Essential Supplies
Highly Recommended Necessities in any Acuscope-Myopulse Treatment Room!
This list has evolved over years of experience helping practitioners to set up great Acuscope and Myopulse treatment rooms. Our goal: to make it the best possible experience for the Operator and for those receiving treatments. Folks using the equipment at home require the same items for safety, comfort and convenience.
Surge Protector
An Absolute Requirement to Protect Your Technology
A sudden power surge, spike, or other electrical abnormality may be harmful to the charger, battery, charging circuitry, or other components.
Better to be safe than sorry! These choices are practical because the Acuscope and Myopulse charger modules are bulky.
Outlets are spaced far enough apart to accommodate the three chargers of a complete three instrument system.
Shopping List: One surge protector (choose any style below).
Conductive Solutions and Creams Supplies
For Applying Metal Electrodes to Skin
Treatment requires an interface of specially formulated Conductive Electrolyte Solution and/or Cream provided by the manufacturer. Having the items below in our treatment room enables us to best use and apply them.
Shopping List: One set of solution cups (100 count), one set of scoopers (100 count), and one or two spray bottles.
Brushes and Holders
We Need 3 Brushes For Applying Creams & Solutions
One for applying Pre-Treatment Cream, one for Conductive Treatment Creams/Solutions,
and one for After-Treatment Cream.
Shopping List: Three brushes (either style) and three brush holders (order two sets of two).
Equipment Care
Protect the Life and Functionality of Your Accessories
It is imperative that the metal electrode surfaces contacting the skin be clean and free of any residue that could compromise optimal transmission of the microcurrent entering and leaving the body. In addition, Solutions and Creams remaining on the electrodes after treatment may corrode and/or pit the metal surface if not thoroughly removed.
Shopping List: Minimum one of each of these three cleaning products.
Electrodes Tape and Wrap
For Adhering Mini-Plates and Securing Large Plates
Keeping Placement Electrodes in place requires taping them on securely. These are the best choices for a variety of reasons.
Shopping List: One or several rolls each of 2″ and 4″ tape, and Coban wrap.
Washcloths and Hand Towels
Must Have a Supply of These; Preferably Plain, Thin Terry Cloth
Keep these folded differently to identify which purpose they are used for . . . the cleaning cloths will look slightly stained after being washed. Some folks choose to use the white ones for cleaning the electrodes and have pastel-colored ones for washing Creams/Solutions off the skin. Hint: use BIZ with your laundry detergent to get wash cloths and towels (especially whites) as clean as can be.
Shopping List: One pack of white washcloths; one optional pack of pastel washcloths or cloth mitts; and one or two packs of white hand-size towels.
Heavy-Duty Equipment Roll Carts
A Sturdy, Three-Tier Equipment Cart for Stacking the Acuscope, Myopulse(s), and Accessories
Shopping List: One heavy-duty equipment roll cart (either style).
Light-Duty Supplies Cart
Lightweight Carts for Supplies ONLY**
Keeping supplies organized on a small, movable cart is an option (instead of having these items on the main equipment roll cart with all of the Probes and Electrodes). We suggest that you place a white hand towel on each of the three tiers for a clean space to lay out the Solutions and Creams, water spray bottle, Solution cups, spatulas, tissue box, brushes, three brush holders, wash cloths, hand towels and a roll of paper towels. Easily moved and placed next to you during treatment for quick, convenient access. Note: a plastic cart is preferable to metal so as not to attract any EMF to the treatment zone.
**NOT TO BE USED to hold the Acuscope and Myopulse units. See Heavy-Duty Equipment Roll Carts for that purpose.
Shopping List: One light-duty supplies cart (choose any style below).
Cord Management
Hang Your Straight Lead Wires, Ear Clips, and Headband Leads
Don’t waste time untangling wires or risk damaging leads with inevitable tangles if kept on a shelf! This is a really great solution! A single over-the-door coat rack or some well-placed wall-mount hooks will allow you to safely store and access your wires with ease.
Shopping List: One set of hooks, either over the door or wall-mount.
Treatment Table
You Must Have Easy Access to Treat Any Area of the Body, Arms, Legs and Head
A wide, sturdy, adjustable-height treatment table (not electrical) with face cradle provides comfort and accessibility during treatment.
Shopping List: One treatment table.
Kneeling Chair
Easy Access to Treat the Neck, Shoulders, and Back
A Massage Chair or ergonomic Kneeling Chair provides comfort and accessibility.
Shopping List: One massage chair or kneeling chair, or both.
Items for Comfortable Treatments
The Experience of Acuscope and Myopulse Treatments Will Be Relaxing and Comforting with the Addition of These Items
Deliciously soft microfiber face cradle covers, a warm and fuzzy full body blanket, and small size baby blankets will make treatments even more comfortable.
