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(EMAILWIRE.COM, May 17, 2011 ) Detroit, MI -- Axiobionics LLC, a Michigan-based medical device firm, has developed an innovative medical device designed to alleviate pain that does not require invasive surgery or pharmaceuticals. The technology, known as Wearable Therapy, excites sensory and motor nerves to induce the body into lowering its pain through a reflex inside the spinal cord. Humans have the ability to reduce their own pain by triggering an inhibitory reflex inside the spinal cord that can close off the pain pathway to the brain. The mechanism can only be activated by artificial stimulation of the nervous system, which the Wearable Therapy system seeks to do.
In addition to pain control, the system strengthens weakened muscles, relaxes tense muscles and improves circulation to surrounding areas. Wearable Therapy, a thin, ventilated garment with integrated electrodes, is worn on the body up to 24 hours a day.
AxiobionicsÂ’ president and founder, Philip Muccio, developed this pain management medical device initially to rebuild muscle in patients paralyzed from spinal cord injury. Actor Christopher Reeve was among the very first patients to be fitted with Wearable Therapy in 1995. Muccio says his work with paralyzed muscle led him to link the relationship between weakened muscle and the pathogenesis of pain.
“Those afflicted with chronic pain can and do find relief from the myriad of medical options available to control pain, but these treatments fail for a certain amount of patients who suffer for many years without adequate relief, or patients want a non-drug option, and that’s where Wearable Therapy fits in”, Muccio says.
Andrew Verardi suffered from 10 years of excruciating shoulder pain before finding Wearable Therapy. Now he lives pain free. The 52 year old security guard at the University of Michigan tore his rotator cuff, the structure that surrounds and supports the shoulder joint. “Wearable Therapy not only eliminated my pain, but it strengthened the muscles surrounding my shoulder so now I can use the arm the way it’s suppose to be used. Wearable Therapy accomplished what physical therapy and medications could not. Now I lead a more fulfilling life...not to mention I’m finally sleeping again”.
Muccio hopes to expand Wearable Therapy’s reach in the next couple years. “It is unacceptable to allow people to suffer unnecessarily so we are committed to the expansion of our pain management system throughout Michigan”. Visit http://axiobionics.com/ to learn more.
Contact:
Philip Muccio
Axiobionics, LLC
6111 Jackson Rd; Ste 200
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
Tel: 800-552-3539
Email: info@axiobionics.com
This press release was submitted by Right Now Marketing Group, LLC
Axiobionics, LLC
Philip Muccio
800-552-3539
info@axiobionics.com 
Source: EmailWire.com
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