FAQ

Can Scenar ® Help Me?

If you are in Pain, require chronic pain help, chronic pain treatments or pain management treatments- then Scenar ® Therapy can help you.

The effectiveness of Scenar ® Therapy for pain relief is substantial and lasts longer than other pain control methods. A Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) randomized control trial using a Scenar ® personal device versus conventional TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator) has been conducted in Sydney and this showed ‘dramatic and sustained results’ with chronic pain reduction, functional improvements and general health restoration.

How does it work?

Bipolar electric impulses

The characteristics of the Scenar ® impulse are such that the probability of excitation of the thin neuropeptide-secreting C-fibres is higher than conventional methods of electrotherapy. [9,10,11]

9. Somers D, Clemente F R, TENS for the management of neuropathic pain: The effects of frequency and electrode position on prevention of allodynia in a rat model of CRPS type II, Phys Ther, Vol. 86, no.5, 2006: pg 698-709

10. Han J S, Acupuncture: neuropeptide release produced by electrical stimulation of different frequencies. Trends in Neurosciences, Vol. 26, No.1, January 2003

11. Hamza, M.A. et al. (1999) Effect of the frequency of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on the postoperative opioid analgesic requirement and recovery profile. Anesthesiology 91, 1232–1238

Scenar ® enables a maximal part of the nervous tissue to be activated. This is necessary for the achievement of an optimal response from the patient’s body. Furthermore, Scenar ® is a system of monitoring and response. The body creates electromagnetic and acoustic fields.  In a pathological state these fields are modified. It is these signals that are detected by Scenar ® and are used to form the therapeutic impulses from Scenar ®.

Scenar ® therefore enables a unique interaction between it and the patient’s body. The electrical signals generated by the Scenar ® device are similar in form to the body’s own endogenous neurological impulses. In this way the body does not recognise them as alien or invasive therefore negative side effects as a result of the therapy are virtually non-existent.

An important and unique characteristic of Scenar ® is that it is independent of any other devices. It is physically controlled by a trained therapist who observes the treatment process and ensures the device’s function. In this way the patient, the device and the therapist create a ‘treatment triangle’. This treatment triangle is essential for correcting the disturbed function of the body and for completing the adaptive reactions of the body, resulting in the restoration of homeostasis.

Individually dosed influence

Scenar ® can be used regardless of the type of diagnosis and is therefore a non-specific approach. However depending on the complaint or ailment of the patient the therapist can choose the dosage of SCENAR or the direction in which SCENAR is applied. In this instance the therapist is only a facilitator of SCENAR therapy with the body-device interaction being responsible for healing.

Clinical experience with this device has further indicated that the optimal therapeutic effect is achieved when there is a maximal variability of the impulse during treatment. [12,13,14] .

12. Melzack R: Prolonged relief of pain by brief, intense transcutaneous somatic stimulation. Pain. 1975;1: 357-373.

13.   Chandran P, Sluka KA. Development of opioid tolerance with repeated transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation administration. Pain. 2003;102:195–201

14. Josimari M. DeSantana, PhD, Valter J. Santana-Filho, MSc, Kathleen A. Sluka, PhD: Modulation Between High- and Low-Frequency Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation Delays the Development of Analgesic Tolerance in Arthritic Rats Arch Phys Med Rehabil Vol 89, April 2008: pg 754-760

The optimum therapeutic results are always dependent upon the patient’s body’s response and therefore individual to each patient. As the Scenar ® device monitors and evaluates treatment results it independently delivers the correct impulse without the possibility of overdosing and hence little or no side effects.

Please refer to section discussing Safety of Scenar ® for full breakdown of indications, contraindications, cautions and side effects.  (updating)