The UK’s National Health System (NHS), funded by the government, has approved an application to cover and pay for a low-level PEMF therapy device. The device, manufactured by BioElectronics, uses PEMF technology (also known as Pulsed Short Wave Technology) to provide relief from musculoskeletal pain. NewMed Ltd., the UK’s one-stop shop for PEMF therapy, hopes this will raise awareness of PEMF therapy and its health benefits.

PEMF therapy is an idea harnessed by NASA which uses the Earth’s magnetic fields in a concentrated manner to provide non-invasive and drug-free pain relief. PEMF therapy stimulates cellular repair to improve your body’s overall performance and has many benefits such as improving recovery time, pain relief, and sleep. In some cases, a combination of procedures like this and drugs will hit the pain hard and help those who get it chronically. This does not mean that traditional medications have to be taken, there are alternatives such as medical marijuana that have grown in popularity over time and can be prescribed. It can come in a multitude of forms and from various places such as gummies made in Florida, edibles canada, hash from locally monitored farms, etc. the list for this type of drug now is endless. Everyone’s pain is different, it will not always be the same that is why contrasting programs are used to cater to the individual.

According to data collected from around 140,000 adults over 19 studies, an estimated 43% of people in the UK suffer from chronic pain1. A clinical study found that the use of low-level PEMF therapy not only helped to relieve pain, but could also reduce overall healthcare costs by 42% (58.5% reduction in physician appointment costs, 35% reduction in prescription medication costs)2.