is the first time I've been apart of a company that literally cures a pain. In sales we're taught to find the customer's "pain" and "cure" it by selling them something. It feels good to finally help people get out of real pain.

I've been eager to get this blog up and running because I'm looking forward to helping people as well as hearing the success stories that are out there. The more people we make aware of the Pulstar Multiple Impulse Therapy, the more people we can help.

To find a chiropractor in your area using the Pulstar you can click here.

We'll be posting research, results of surveys and success stories in the future. Please let us know what questions you have or what information you'd like to see and we'll do our best to get it posted as soon as possible.