Heal Your Heart with EECP by Dr. Debra Braverman
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:45 pm
I am currently reading Heal Your Heart with EECP by Debra Braverman, M.D. This Enhanced External Counterpulsation (EECP) supposedly is "the only noninvasive way to overcome heart disease" and may improve many other conditions--diabetes, congestive heart failure, lupus, peripheral neuropathy and others (though not mentioning MS). Its mechanism is to increase blood flow (by "passive exercise" as the author puts it).
It is painless, noninvasive, and relatively inexpensive (approved by the FDA, Medicare, covered by most insurance plans). If I can find a practitioner in my area, I would try it. Heck, I've told my husband that I would wear a chicken foot around my neck, if it would help! This therapy uses a series of blood pressure cuffs to push the blood when the heart rests (diastole)--piece of cake compared to a chicken head!
Has anyone tried this or know anything about it? Just wondering.
Apparently, this doctor is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and lives in Philadelphia.
It is painless, noninvasive, and relatively inexpensive (approved by the FDA, Medicare, covered by most insurance plans). If I can find a practitioner in my area, I would try it. Heck, I've told my husband that I would wear a chicken foot around my neck, if it would help! This therapy uses a series of blood pressure cuffs to push the blood when the heart rests (diastole)--piece of cake compared to a chicken head!
Has anyone tried this or know anything about it? Just wondering.
Apparently, this doctor is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and lives in Philadelphia.