The Importance of Proper Electrode Placement
We know that the Acuscope and Myopulse are programmed to operate according to the way the brain and body are programmed. So, how does this understanding influence Probe Placement?
Answer:
Understanding how the Acuscope is programmed to operate – sending and receiving according to the way the brain and body are programmed – is the key to knowing how to place your electrodes.
Just as the brain sends information down the spinal cord and out to all parts and receives biofeedback back up from below, the technology is programmed to send and receive in the same exact way, sending as the current moves in one direction and receiving as it moves in the opposite direction.
Thus, it is imperative to keep the Active electrode closer to the brain. That way it will be in Negative Polarity (pulling/picking up) when receiving biofeedback, in Positive Polarity when pushing (delivering) the corrective influence down into the body below. When the Active is placed above (closer to the brain) and the Reference is placed lower down the body, the directionality of the current is in sync with the way our Nervous System works naturally.
It is very important to understand this fundamental concept when providing Acuscope treatments in order to place your electrodes correctly in positions that allow the instrument to function optimally, the way it is programmed to operate; which is, of course, exactly according to the way the brain and body conduct their lines of communication via the nerves.
The Myopulse electrodes, fortunately, are placed in the same configuration; however, for different reasons.
When considering this aspect of the Myopulse, it is important to keep in mind that this instrument “expects” to deliver a corrective influence into the connective tissue as the microcurrents move from muscle origin towards insertion; it is programmed to pick up informative biofeedback when the current is moving upward in the opposite direction.
When electrodes are placed in vertical position – up and down the arms or legs – we place the Active above, i.e., closer to the Spine. We must do this since the current moves out from both sides of the spine and down through the contiguous muscles of the limbs below.
Thus, as with the Acuscope, it is essential that Myopulse electrodes be placed accordingly, regardless of which choice of electrodes are being applied.
For example, if a Mini-Plate placement electrode is attached near the origin of the hamstring muscle up under the buttock, it should be plugged into the Active (Red Ring) Jack; the other placement electrode may be placed further down, anywhere towards the insertion below near the knee (or any contiguous muscle below) and it is plugged into the Reference (Blue ring) Jack.
Both nerves (from the nerve roots) and muscles (from the origins of the paraspinals all along the spinal column) conduct microcurrents in the same pattern. So, if an electrode is next to the Spine at or near the top Thoracic Vertebra, and another electrode is close to the elbow or wrist, which is plugged into the Red Ring “Active” Jack?
Of course, the one above. It is closer to the Spine, closer to the Brain; closer to the muscle origins. (See illustration above.)
If applying the Acuscope using the two Large Plates (and Junction Box) placed under the two feet, and the other electrode, whatever it may be, is placed anywhere above, which is plugged into the blue “Reference” Jack? Naturally, the one below, the LPU under the feet. (Note: the Junction Box converges the vast amount of biofeedback picked up from the two large bilateral plates under both feet into what the Acuscope perceives as a single Reference electrode).
When applying the Myopulse using one Large Plate (and Junction Bar) under one foot and the other electrode is placed somewhere above, similarly the Reference below is plugged into the Blue, and the Active is above, plugged into the Red.
Knowing that the instruments’ programming is identical to the programming of brain and body (nerves and muscles) is a very important factor for Acuscope and Myopulse Operators to understand to enable the technology to operate most efficiently and produce the fastest resolution, the best possible results.
It will still work and seem to produce results if you place electrodes “upside down” but why would you want to compromise its capability to operate most efficiently?
