Let’s Cure Your Pain

Proven massage techniques that help the body heal itself.

Let’s Cure Your Pain

Proven massage techniques that help the body heal itself.

Let’s Cure Your Pain

Proven massage techniques that help the body heal itself.

Sen-SORE Technology - The Pain Relief Therapy in Grand Forks

Mnt Spa Institute offers Innovative Solutions for your well-being supported by systematic reviews.

Jocelyn has developed new technology called the Sen-SORE, it is used to sense sore spots. This technology mimics skilled hands and feels like a professional acupressure massage therapist into an easy-to-use acupressure massage device that locates, measures and identifies effectiveness of therapy(s).

It is a scientifically proven technique that works by targeting precise pressure points. Pression pressure is applied on the affected areas found by the Sen-SORE, this is thought to improve blood flow, which in turn re-establishes cellular health both at the Pressure Point as well as reflexively. Safe Natural Regenerative Medicine for the most common complaints and conditions.

Created by Jocelyn Cowie, the Sen-SORE technology works on the same principle she has used for 36 with incredible success. First, she locates pain points and she then applies precision pressure to them to reduce swelling/inflammation and thus pain.

Sen-SORE works on the five signs of inflammation:

Redness
Swelling
Heat
Pain
Sweat / Secretion

After gathering the relevant information, the device uses Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to communicate digitized data to the treatment outcome software. This generates objective evidence-based information to insure you have as much information as possible to best provide the treatment necessary to help your body heal itself.

INFLAMMTION-Nip it in the Bud before it has the chance to compromise your health. For consumers and care providers. Sen-SORE belongs in every home medicine cabinet. It creates a means to let you know if you know where a pain might originate from, and when there is damage before you even feel pain. Display show you are getting the desired results. Pressure point massage is applied at correct points alleviates inflammation and thus pain.

ASSESSx Technology Ltd. 1 Engage Grant, 5 IRAP Grants (National Research Council of Canada), 2 MITAC BC Provincial grants.

Placed in numerous business pitch competitions.

Her business idea has placed in the 10 Finalists in the New Ventures BC Business Plan Competition, second runner up in Venture Okanagan, top ten Accelerate Okanagan, placed for the Ernst and Young Best Pre-Revenue Company, and top four twice in the Kootenay Science and Technology (KAST) Spirit of Innovation Awards.

Published News Stories and Articles

GRAND FORKS, CANADA, September 15, 2021, Jocelyn Cowie has been included in Marquis Who’s Who Millennium Magazine.

Musculoskeletal and Post-Surgical Pain

What causes pain, where is pain located, why does pain persist and how to treat pain measurably.

Background: Pain is one of the most under diagnosed, under treated medical problems, particularly in children.1,2 Ten percent of hospitalized children show features of chronic pain.2 Chronic pain conservative estimates 20% to 35% affected worldwide.2 Pain costs has been extrapolated to $19.5 billion USA annually.2, 3

Problem: Soft tissue evaluation relies on physician’s palpation skills studies show this is unreliable. Young children can be challenging if they are non-verbal or have developmental disabilities and self-report depends on his or her intellectual and social development4 and caregivers perception. Emergency primary care physicians report a need for pain assessment procedures in children and youth. 5

Results: The law of pain; the origin of all pain is inflammation and the inflammatory response.6 Using four FDA approved devices combined can augment clinical palpation. Data comparisons are made between a painful and non-painful point, display shows differential amounts: Pain Pressure Thresholds Tolerances “PPT’s”, Temperature, Sympathetic Skin Response and Tissue Sounds.7 When inflammation is gone, treatment outcomes software shows no more difference between comparison points. Gamification will enhance patient engagement improving outcomes.8 Sensors can be worn, air cells apply intermittent pneumatic compression massage therapy, squeezes ede-ma to regions with normal lymphatic drainage.9

Results: Biosensors can provide objective measures to augment palpation. Signs of inflammation include heat (calor), pain (dolor), redness (rubor), and swelling (tumor), fluor (secretion) to supple-ment palpation for musculoskeletal pain, the most common single type of chronic pain; chronic low back pain is the most prevalent. 10

Conclusion: We need to train doctors and nurses to treat pain as a vital sign. 11 JCAHO regulations regard pain as “the fifth vital sign”, this approach allows a much better chance of pain treated at its source. Data acquisition applied AI provides Based Medicine/Practices (EBM/EBP).

Grant from the Massage Therapy Association BC to write a Systematic Review and was subsequently Published in Fascia Research 111 Congress.

