Hunting Protocol

Phoenix Waveform “Hunting Protocol”

How to Identify Dysfunctional Neurological Pathways & Source of Pain

The Hunting Protocol is the core method used with the Phoenix Waveform to locate neurological dysfunction—areas where the nervous system is guarding, shutting down, or sending altered pain signals.

Instead of guessing where pain is coming from, the Hunting Protocol helps you map the true source and guide your treatment or training session with accuracy.

What the Hunting Protocol Does

The protocol identifies:

Overactive pain receptors
Inhibited or shut-down muscle groups
Compensation patterns
Protective reflexes
Faulty movement pathways
Neuromuscular disconnection

By finding and stimulating these areas, the Phoenix helps re-establish proper communication between the brain, nerves, and muscles.

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Why Hunting Works

Traditional therapy treats the symptom (the muscle or joint).
The Hunting Protocol finds the root cause inside the nervous system.

This process helps:

Reduce pain quickly
Improve movement
Restore strength
Increase muscle activation
Shorten recovery time
Improve long-term function

“We have found the Phoenix Waveform is effective too for identifying painful trigger points which are often found away from where the client is actually feeling the pain (know as referred pain). For example, a person may be experiencing knee pain but the knee pain is actually referred pain coming from a trigger in the quadriceps. Just treating the knee will likely not resolve this person’s knee pain.” -Dr. Jeff Banas

The blue dot is the trigger point (the origin on the pain) and the red is the referred pain.

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Once the origin of the pain is found the Phoenix Waveform’s deeper penetration can release these trigger points. The unique nature of the Phoenix Waveform allows it to be used while the client is in a full range of motion.

Based on our experience movement directs the Phoenix Waveform to the point of injury much more effectively than when the client is in a stationary position. The Phoenix Waveform now is able to allow the muscles to contract and have to go through eccentric (lengthening the muscles while they are contracting) motions while being stimulated, allowing an almost instant increase in ranges of motion.

Most injuries are caused because your body can not absorb the force placed on the muscle or joint.

For this reason, we now need to train the nervous system and muscles to absorb force when it is applied. Failure to do this will likely result in a re-injury.

The nervous system controls every muscle movement. It’s not big muscles do not make you throw faster or run faster. The reason someone can run faster, jump higher, or is more athletic is that their brain and nervous system are better.

Our technology re-educates and enhances the neuromuscular connection allowing your body to absorb force (Like landing from a jump or running). When you train the nervous system everything is better. It’s not bigger muscles that make someone an athlete.

If you train your nervous system, you will likely have less pain, a better range of motion, improve your daily living activities, and improve and enhance your athletic abilities.

How to HUNT with the Phoenix Waveform

Elbow Movement Progression after HUNT

Shoulder Movements after the HUNT

How to get better results when hunting for trigger points

Program: Phoenix HUNT Setting (500 Contraction per second)

On occasions, it may be necessary to “hunt” for the correct pad placement and possibly other sources or origins of the pain, such as trigger points and hypersensitive areas (possible inflammation and/or tissue damage). This involves moving the electrode pads around on the body until you feel or the client feels an increase in stimulation over an active trigger point. When moving the pads over the body make sure you drag them across the skin keeping them in contact with the skin. If you lift the pad off the skin and then put the pad back on the skin you may feel an increase in muscle stimulation and some discomfort.

To do use the Phoenix Setting. Attach the carbon Black lead to the NEG (Black) lead wire and the Red carbon lead to the POS lead wire. If you are “hunting” in the upper body place, wet the sponge and place the sponge between the RED Electrode and and the body and wrap it around the upper arm of the opposite side you are hunting. If you are “hunting” in the lower body place the RED electrode on the outside of the opposite hip.

We are hunting for trigger points. When you go over a trigger point you may feel a sensation referring down the associated referral pattern for that specific trigger point. See the trigger point chart for ideas on where to hunt for these trigger points and their referral patterns

Now place the BLACK electrode and sponge over the area of pain. You will be using channel #1. Turn the channel up until you feel an intensity or discomfort as a 5 out of 10. You will now move the Black electrode and pad over the entire area noting an increase in intensity or discomfort level. Find the 4 most intense or discomfort areas.

Now remove the carbon pads and attach the self-stick pads. Place these 4 pads over the 4 most intense spots you just located. These will be attached to Channel 1 and Channel 3. Now turn up the intensity to a level of discomfort of 5 out of 10. Slowly, move the body part through its full range of motion until you feel a motion where the intensity or discomfort increases. Once you find this repeat that motion for 5 to 10 reps. If you feel that the intensity or discomfort reduce, increase the intensity of the Phoenix. Repeat this for 10 min. After 10 min reverses the direction of the electrons.

Changing the polarity of the electrodes and reversing the flow of electrons:

Turn the Phoenix intensity to ZERO, then unplug the POS lead wire from the self-stick electrode and plug it into the self stick pad that the NEG was attached to. Then take the NEG lead wire and attach it to the pad where the POS lead wire was attached to.

Now turn up the intensity to a level of discomfort of 5 out of 10. Slowly, move the body part through its full range of motion until you feel a motion where the intensity or discomfort increases. Once you find this, take the muscle through its eccentric motion. That is you want to length the muscle while it is contracting.

There is a ton of research on the benefits of lengthening the muscle while it is contracting. Here we are using the Phoenix to contact the muscle and then we are having the patient actively lengthen the muscle.

Repeat that motion for 5 to 10 reps. If you feel that the intensity or discomfort reduce, increase the intensity of the Phoenix. Repeat for 10 min.

Common trigger points and referral patterns.

Use the below charts below as references for the referral patterns and the corresponding location of the trigger points.

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