Aug 9, 2021 | Pain
Chronic pain is more prevalent than ever before. With more than 20% of Americans dealing with long-term pain, chances are good that you or someone you know is struggling. Being in pain is bad enough – there is the physical discomfort, of course, but it takes a toll on...
Jan 5, 2021 | Featured
The inventor of Alpha-Stim, Dr. Daniel L. Kirsch, has announced his retirement after a 40-year career in electromedicine. Dr. Kirsch, a neurobiologist, introduced Alpha-Stim to the market in 1981 and since then has made it his mission to raise awareness and acceptance...
Aug 8, 2020 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain
“What do you do for work?” is a question we’ve all been asked, and for good reason. Understanding what someone does for a job gives us insight into who they are. For many of us, our job is more than just a paycheck – it is a sense of identity and purpose. For...
Jun 25, 2020 | Featured, News
The advent of coronavirus and the continual messaging to wash our hands and not touch our faces have made us all more aware of our hygiene habits. We’ve been hearing about the virus surviving for long periods of time on all manner of surfaces. ...
Mar 31, 2020 | Featured, Pain
Being stuck at home doesn’t mean you’re out of options for managing your pain Chances are, we’ve all encountered a situation in which we can’t easily leave the house for appointments and activities. Perhaps your city is buried by a snowstorm, or you have a...
Jan 30, 2020 | Featured, Pain
There’s nothing quite like the start of a new year to motivate us to set new goals. One of the most common resolutions people make at the start of a new year is to get healthier – and for a lot of us, that means getting more exercise. Whether you signed up at a new...
Dec 22, 2019 | Featured, Pain
People who suffer from chronic pain know all too well how frustrating it can be to find the right treatment. Medications might work at first, but sometimes only temporarily – and they come with a whole host of nasty side effects. Alternative treatments such as...
Nov 19, 2019 | Featured, Pain
Painful joints are a chronic issue for many people, with roughly 30 million Americans affected by osteoarthritis. Joint pain can make it difficult for you to move around as well as you used to, or to go about your usual daily activities, so it makes sense to seek...
Nov 4, 2019 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain
Chronic pain can have a massive impact on your quality of life. The burden of dealing with long-term pain can affect not just your physical wellbeing but your mental health as well, leading to depression, anxiety, and trouble sleeping. Pain puts us in a bad mood, and...
Oct 29, 2019 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain
When you suffer from chronic pain, you likely spend a good amount of time thinking about your pain and how to manage it. If you have been dealing with your pain for multiple years, there is a good chance that you were prescribed opioids at one point – and perhaps...
Jul 25, 2019 | Featured, Pain
The opioid crisis in the United States has been making headlines over and over again lately – and for good reason. According to the CDC, more than 700,000 people died from a drug overdose between 1999 and 2017, and the majority of drug overdose deaths in 2017 involved...
Jul 23, 2019 | Featured, Pain
Military men and women often face physical and mental health struggles as a direct result of their service. They may sustain physical injuries during training or combat, or even just from the daily grind of hauling around their equipment. Insomnia is also common in...
Jun 7, 2019 | Featured, Insomnia, News, Pain
Pictured in above image: Medal of Honor Recipient Dakota Meyer, EPI President Tracey B. Kirsch, Representative Mike Conaway, and EPI Board Member Chris Weidenhammer. As a nation, we rely on our military men and women to protect us; we admire their bravery and owe a...
Jun 5, 2019 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain
By now, you’ve likely heard the term “wearable technology.” It’s a booming trend in the health and wellness industry, with devices claiming to do everything from improving your sleep to correcting your posture to relieving your pain. More recently, brain stimulation...
May 31, 2019 | Featured, Insomnia, News, Pain
Chances are, you use your phone for much more than just making calls. You can download an app for just about anything, from driving directions to weather reports to finding lost car keys or errant dogs. You can also use your phone to monitor and track various aspects...