A Multimodal Biosensor to Measure Soft Tissue Pain and Myofascial Trigger Point (MFTP) for Evidence-Based Practices. Published in Fascia Research 111 Congress.
Visualizing Pain in Children American Pain Society APS- April 3-6th 2019 Congress in Milwakee WI
4th World Congress of Medical Acupuncture and Natural Medicine. 2000 August 23. "
Pain Relief at the Touch of a Hand. Canadian Pain Society. Cowie JW. 1998.
Palpations Inter-Therapist Unreliability, Canadian Pain Society. Cowie JW. 2000.
Massage Physiology and Soft Tissue Assessment. Canadian Pain Society. Cowie JW. 2000.

A Multi-Model Biosensor

BACKGROUND: Chronic pain affects 1 in 3 Americans costing up to $635 billion each year. [1] Subjective reports cannot distinguish the experience of pain from that due to actual tissue damage and palpation and pain questionnaires frequently underestimate pain. [2, 3] There is limited consensus on myofascial trigger point (MFTP) pain and claims for effective interventions need to be supported by objective evidence. [4]

METHODS: A literature review on algometry, thermography, galvanometers, stethoscopes and analysis of research suggesting inflammations as the root cause of pain. RESULTS: Content validity shows inflammation as a root cause of pain. Inflammation is measurably elevated in active trigger points and sensitizes nociceptors causing hyperalgia (pain). [5, 6] Research literature supports algometry, galvanometers, thermography and stethoscopes as valid devices in measuring aspects of inflammation. However, these devices are individually limited, expensive and time consuming.

CONCLUSION: Combining these individual devices into a multi-modal biosensor provides concurrent measurements of inflammatory MFTP pain. Digitized data collected in a software program can show treatment outcomes, providing a tool for evidence-based practice. (Figure 1) Software displays

Healthy control (column 1) Differential on a painful point over time (columns 2, 3, 4, 5)

Thermography (red),
Galvanic skin response (blue)
Algometry-Pain pressure Thresholds (green) / Pain Pressure Threshold-scale of 1 to 10 (purple)
Stethoscope-Crepitus sounds (yellow), Crepitus counts (black)

Graphical measurements show differentials over time. Data can be display and retrieved.

References

[1] Reichard (2011). Human Health Services (HHS) Institute of Medicine (IOM)

[2] Edited by H. Merskey and N. Bogduk (1994) International Association for the Study of Pain http://www.iasp-pain.org

[3] Hovi, Lauri (1999). Dec, European Journal of Cancer Care; Vol. 8 Issue 4, p213-219, 6p, 4 Charts, 2, European Journal of Cancer Care. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365- 2354.1999.00171.x/full

[4] Tough EA, White AR, Richards S, Campbell J. 2007 Mar-Apr;23(3):278-86. Clin J Pain. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17314589

[5]Siegfried Mense, Robert D. Gerwin (2010) Muscle Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment

[6] Adrienne E., Dubin1 and Ardem Patapoutian1, 2 (2010) November 1, Published in Volume 120, Issue 11, J Clin Invest. 2010; 120(11):3760–3772. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2964977/

ABSTRACT: VOLUME 20, ISSUE 4, SUPPLEMENT , |S72, APRIL 01, 2019(401)

Visualizing and Treating Pain in Children J. Cowie

What causes pain, where is pain located, why does pain persist and how to treat pain measurably.

Background: Pain is one of the most under diagnosed, under treated medical problems, particularly in children.1,2 Ten percent of hospitalized children show features of chronic pain.2 Chronic pain conservative estimates 20% to 35% of children and adolescents affected worldwide.2 Pain costs has been extrapolated to $19.5 billion USA annually.2, 3

Problem: Current diagnostic methods rely on self-reports and caregivers’ perception. Young children can be challenging if they are non-verbal or have developmental disabilities and depends on his or her intellectual and social development.4 Emergency primary care physicians report a need for pain assessment procedures in children and youth. 5

Results: The law of pain; the origin of all pain is inflammation and the inflammatory response.⁶ Using four FDA approved devices combined can augment clinical palpation. Data comparisons are made between a painful and non-painful point, a display shows differential amounts: Pain Pressure Thresholds Tolerances “PPT's”, Temperature, Sympathetic Skin Response and Tissue Sounds.⁷ When inflammation is gone, treatment outcomes software shows no more difference between comparison points. Gamification will enhance patient engagement improving outcomes.8 Sensors can be worn, air cells apply intermittent pneumatic compression massage therapy, squeezes edema to regions with normal lymphatic drainage.9

Disease detection once relied on physician's palpation skills to evaluate the soft tissues for signs of inflammation heat (calor), pain (dolor), redness (rubor), and swelling (tumor), fluor (secretion). Biosensors could supplement palpation for musculoskeletal pain, the most common single type of chronic pain; chronic low back pain is the most prevalent. 10

Conclusion: If pain were assessed with the same zeal as other vital signs are, it would have a much better chance of being treated properly. We need to train doctors and nurses to treat pain as a vital sign. 11 JCAHO regulations regard pain as “the fifth vital sign”, this approach provides Based Medicine/Practices (EBM/EBP).

