Cardiac care often requires surgery or medication to get patients on the mend. A procedure called ECP, available at Prather Wellness Center, gives angina patients relief through thousands of healthy "squeezes".
ECP stands for External Counter Pulsation therapy, a noninvasive medical treatment offered at Prather Wellness Center in Indianapolis, IN. It’s a therapy that takes one hour a day, five days a week for seven weeks—a commitment.
External counter pulsation therapy is not new—it’s been available for more than 15 years in the United States—but it didn’t become available at Prather Wellness Center until a few weeks ago.
External counter pulsation therapy was developed in China as a low-cost treatment for individuals who could not afford bypass surgery or medicines for angina. But because the equipment is expensive to buy in the United States, not many hospitals or doctors’ offices spend the money to have it as a medical option.
Angina is caused by a blockage that decreases oxygen flow to the heart and the rest of the body. ECP therapy will not remove the blockage but it will, however, create an alternative route of blood vessels for blood flow, bringing “significant relief for about 80% of the people who have the procedure.
The ECP process resembles squeezing toothpaste up from the bottom of a tube, but at split-second speed. By the end of the procedure, and hundreds of jolts off the bed later, the patient’s face is flushed and his or her body feels warm.
Basically, the procedure is painless and the side effects may include increased body warmth or a flushed face. The jolting action eventually becomes unnoticeable. ECP patients are known to read books, sleep, watch movies, and chat with assistants during the hour-long procedure.
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