Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

How Revitive Helps with Brain Damage

17 Mar 2023 · 1 min

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Aaron Hartman, MD, describes using Revitive, an FDA-approved device marketed for leg circulation, to stimulate his 16-year-old daughter's calf muscles. She has cerebral palsy with tight heel cords. After using it, her muscles strengthened and her ability to stand improved, potentially avoiding surgery.

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Electricity has been used for decades, almost over 100 years to treat brain damage or brain issues. So with my daughter with cerebral palsy, she has some brain issues. And so one of the problems is standing. You have to have really strong calf muscles to stand. And so we were trying to figure out how can we strengthen her calf muscles so she can actually stand. And actually one of our people in our community mentioned this device to me. The revive this device is actually FDA approved to treat circulation and swelling issues in the lower. And your feet. Well, actually if you have a brain damage issue, you can actually use this to stimulate your muscles and develop calves. So my daughter, at one point in time, they were talking about cutting your heel cords because her heels were really tight and she wasn't standing and having it splint. So what's happening was she was getting a lot of weakness. We started using this device and she actually started developing little calf muscles. And one of the side shots, you'll be able to see her muscles on the side contracting. This is unheard of in kids with brain injuries like hers. A cerebral palsy to actually start developing calf muscles when you're 16, being able to stand up and look how she's flat footed, that usually requires surgeries and injections. We've been able to do this just with activating her brain. There's peripheral nerve stimulation.