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    Sep 27, 2020 8 minutes

    On January 19, 2004, in a football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens fractured his fibula (the long, thin bone of the lower leg running parallel to the tibia), ripped the deltoid ligament from his tibia, sprained his ankle, and “shredded” his interosseous ligament (the strongest ligament in the body connecting the sacrum and ilium).

    During surgery two days later, screws and a plate were installed to hold his tibia and fibula together, and the deltoid muscle was put back in place. Unsurprisingly, his surgeon told him he would not be able to play in the Super Bowl, which was only six weeks away. At best, Owens would be ready the following season—but he might never play again.

    Owens not only played in that Super Bowl, he made nine catches totaling 122 yards and went on to play pro football for another eight years.

    How was this possible? He called Carolyn McMakin.

    MCMAKIN WAS ALLEVIATING NERVE AND MUSCLE PAIN AND TREATING SYMPTOMS THAT NOBODY AND NOTHING ELSE COULD FIX

    Within three hours of his fracture, McMakin, a chiropractor in Portland, Oregon, had Owens receiving frequency-specific microcurrent (FSM) treatments. Within an hour of surgery, he started a 24-hour course of microcurrent stimulation. There was no swelling, bruising or pain from his injuries or surgery.

    “We run frequencies to stop inflammation, to increase rates of healing and to stop bleeding in acute injuries,” says McMakin,

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