Clinical Perspective: 4 Practitioners Share How the RS-4i® Plus Is Improving Patient Outcomes
Meet the Doctors
Dr. John Edwards, MD is a Neurosurgeon at Summit Brain, Spine & Orthopedics. He received a BS degree in microbiology at Brigham Young University and graduated from the University of Iowa Medical School at the top of his class. He completed his 7-year neurosurgery residency at Indiana University, with one of the most well-respected practices in the country. He has been practicing in Utah Valley since 2015. In addition to serving his patients at the highest level, Dr. Edwards is building an interdisciplinary community of doctors and practitioners. He hosts an annual Spine Management and Orthopedics Summit at Sundance, bringing many minds together for better patient outcomes.
Dr. David Majors, MD is a board-certified UCI Health specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation. His clinical focus is on musculoskeletal care and interventional pain management. He earned his medical degree at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences in Ohio. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Akron General Hospital in Akron, Ohio, followed by a residency in physician medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, where he served as chief resident. Next he received fellowship training in interventional spine and musculoskeletal medicine at the Spine and Pain Treatment Center in Santa Maria, California. His research interests include leadership in inpatient rehabilitation and nonsurgical pain management.
Dr. Eric Lee, DC, FSBT is a Chiropractor at Summit Brain Spine & Orthopedics. He completed 3 years of graduate training in musculoskeletal rehabilitation. He also completed graduate training in Spine Trauma, Spinal Bio-mechanical engineering, Hospital-based spine care, car accident reconstruction, and crash dynamics through the State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Bio-mechanical Sciences. He completed a fellowship in spinal biomechanics and trauma, fellowship in Spine MRI along with graduate training in extremities and sports medicine. He is also an official chiropractor with BYU Athletics, and practices at the Pain & Spine Center at Mt. Point Hospital.
Dr. William Owens, DC, DAAMLP, CPC has been a chiropractor in private practice for over 27 years and is the President and CEO of the National Spine Group LLC, along with the Clinical Director of the Fellowship in Spinal Biomechanics and Trauma. Additionally, Dr. Owens is Adjunct Faculty in Family Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Cleveland University Kansas City, College of Chiropractic.
About the RS-4i Plus
The RS-4i Plus, an advanced home-use electrotherapy device that combines high frequency (5000 Hz) Interferential Therapy (IFT) for long-lasting pain relief, with Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) for muscle rehabilitation. Patented Intersperse technology delivers both IFT and NMES during the same, uninterrupted treatment session. This excites the body’s natural beta-endorphin production to relieve pain for up to 8 hours, and provides rehabilitative muscle therapy that reduces muscle spasms, increases circulation and prevents disuse atrophy.
What is Interferential Therapy (IFT)?: Interferential Therapy (IFT) is used for pain relief and works by overlapping two slightly different high-frequency signals, for instance 5000 Hz and 5150 Hz. These signals intersect within the body to create an area of interference – a “sweet spot” where the therapeutic benefit is strongest. This intersection of signals results in a new frequency – the beat frequency – which is able to recruit the maximum number of A-beta nerve fibers for treatment. These high-frequency signals also trigger the body’s production of enkephalins, short-chain peptides that provide pain relief lasting less than an hour.
What is Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES)?: Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) is used for muscle stimulation and causes lower motor neurons to fire. RS Medical uses an adjustable, custom square/asymmetrical spiked waveform with a frequency of 71 Hz that is able to activate both fast- and slow-twitch muscle fibers. Being able to stimulate a broader range of muscle fibers, especially large stabilizing muscles in the legs and the back, allows the RS-4i Plus to elicit a maximal muscle contraction – which expels metabolic waste and supplies a flow of oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to the muscles.
What is Intersperse?: Intersperse is a patented treatment session on the RS-4i Plus that intermixes premodulated IFT and NMES. During this session, pain relief signals are delivered during the relax period of muscle stimulation – giving the patient a repeating pattern of intermittent contraction, then pain relief, then contraction. This unique intermixing of IFT pain treatment and NMES muscle therapy sends a sequence of signals up the neo and paleo spinothalamic tracts into the brain and provokes a beta-endorphin release. These are long-chain peptides (endogenous opiates) that provide pain relief lasting up to 8 hours.
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Healthcare Practitioners
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Patients
The RS-4i Plus requires a prescription. If you are interested in discussing this drug-free pain relief solution with your healthcare practitioner, download our patient discussion guide to help start a conversation.