ALPHA-STIM

Alpha-Stim

Veterinary

Three years ago, my German Shepherd Elka was becoming crippled with arthritis pain. We went to visit Dr. Ava Frick at her Animal Fitness Clinic in Union, Missouri, where we learned of the benefits of using the Alpha-Stim 100 microcurrent stimulator.

It was a challenge for the first few treatments but only in the first few minutes. We started with only the ear clips for 1 hour every other day. Elka became acustomed to them and we progressed to using the probes as well.

- Barbara Santillo and Elka, Missouri

I am writing to let you know of the success of alpha stim on two of our rescue greyhounds over the years. 

Dr. Ava Frick, DVM first prescribed Alpha Stim 100 for our pup, Jake, when he was about 11 yrs of age due to spinal neuropathy.  Jake had stopped using the stairs and jumping on our bed.  After a few weeks to a month the results were amazing.  Jake began to use the stairs again and jumped back in bed with us!  Jake lived to be almost 14 yrs old.  We credit Dr. Ava, alpha stim and supplements to the healing and quality of life that Jake lived out the last few years.

- Linda King, Missouri

I got my Alpha-Stim® when I had taken my dog to a vet that uses this in her practice. My dog, a very shy, fearful and timid Sheltie that I had was not getting any better and was fearing every thing he heard and seen. I have used this for 6 months on my dog and he has had remarkable changes. He now visits people in the nursing home on a monthly basis and does tricks for them, and the residents just love him. He still has some fear and shyness but he seems to face them much easier than before the AS. He also has been doing agility with me and we got our first novice agility title in July. I had taken him thru agility classes for the past year, but he was getting so scared he would not even do the courses and I completely quit him in agility until after using the Alpha-Stim® for about 3 months. Then I decided to try agility with him again in July and he did great! Then I decided to give it a try and use it to help me sleep. I would fall asleep using it and some nights stay in a deep sleep all night long. I felt so good. I also seem to have a better mental status than I did before I used the AS. I used to feel depressed and had a lot of anxiety. I don’t really have it now and seem to have a better self esteem. I can make decisions more easily now and have more confidence in my decisions and life in general.

- Connie, Perryville, MO

When we met you almost two years ago, our once vivacious Wheaten Terrier Webster was 12 years old, in declining health, and suffering from arthritis. Web was spending most of the time laying down rather than being active, as usual. He had trouble standing up – sometimes unable to do it on his own. He would happily greet visitors and go for car rides, then quickly lay down. He seemed depressed, maybe in pain. A year earlier, x-rays confirmed arthritis in his neck and back, and compressed discs in his neck. We considered pharmaceuticals to ease his arthritis but most warned of kidney side effects. With Wheatens prone to kidney disease, we chose not to use them. He had several bouts when the nerves pinched in his neck and for several days, he would lay motionless with his head on the floor, refusing to eat. Steroids and muscle relaxers helped. But these episodes were painful for him and agonizing for us to watch. The last time on steroids, his sweet personality changed and he became aggressive. Treating his symptoms with the pharmaceuticals wasn’t addressing the real problem, which seemed to be getting worse, so I began investigating holistic alternatives. Your name came up several times with high recommendations. At our first consultation, you spent a great deal of time analyzing x-rays, taking his history, asking lots of questions, and examining Web. You impressed me with your knowledge, your time, and extreme care. I remember you even asking for the outcome I hoped for which was to decrease his pain and increase his quality of life. Thankfully, you felt there were several things that could help Web. Over the next couple months, we delved into at-home treatments with infrared heat and Alpha-Stim®. We visited with you regularly for chiropractic visits. You prescribed supplements for general nutritional support, as well as to treat the arthritis and alleviate pain. Great changes began to happen. Web spent much less time laying down and he seemed to be happy! He started chasing squirrels in the backyard and jumping up on the couch and our bed to sleep again. His fur began to take on a shiny, healthy appearance. Then we began PST treatments at your office, yielding even further improvements in Web over the next year. He started doing things that he hadn’t done in a long time – like going through an entire series of body stretches after waking, yawning deeply, playing with toys and chewing bones. He began to prance when he walked, wagged his tail more, and easily popped up to his feet from a laying down position. The clincher was my husband, a self-proclaimed skeptic, who noticed these wonderful changes in Web! Looking back over the last two years, we feel so fortunate to have found you. Webster gained amazing quality of life – much more than I ever dreamed possible. He’s a happy 14 year-old that has come back to life. We are so grateful and I sing your praises to my dog-loving friends and acquaintances. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