[1] Pain in Children: Neglected, Unaddressed and Mismanaged Lulu Mathews https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140088/

[2] Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents: Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Pain Disorders in Head, Abdomen, Muscles and Joints Stefan J. Friedrichsdorf,1,2,* James Giordano,3 Kavita Desai Dakoji,1 Andrew Warmuth,1 Cyndee Daughtry,1 and Craig A. Schulz1,4 Carl L. von Baeyer, Academ-ic Editor http://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/3/4/42/htm

[3} Groenewald C.B., Essner B.S., Wright D., Fesinmeyer M.D., Palermo T.M. The economic costs of chronic pain among a cohort of treatment-seeking adolescents in the United States. J. Pain. 2014;15:925–933. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2014.06.002. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Cross Ref] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24953887

[4] J Pain Res. 2010, Acute pain management in children Susan T Verghese and Raafat S Hannallah Almost all the major children’s hospitals now have dedicated pain services to provide evaluation and immediate treatment of pain in any child. A multimodal approach to preventing and treating pain is usually used https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004641/

[5] Physicians’ use of pain scale and treatment procedures among children and youth in emergency primary care - a cross sectional study. Svein-Denis Moutte, Christina Brudvik, and Tone Morken https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636764/

[6] The biochemical origin of pain--proposing a new law of pain: the origin of all pain is inflamma-tion and the inflammatory response. Part 1 of 3--a unifying law of pain. Omoigui S1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766416

[7] Jocelyn W Cowie CEO ATL Abstracts on a Multi-Modal device published in Canadian Pain Society, IASP 4th World congress for Medical Acupuncture and Natural Medicine congress x2, Fas-cia 3 http://www.fasciacongress.org/2012/Abstracts/121_Cowie.pdf

[8] Role of Video Games in Improving Health-Related Outcomes. A Systematic Review Brian A. Primack, MD, PhD, Mary V. Carroll, BA, Megan McNamara, MD, MSc, Mary Lou Klem, PhD, MLS, Brandy King, MLIS, Michael O. Rich, MD, MPH, Chun W. Chan, MD, MPH, and Smita Nayak, MDhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391574/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3964160/

[9]. squeezes edema to regions with normal lymphatic drainage.9 Lymphat Res Biol. 2014 Zaleska M1, Olszewski WL, Durlik M.The effectiveness of intermittent pneumatic compression in long-term therapy of lymphedema of lower limbs. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24927065

[10]Institute of Medicine: Relieving Pain in America A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research IOM_Pain_Report_508comp.pdf

[11]Veterans Health Administration (VHA) managers and staff in implementing the VHA National Pain Management Strategy. Toolkit has been designed to promote Pain as the 5th Vital

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What Our Clients Are Saying

ASSESSX Technology Ltd Scientific Advisor

The difficulty is proving threat it hurts, other than just taking a person’s word for it. What we’d like to be able to see is come evidence of [pain], some measurable evidence in a form of imaging or a data collection system, that is where Jocelyn SenSore Technology comes into play. If the device performs as you expect it will and I am able to confirm that it does in my hands too, it is my intention to purchase one or more units for use in my practice. Complex Pain Service consultant to Vancouver General Hospital. For the past 25 years, Dr. Armstrong has devoted his professional life to the interdisciplinary assessment and management of complex chronic pain, having worked in multidisciplinary clinic, private office, hospital (VGH and GF Strong) and medical-legal settings. He is a member of the American Pain Society, the Canadian Pain Society, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), the Pain Research Forum, the American Academy of Pain Medicine, the American Academy of Neurology, the Society for Neuroscience, the Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators, the Pain Medicine Physicians of BC Society, and the Medical Legal Society of British Columbia. In addition to Dr. Armstrong, we have identified several clinicians who could be approached to serve as clinical advisors. All proposed clinicians are viewed as innovators: John B. Armstrong, MD, PhD

 John B. A., MD, PhD

VP Research at UBC

“Enthusiastic interest supporting the thesis behind the technology. Has shown continuing in distributing information to colleagues, still very supportive and is now Director of Research at VGH. Bernie Bressler, Ph.D. Anatomy, President of Research.”

Cedar Saina Pain Clinic

“This device is exactly what we need. When your device is ready, we look forward to using it in our Clinic.”

Anglo-European College of Chiropractic

“I worked on the SenSore technology yesterday with our research assistant, it looks great. We have everything up and running. I am impressed with your equipment. At some point in time, I assume you will need a distributor in Europe. Kim Humphreys DC PhD FCC, HEAD OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS”

University of Victoria

“Met at his clinic. Asked Jocelyn Cowie to join him at the University as a fellow researcher. Formed company in 1992 called Dolorimeter Systems Inc. (DSI) by to commercialize this new patented medical device- the electronic Quantitative Palpometer Chris Atkins, FRCP”

 Chris A.

