Bioresonance therapy succeeds where others failed for couple (From The Northern Echo)

Bioresonance therapy succeeds where others failed for couple

5:11pm Wednesday 3rd August 2011 in Health By Barry Nelson, Health Editor

Treatment that halted a smoker’s nicotine habit has led her to offer the therapy to others. Health Editor Barry Nelson reports.

FOR 20 years, Karen Hopper tried every method she could think of to give up smoking. “I literally tried everything going, nicotine gum, nicotine patches, I even tried a relatively new drug called Champix, but nothing worked,” says Karen, 39, of Consett, County Durham.

But all that changed after she saw an item on the Richard and Judy Show on Channel Four. She was intrigued by a report claiming that smokers who had tried something called bioresonance therapy found it easier to give up the habit.

An internet search led Karen to a London company called New Ways, which suggested she and her partner Richard Wardman – who was also desperate to give up smoking – should go to their office in Stockport, Lancashire, for the therapy.

“I thought, why not give it a go? I have tried everything else,” sayss Karen.

When she arrived, the therapist connected her to an E-Lybra bioresonance machine via electrodes and monitored her via his laptop during the 90 minute treatment.

“The idea is that the machine removes nicotine from your body. It is the nicotine that stays in the body which makes you crave another cigarette,” says Karen.

Although she admits she does not fully understand the theory behind bioresonance, she says her craving for cigarettes has gone. “I simply didn’t want to smoke after using it,” she says.

Her partner felt exactly the same after he was treated, so the couple decided to see whether they could offer the therapy to other smokers. They were told the cost of a bioresonance therapy machine was £14,000 and they would both need to have training. Despite the cost, they decided to go for it.

According to Karen’s Detox Clinic website, the concept behind the therapy dates back to the 1920s, but it was not until 1977 that a German physician, Dr Franz Morell, launched it as a treatment for a range of health problems.

However, the controversial theory behind the concept is not widely accepted by scientists.

Guardian journalist Dr Ben Goldacre, who writes a regular blog called Bad Science, has dismissed the bioresonance theory as “excellently bonkers”.

It is based on the idea that all living matter naturally resonates, or vibrates, at specific electromagnetic frequencies, in harmony with neighbouring matter. Smoking introduces toxins into the body which disrupt these health frequencies, or so the theory goes, causing the body to move out of its natural balance.

DURING treatment, clients are connected to a computer-controlled bioresonance machine, imbalances resulting from toxins associated with smoking are detected and “healthy signals” are sent to the client to stimulate the body to return to the natural state of a non-smoker, as nicotine is eliminated.

During Karen and Richard’s training to use the equipment, they had to learn about physiology and anatomy. “It took us about a year to get it perfect,” says Karen.

So far they have given bioresonance therapy to around 60 clients. Despite the scepticism, Karen says about 90 per cent of the 60 or so clients who have received therapy say they are cured of their nicotine addiction.

“It works. It really does. It has changed so many people’s lives. It is lovely to see it,” she says.

The clients come from all over the country, from Scotland down to Nottingham. “It is roughly 50-50 men and women. We had one 16- year-old girl with her mother. We have also had couples,” says Karen.

Sue and Arthur Readman, who live near Consett, said they were “totally amazed” at the way they felt afterwards with “no cravings whatsoever” for cigarettes. Their comments are just one of seven testimonials posted on the couple’s website.

“Most people come to us from personal recommendations,” Karen says.

􀁧 Bioresonance therapy costs £150 for 90 minutes. To contact the Consett Detox Clinic, call 01207 438815 or visit wanttoquitsmoking.co.uk