- Cindy Bushue

I visited the website for Alpha-Stim® and read customer testimonials. One is from Linda King in University City, MO regarding her Greyhound, Jake. She apparently is a client of yours. After I read it, I began using the Alpha-Stim® on MY Jake twice daily, 20 minutes each. This was during Thanksgiving break and after I returned to work I was unable to do it twice a day so I began using it on him one hour a day on a level four. He tolerates it very well — he sighs deeply and relaxes, usually sleeping the entire time. I have noticed his mobility has increased. He trots and runs more than he has in recent months. Another thing – I realized that Linda King, the writer of the customer testimonial, is the wife of a fellow I work with and I asked him how the 12-year old Greyhound is doing. He told me the dog is now 13 and his wife attributes the dog’s longevity and mobility to the Alpha-Stim®. I’m thinking since it also helps my dog’s mobility, he will be more active and therefore maintain his muscle mass and THAT will assist in keeping his weight at the proper level and keeping him in good physical shape. I’m so thankful for the Alpha-Stim®. One last thing – I used to be plagued with chronic white spots on my tonsils. I would be fatigued and drag myself around, half sick. I tried everything to get rid of them. Since I’ve been using the Alpha-Stim® on myself, the white spots have disappeared. I don’t know if the current runs through that area and clears them out or if they were stress related and THAT has caused them to cease. I’m just thrilled to not have to worry about them anymore. They kept me in a weakened state and as soon as sinus infections would start up at work, I’d be the first one to catch them. NOT THIS YEAR! Thank you so much, Dr. Frick for turning me on to Alpha-Stim®. I could do a commercial for it. It’s the best money I’ve ever spent.

- Barbara Jacobsmeyer

This is the first documented report using Alpha-Stim MET to heal a wound in a horse. The patient is a two-year-old AQH mare that had fallen on top of a T-post, creating a very large wound to her right rear quarter. The tuber coxae had been shattered. The damaged bone was surgically removed with the remaining wound sutured as much as possible. One month of flushing and treating topically ensued with slow progress, and the wound became infected.

- Microcurrent Electrical Therapy Heals a Recalcitrant Wound in a Horse

My 12 year old greyhound, Jake, had been experiencing some rear-end/back leg difficulties. His legs would sort of fold in while walking in the back yard or around the block on leash. He also began hesitating using the flight of stairs up to the bedroom and would pace a lot before going up. Sometimes he would have a lot of trouble just getting up the stairs or coming down.

- Linda and Ken King, University City, MO

To: Vet Practice News

RE: July Issue & Pain Management Focus

It is great that you have opened up the field of animal pain management through your magazine. This has certainly been an area previously overlooked in veterinary care. In reviewing this issue I found ten articles concerning this topic in which the bottom line for all except one (acupuncture) revolved around the use of chemical drugs.

At my practice, Animal Fitness Center, P.C., the slogan is; “Eliminating pain is what we do best!” I am AVCA certified in animal chiropractic and with that have focused the past 5 years in rehabilitation and pain management.

- Ava Frick, DVM, Union, MO

There has been nothing in the veterinary industry that can do for animals what Alpha-StimĀ® does. It is a drugless behavior and pain management. Totally safe and effective, the AS-SCS and AS100 have made positive changes in my patients suffering from:

Pain (joints, bone, neuro, other soft tissue)
Cognitive dysfunction
Nervousness
Anxiety
Lick granulomas
Fear biting aggression
Neurological dysfunction (UMN and LMN)
Urinary incontinence
Anorexia in cats
Loss of social status in home
Overreactive sympathetic system in horses
Post surgical pain
Overgrooming in cats

- Ava Frick, DVM, Union, MO

After completing a successful pilot study of the stress reduction effects of the Alpha-Stim SCS in a six horse pilot study, a double-blind study was completed with 8 thoroughbred horses (2 fillies, 3 mares, 3 geldings) at the De Montfort University Equestiran Centre and Field Station at Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Alpha-Stim AS-Trode brand self adhesive electrodes were attached to shaved areas on each side of the neck beneath the collar. Alpha-Stim SCS devices were set to provide 0.5 Hz biphasic stimulation at 200 microamperes, or sham stimulation. Heart rate measurements (HR) were provided by an attached Polar Horse Trainer transmitter belt and a Polar Vantage receiver.

- Evaluation of the potential efficacy of the Alpha-Stim SCS in the Horse