Electromagnetic therapy device and methods

A method of treating an individual, the method comprising:

• providing a device comprising an electromagnetic field generator, a battery coupled to the generator, and an annular ring surrounding the battery;
• positioning the device adjacent a bodily tissue of an individual;
• and
• operating the device for a duration, at a frequency, and at a peak available radiated power density effective to elicit a therapeutic response in the individual,
• wherein the device is positioned relative to the individual such that the device induces electrical current in the bodily tissue of the individual without making conductive contact with the bodily tissue, and wherein the device effects a penetration of the induced current into the bodily tissue such that the therapeutic response is elicited at a depth of at least 2 cm in the bodily tissue.

A method of treatment, the method comprising:

• providing a device selected from the group consisting of a pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF) apparatus, a transcutaneous electrical neural stimulator (TENS), and a static magnet array;
• positioning the device at a distance from an individual effective to elicit a therapeutic response in the individual, wherein the device is positioned at a bodily location selected from the group consisting of the external end of the elbow transverse crease, the depression at the lower border of the malleolus lateralis, below the lateral extremity of the clavicle at the level of the first intercostals space, between the fourth lumbar vertebra and the fifth lumbar vertebra or 1 inch to the right or left thereof horizontally, a depression anterior or inferior to the head of the fibula, about 1.5 inches above the medial border of the patella, and between the radius and the palmaris longus;
• and
• maintaining the device at the bodily location for a duration effective to elicit the therapeutic response;
• wherein the therapeutic response includes the reduction of pain.