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Today�s article is written by Tamara Copes, MS, ATC.

The HIVAMAT is a German technology that is relatively new to the states. It works by creating an electrostatic field that is able to break apart and essentially shake up metabolic waste. It also activates the lymphatic system so the body is able to move out the waste. It was created to be used for lymphedema patients and has found subsequent uses in almost any thing that requires removal of metabolic waste by the body.

G. Sch�nfelder and D. Berg discovered in their study �Side effects following conservative therapy for a carcinoma of the breast� that �HIVAMAT-supported lymph drainage has shown significant improvements in the results for the following clinical criteria, compared with conventional manual lymph drainage: consistency; pain and disturbances to the sensitivity of the breast operated; skin alterations; arm movement; pain, parenthesis in the arm and/or axilla of the side operated, and lymphedema.�

Another recently study by Bartoletti Gasbarro and colleagues in Fandonzione Fatebenefratelli, Roma (2006) showed that treatment with the HIVAMAT 200 actually reduced the circumference of limbs that had lymphedema and decrease the thickness of the subcutis as shown in an ecograph.

The use of the HIVAMAT 200 can be done in correlation with manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) techniques actually make the therapy easier on the therapist. The results a therapist can achieve with a HIVAMAT 200 treatment has been testified over and over to be at least double that of treatment without. Part of the reason that it is so effective is it deeply penetrating abilities. It has been shown to penetrate 8-12cm (3-3.5�) deep into the tissue which is much deeper than a therapist hands are able to get alone. The treatment does not cause pain and is very pleasant to patients. Treatment with the HIVAMAT 200 can start first day post-op and helps reduce pain and inflammation immediately.

Treatment with the HIVAMAT 200 can improve ones chances of a better recovery following a mastectomy and can help treat problems such as lymphedema and fibroid build-up from surgery. HIVAMAT therapy is a great adjunct to the treatments that are already being done.

If you have general questions about the HIVAMAT 200, please visit www.deeposcillation.com. This website gives a very good overview of the HIVAMAT 200, along with comments and endorsements from:

• physicians
• athletic trainers
• physical therapists
• chiropractors
• patients
• athletes

If you have specific questions related to this unique technology, then please direct your inquiries to Tamara�s email:

tlcopes@yahoo.com