Mar 16, 2019 | Featured, Pain
You may already know that Alpha-Stim® is a fast, safe, and effective treatment for insomnia. It is a drug-free medical device that brings longer, better sleep to users. But insomnia relief is not the only benefit of using Alpha-Stim; it can also alleviate dental pain....
Mar 6, 2019 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain
Selfless service. Personal courage. These are two of the core Army values that men and women in uniform vow to uphold while serving in that branch of the U.S. Military. While every day of service requires courage and selflessness, it takes a special kind of grit to...
Feb 21, 2019 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain
The relationship between chronic pain and sleep disorders, such as insomnia, is more complex than it may seem: new research from the journal BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders shows that it’s not as simple as physical discomfort being the direct cause of disrupted sleep...
Jan 14, 2019 | Featured, Pain
The 2018 Consumer Electronics Show, hosted by the Consumer Technology Association and held in Las Vegas, convened a panel of experts for a discussion called “The Solution to the Opioid Crisis No One is Talking About.” Doctors and engineers from across the nation...
Jan 3, 2019 | Featured, Insomnia
When you think of insomnia among Service Members, you probably think of it as an affliction that results from deployment – something that plagues veterans when they return home from combat. And while it’s true that deployment and its aftermath can wreak havoc on...
Dec 20, 2018 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain
Treating insomnia and pain with Alpha-Stim® is fast, safe, and easy. Not only will your device arrive with a detailed owner’s manual, but you can also call our dedicated Clinical Support Team for free at 1-800-FOR-PAIN. If, despite reviewing the instructions, you are...
Dec 13, 2018 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain
You’re interested in Alpha-Stim, or maybe you’re already using it, but you wonder what it will take to sustain relief. Once you start to feel better, will you need to use Alpha-Stim every day for the rest of your life? Will you need to increase the frequency or...
Dec 6, 2018 | Featured, Pain
How to use Alpha-Stim Smart Probes to relieve acute, post-traumatic, and chronic pain Alpha-Stim® is a handheld medical device that brings fast, safe, and effective relief from acute, post-traumatic, and chronic pain. With Alpha-Stim, microcurrent electrical therapy...
Nov 10, 2018 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain
Wearable technology is currently a big trend. There are devices that can track your fitness, correct your posture, monitor how much water you drink, and assess the quality of your sleep, to name a few. You may also have noticed a crop of wearables that are designed to...
Nov 3, 2018 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain
Alpha-Stim® is a handheld, battery-powered medical device. Your Alpha-Stim will arrive with AA lithium batteries to get you started. Here are some important things to know when it’s time to change the batteries in your device. Do not use rechargeable batteries –...
Nov 2, 2018 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain
Alpha-Stim® is a fast, safe, and effective treatment for insomnia and pain, bringing significant relief to 9 out of 10 users. But when you are suffering from these conditions, you want to know exactly how fast and how effective Alpha-Stim really is. In this blog, we...
Nov 1, 2018 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain
Injured at Work or in an Accident? Alpha-Stim Brings Freedom From Pain of the Body and Mind by Emily Chambers | Aug 8, 2020 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain“What do you do for work?” is a question we’ve all been asked, and for good reason. Understanding what someone does...
Oct 31, 2018 | Featured, Insomnia, Media Articles, News, Pain
Written by Petty Officer 1st Class Laura Myers for dvids (Defense Visual Information Distribution Service) September is Pain Awareness Month. Various organizations use this time to raise awareness of issues of pain and pain management. Naval Medical Center...
Oct 30, 2018 | Featured, Insomnia, Pain
As a consumer, you have options; Alpha-Stim is certainly not the only CES device on the market. As with most products, there are a wide range of brands available, with an equally wide range of quality. It can be confusing to determine which is the best fit for you,...
Oct 29, 2018 | Featured, Insomnia, News, Pain
The United States is in the thick of an opioid crisis. In October 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the situation a Public Health Emergency, citing the fact that more than 140 Americans die each day from overdoses. Opioids come in...