Shopping List: One pack of microfiber face cradle covers; one soft and fuzzy large blanket; one eye mask.
Wedges for Back and Knee Support
Patient Position During Treatment is a Top Priority
With these additions, your treatments can be provided in both comfort and safety.
Shopping List: One wedge set including knee support; or one wedge and one knee wedge pillow.
Backrest and Pillows
Every Treatment Room Should Have a Collection of Comfortable Pillows
These pillows serve a multitude of purposes across a wide range of treatments.
Shopping List: Two standard pillows, one backrest, one or two neck pillows.
Bar Stools and Foot Stools
For Your Comfort and Reach While Giving Treatments
The Operator may wish to sit on a bar stool at times when giving treatments to someone on a Massage Table. It’s good to vary positions for your own well-being! Be sure to have one or more footstools in your treatment room.
Shopping List: One bar stool and at least one foot stool.
Folding Chairs and Tray Tables
Space-Saving, and With a Multitude of Uses
A folding chair is ideal for many purposes:
- It is useful during treatment sessions which require a person to be sitting, back supported, with feet on the Large Plates on the floor.
- It provides an easy solution for a neck/shoulder treatment if you do not have the ergonomic kneeling chair.
- Having two folding chairs allows the Operator also to sit while applying a Probe treatment with one hand, reaching front panel controls with the other.
- It can hold the Patient/Client’s belongings.
- It can simply provide seating for a visitor during a treatment session.
- Folding chairs store easily when not in use.
Shopping List: Two folding chairs, two tray tables.
Miscellaneous
It’s the Little Things
A few things that are easy to overlook but that matter when you need them.
Shopping List: One pack each of soft toothbrushes, select-a-size paper towels, and facial tissue.
A Few More Items
For a Great Treatment Room
These things are practical and beneficial.
Shopping List: One mirror, one set of flameless candles, and one to four pictures of nature scenery for the walls.
Wearables
For Clients During Treatment
It is a great idea to keep a little basket of these items available to sell or give as a gift. Let your long-haired clients pick their favorite color and ask them to please bring their headband and hair wrap with them each time they return for treatments. A strapless top is a must to wear by women receiving treatment around the upper torso, shoulders, and neck.
Shopping List: One twelve-pack (or more) of stretchy cotton headbands; a selection of turbie twist long hair wraps; several terry spa wraps.
Wearables
For Operators
We are aware that the Acuscope and Myopulse System still exists outside the mainstream of western medical thought. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the Acuscope Operator to project the greatest possible sense of capability, professionalism, and expertise to their clients.
Over 45 years of experience, we have found that the daily uniform of the Acuscope Operator that best fulfills this need is a simple set of scrubs.
Shopping List: Enough scrubs to comfortably work 1-2 weeks in your practice. Buy multiple sets in a variety of colors to mix and match tops and bottoms.
Live Plants
It is My Personal Belief that Living Plants Provide a Myriad of Benefits
It is a great concept to have live plants producing oxygen for you and your Patients/Clients to breathe in an enclosed indoor space like your treatment room. If natural sunlight is minimal or even non-existent in your room(s), you can still have live plants thriving, cleansing the air and delivering fresh oxygen into the environment—we all must breathe! Add Full-Spectrum Lighting that mimics sunlight and you can have as many plants as you wish!
Shopping List: Three plants is ideal for starters in a treatment room. The ones in this section are hardy and easy to maintain. Amazon also has a variety of plant containers to match your décor.
Plant Care
Plants Need Food and Water
Instructions for Success: Mist leaves daily with spring water (available wherever you buy groceries). Water soil thoroughly when it feels dry—typically once per week—adding one capful of Eleanor’s VF-11 to each pitcher of water. DO NOT allow pot to sit in water or roots will rot.
Shopping List: Several bottles of Eleanor’s VF-11, 1 mister, 1 watering pitcher.
Full-Spectrum Lights
Lights that Mimic Sunlight
Instructions for Success: Place plants close together. Position a full-spectrum light to shine on the leaves from a distance of of 3-4 feet. Use a timer to turn the light(s) on around sunrise and off around sunset. These bulbs provide ample light for plants to produce abundant oxygen and clean/filter our breathing spaces by absorbing carbon dioxide. Be sure the air in the room circulates well to distribute into breathing spaces.
Shopping List: One full-spectrum bulb for each lamp, 1 or more standing lamps and 1 timer.
Safe Indoor Exercise
Self-paced, self-regulated, safe cardio using a “mini-trampoline” – but NOT for jumping!
Simply step, march, lift one foot at a time, or rock from side-to-side on the rubberized surface. No jarring impact on the spine, joints, or organs. Safely improves Lymphatic Circulation. Fun with your favorite music!
Shopping List: 1 rebounder, 1 stabilizing bar, and 1 spring-covering skirt