Dr Jim Oschman talks to the CAM team about his talk and his journey into frequency medicine5 min read

We spoke to May’s keynote speaker Dr Jim Oschman to find out what his inspirations are and how his interest into frequency medicine first began.

What sparked your interest in complementary and alternative medicine?

My fascination with CAM began with a series of 10 therapeutic sessions from two remarkable practitioners of Rolfing or Structural integration, Peter Melchior and Jason Mixter. Peter knew about my background in academic science, and he therefore told me many remarkable stories about the energetic aspects of bodywork and other forms of alternative medicine. One of the most fascinating subjects we discussed was the research of Harold Saxton Burr at Yale University School of Medicine. Burr did pioneering research on biological energy fields between 1932 and 1956, and published many outstanding scientific papers on the subject. I was fascinated with what Peter told me about Burr’s discoveries. And I became very curious about why I had never heard of Burr’s research during my rather extensive scientific education. And I was also curious about what modern medical researchers thought about Burr’s findings. Eventually I found out that modern biomedicine simply does not think about energetics. Medical school education gives only superficial treatments of the physics of energy, electricity, magnetism and electromagnetism.  Hence when energy therapists speak to doctors about energy, they are often greeted with a blank stare. All medical interventions involve energy in one way or another, so this is a huge “blind spot” from both theoretical and practical perspectives. All therapeutic approaches can benefit from knowledge of energetics. It appears that there are “vested interests” that strive to maintain controversy and confusion about energetic therapies because they are so much more effective than some highly profitable conventional approaches.

Over some 25 years, I collected a large number of fascinating scientific articles about energetics. Hence I was prepared when the editors of a new journal, the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies (JBMT) commissioned me to write a series of articles entitled What is Healing Energy to sort out the confusion in the field. Many CAM therapies teach energetics as part of the basis for their work, but there was little agreement on precisely what energy actually is. The series of articles in JBMT received a lot of attention from therapists who had never before had any validation for their work. Eventually the publishers of the journal, Churchill Livingstone in Edinburgh, invited me to convert the series of articles into a book, Energy Medicine: the scientific basis. World-wide interest in this book led to a second volume entitled, Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance. A second edition of the first book will be published soon, by Elsevier.

Why did you decide to further your study into frequency medicine?

My inquiry into hands-on and hands-off energy methods as well as energy medicine devices eventually led me to recognize that a common denominator to the success of all of these approaches was the introduction of therapeutic frequencies into the body of a patient. I was introduced to Dr. John Zimmerman, who actually measured the frequencies coming from the hands of a practitioner of Therapeutic Touch, using a very sensitive magnetometer called a SQUID (Superconducting Quantum Interference Device). The importance of these frequencies was confirmed by medical researchers studying the ability of these frequencies to stimulate the healing of bone fractures and other tissue injuries. It seemed that each tissue responded to a specific frequency. It was especially interesting that to be effective, all of the energies involved had to be applied at low intensity to get desirable effects. This posed a bit of a mystery until biophysicists discovered the “frequency-power window” effect, meaning that there is a specific frequency and a particular low energy level that is needed for biological effects. Contrary to what one might expect, stronger signals were ineffective or even harmful.

You are an internationally recognised speaker in the field of frequency medicines, what do you enjoy most about speaking to an audience?

Most exciting to me are the moments when therapists grasp the science underlying their work, and recognize how this knowledge can be directly applied to enhance the ease and effectiveness of their therapeutic work. Therapists can also use this information to explain to their happy clients the logic behind their successful treatments. Sometimes this information provides both the therapist and their clients new and valuable information on how they can more effectively manage their own energetic systems. This information can make a huge difference in one’s personal health, happiness and longevity. Also, some of the most costly and debilitating diseases and disorders of our times can be avoided or minimized by following the lessons learned from the art and science of energy medicine. Some approaches are very easy to apply, but they are simply not known in mainstream medicine or discussed in the mainstream media. Energy medicine practices have the potential to clear away the blind spots in conventional medical science that are preventing us from addressing the most serious of our global health crises.

Who inspires you in the CAM industry?

I am especially inspired by those individuals who develop and use energy therapies that they know to be successful, even though they are surrounded by scepticism and suspicion. The purpose of my lectures and writings is to give these individuals the concepts they need to explain their work to the sceptics and others who simply do not understand what energy is. All diseases and disorders have an energetic aspect and many are not easily treated when energy is left out of the healing process. As more and more people come to understand that there is a rational scientific basis for energy medicine, founded on modern biomedical research, frequency therapies can be used more widely to reduce both the suffering and financial costs of conventional approaches that are often less effective than energetic approaches. In general, energy medicine can deal quickly and effectively with the causes of diseases and disorders, including some that are regarded as incurable. This is especially important when it comes to prevention and treatment of the costly and debilitating chronic conditions that can arise because modern healthcare systems focus primarily on treating symptoms rather than causes. Chronic conditions consume approximately 75% of the health care budget, and this is where the insights from energy medicine can be invaluable.

To find out more about Dr Jim Oschman and his synopsis for the May CAM Conference, click here.