By Dr Dietmar Winzker (MD Innomed Africa)

The BEMER 3000 Therapy device was developed under the auspices of Prof Dr W A Kafka (University of Munich) affiliated to the prestigious Max Planck Institute in Germany. Prof Kafka developed a breakthrough, internationally acclaimed & patented means of effectively applying pulsed electro magnetic field therapy in such a way that a non-invasive, gentle and holistic treatment became possible for the first time: BEMER therapy. The BEMER therapy is science-based & clinically proven in terms of consistent, high efficacy results and is explainable in terms of basic bio chemical processes.

Bio Electro Magnetic Energy Regulation (BEMER) is a special pulsed electro magnetic field therapy and is based on physics principles of the interaction of magnetic fields with electrically charged particles such as ions. Ion exchange and ion pumping determines the metabolism of any cell of any living organism, including vertebrates. A pulsed electro magnetic field with specific characteristics promotes the biochemical processes pertaining to the individual cells which in turn cause secondary effects on the physiology of the organism, human or veterinarian, or indeed even plant life.

Although magnetic field therapy has been around for centuries, its effects on living organisms were not sufficiently understood and the claimed results, in case of medical applications, were inconsistent and inconclusive for many years. Hence not much serious attention was given to magnetic therapy in medical practice. That is, until the early sixties when, in preparation of US and Soviet space flight programs, the absence of gravity and the earth’s magnetic field on the way to the moon promoted research into the significance of magnetic fields on human physiology. The presence of a magnetic field on earth-bound life or living organisms as we know it is a basic requirement for life. In the last 40 years the beneficial effects of magnetic field therapy has made giant strides in medical science and has culminated in a scientific approach with repeatable, consistent results.

Although many papers with regard to electro magnetic field therapy have been published in International Medical Journals in the past 20 years and despite the remarkably high degree of efficacy this treatment offers in the case of chronic ailments and wound/fracture healing, main stream medicine has not generally included such therapy into the curriculum of medical schools, hospitals or medical practices.