Traumatic Brain Injury: Non Pharmacological Approach Revealed

Traumatic Brain Injury

With a growing number of cases of traumatic brain injury among a host of other disorders such as neuropathic pain and cervical headaches, Integrative Medicine has found the only non pharmacological cure in the form of Scenar therapy.

In referring to the promise that the cure holds for troops coming back home from Iraq, Dr. Ron Stram says, “The good news is that Troops are coming home and Scenar Therapy can help. But are we ready to care for the growing number of those troops diagnosed with mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)? More than ever, soldiers are facing TBI diagnosis and its associated disability of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Our soldiers need alternate approaches for treatment to reduce dependency on opiods and their adverse side effects – and to allow optimal opportunity for reintegration into society.”

But what is Scenar? It’s a hand-held and portable device that sends a small current across one’s skin in order to measure the resistance that the skin has to the current that has been passed. As the intensity and frequency of the current is changed, this prevents nerves from getting accustomed to only one level of stimulation, and is effective from a therapeutic point-of-view.

With the success of this type of therapy and since patients responded positively to this kind of treatment when offered frequently, patients were also given training sessions on home self-treatment so that they could use these devices at home.

Scenar therapy is easy to learn for self-treatment, especially if it’s for focused areas of pain, and according to Dr. Ron Stram, takes only an half an hour session to educate the patient, making it a better choice of therapy as opposed to using opiods.