Longevity Treatment Guides

Ask which device, which labeled indication, and who is licensed to screen you. Do not confuse PEMF mats with TMS. Implant and pregnancy screening belong before any session.

TMS is a prescribed, clinic-based brain stimulation treatment with FDA-cleared psychiatric indications. Wellness PEMF devices are not TMS and do not replace that care.

PEMF uses changing magnetic pulses. Static magnets stay on at one strength. Pain evidence for refrigerator-magnet-strength products is weak. Do not delay indicated care.

PEMF uses pulsed magnetic fields. Red light uses photobiomodulation. Their evidence bases differ, and neither replaces a diagnosis or a licensed care plan.

TENS and NMES deliver electrical current through skin electrodes. PEMF delivers magnetic pulses. They are not interchangeable, and their clinic roles and evidence differ.

PEMF is an adjunct at best for osteoarthritis pain. Exercise, weight management, physical therapy, and indicated medicines come first. It is not a joint-replacement substitute.

Consumer PEMF is not TMS. Depression needs licensed evaluation, and suicidal thoughts are an emergency. Wellness mood claims are not a psychiatric treatment plan.

Some prescription bone-growth stimulators are FDA-cleared for specific nonunion or fusion-adjunct uses. A wellness PEMF mat is not that orthopedic device.

Static magnet wraps and jewelry have weak evidence for pain. Some implants and pacemakers are contraindications, depending on the product. Do not delay indicated care.

510(k) clearance is not proof a device works for every marketed use. Some bone-growth stimulators have labeled indications. Wellness PEMF mats are a different category.

Frequency, intensity, waveform, duty cycle, and session time are not interchangeable knobs. Consumer presets often differ from the parameters used in clinical trials.

Prescription bone-growth stimulators use PEMF, combined fields, capacitive coupling, or low-intensity ultrasound for specific nonunion, fracture, or spinal-fusion indications. They are not general wellness devices.

Electromagnetic therapy includes time-varying magnetic or radiofrequency fields used by indication-specific devices. PEMF, bone stimulators, diathermy, and TMS differ fundamentally from static magnets and electrical stimulation.

Shortwave diathermy heats tissue with radiofrequency electromagnetic energy. It is contraindicated with implanted electronics, many metals, pregnancy, and impaired sensation.

PEMF devices use time-varying magnetic fields to induce small electrical fields in tissue. Prescription bone-growth stimulators have specific FDA-approved indications; wellness mats and broad recovery claims are not equivalent.