SPANISH FORK, UT. InnoviHealth

“A leading provider of medical documentation, coding, and reimbursement resources with the aim of making world-class healthcare education more readily available. ChiroCode Desk Book. Mr. Leavitt-former President, Leavitt Crandall Institute, Inc. Wrote, “I am looking forward to working with you and your amazing product. I see a great need and potential for this instrument. During my career I have consulted with many osteopathic groups as well as chiropractors and doctors concerning clinic administration and health care management. I am excited about the marketing concepts we have discussed thus far. Establishing seminars for certification in the use of your instrument is an excellent idea.”

 Mr. Leavitt

Specialist in Physical and Rehabilitative Medicine

“Commented that his research work led him to very similar conclusions the autonomic nervous system causing pain. He and his colleagues have all signed a letter saying that they need a device that gives a biological confirmation of inflammatory pain. a Dr. David Hershler, MD FRCP Ph.D.”

 Dr. David H., MD FRCP Ph.D.

West Coast College of Massage and Hydro Therapy

"If her hypotheses are confirmed, this device will become a valuable tool for both research and treatment in the future". Dr. John Yates, Ph.D. Research Director”

 Dr. John Y., Ph.D. Research Director

Logan Chiropractic College / USA Lazer

“Director of Research, I'll be more than happy to work with you on the FDA process. Nelson Marquina Ph.D. DC,”

 Nelson M. Ph.D. DC

Insurance Corporation of BC

“Ted Milner Ph. D. paid for our 1st Conducted study at SFU on Whiplash. Wrote, “ICBC proposal has been approved. Dr. Milner would like to start the study as soon as the funding is available, so I've suggested a start date of March 20 and a finish date of June 2. Both ICBC and SFU have lengthy formal approval processes in place, and this is what takes so long. Masters Student, finished an accuracy test of the SenSore tool in its measurements of force, temperature and skin conductivity and it looks good so far. Recruit subjects with whiplash and healthy subjects wrote a paper for Dr. Milner that is due as part of my directed study.”

 Ted M. Ph. D

UBC Ergonomics

“. I am committed to doing the research if we can obtain funding. I have no problem with using the same test methods that Ted anticipates using. Controlling temperature and humidity in the environment might be more of a challenge in the mill environment than at the university. But at the very least, we can measure and report the variation.”

 Dan R. Ph. D

Life West Chiropractic College

“Conducted pre-clinical trials using the Sacramental Cardinals. a human trial with Sacramental Cardinals Baseball players whom I treated during the GFI Baseball. Paid for ASSESSx lecture at the Research Department. Charles (Skip) Lantz Ph.D DC”

 Charles (Skip) L. Ph.D DC

CareWare Software Systems Inc.

“As a point of reference, we have launched similar services to other clients. The clinic $100 per month, depending on the scope of the project. SenSore data base provides a 'benchmark' their performance as compared to the national database. "Data Extraction Program' (DEP) that would take the necessary data from your software and format it to be compatible with our data base. Clients wishing to participate would run the extraction monthly, or quarterly, or weekly, and forward the extracted data to us - either on diskette or over the Internet. They would receive from us monthly, or quarterly, or weekly report packages that analyzed their performance as compared to the data base.”

 Gary B., MBA -Vice President & COO-.

Fascia Congress Editor for Abstract Submission and acceptance 2012

“I would love to work with you, and I mean that. I am in a unique position to help with this, as I am in the top in the field, as well as being fully independent. Dr. Bove's research has focused on effects of inflammation on nerves, and effects of manual therapies on conditions that cause pain and dysfunction.”

 Geoffrey B., DC PhD

At the Annual General Meeting for BC chiropractors the general impression of the chiropractors that discussed your machine was positive.

“Thank-you for the opportunity to provide feedback on your new diagnostic and treatment modality prototype. This modality is independent of a therapist type and can be used to document relative efficacy of any treatment modality given the same diagnosis. This is an age of accountability in healthcare and any modality that documents improvement or lack of improvement is going to gain acceptance with patients, the insurance compensation industry and confident practitioners. It is important for patients to see here and visualize the outcomes of their treatment. SenSore allows patients to coordinate with the computer their subjective and objective improvements. Compliance to treatment schedules will increase with SenSore, as patients get immediate feedback that reinforces their subjective improvement, and their curiosity will ensure follow up attendance. Both research orientated and clinically orientated chiropractors demonstrated interest in the technology. Your booth was one of the most frequented at the seminar. The specific documentations of soft tissue injuries is difficult and your machine covers the promise to do so. It is important that MSP ICBC and 3rd party carriers recognizes these injuries and the deleterious effects that they have on patients. I foresee ASSESSx Technology (SenSore) as the future of soft connective tissue injury rehabilitation the rehabilitation.”

 Yours in Health, Dean R. (DC)

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