Healy's Creed
If you think you are beaten you are
If you think you are not, you don't.
If you would like to win but think you can't
You almost certainly won't.
If you think you'll lose - you've lost
For out in the world you'll find
Success begins with a fellow's will -
It's all in the state of mind.
For many a race is lost
Before a step is run
And many a coward fails
Before his work has begun.
Think big and your deeds will grow
Think small and you will fall behind
Think that you can and you will
It's all in the state of mind.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the fellow who thinks he can.
- Walter D Wintle
(Healy is a famous Australian cricketer)

Overview

QRS can be compared with John Wayne, the quietly spoken cowboy, who belied his outward persona to win the war (and also the girls). QRS doesn?t vibrate or make noise but it is an extremely powerful health management tool when used in professional sport. QRS works quietly at the cellular level to create a range of positive outcomes.






The value of a successful team exceeds the sum of all its parts so contemporary sports management takes a holistic approach to the team and develops strategies to address each of the many ?parts?. QRS is a holistic, natural, non-invasive and side-effects free solution to many of the ?challenges? that confront the sports management team. Specifically, QRS significantly improves:

· Teamwork
· Ability to train
· Nutrition
· Physical preparation for competition
· Psychological preparation for competition
· Endurance
· Physical skills
· Recovery from injuries
· Level of absenteeism
· Team management

An essential benefit of QRS is its compatibility with every other modality and management strategy to provide a value added result. It is truly adjunctive.

QRS? Aim in Professional Sport
The aim of QRS is to create significant improvements in performance such that the management, team, and individuals achieve their short and long term goals (tactical and strategic).

Application and Cost Effectiveness
Team and player income derived from professional sport is outstanding but only the fair result for many years of dedication and pain by both participants and management. QRS costs less than the income from one game, is insignificant across a season and miniscule over a sportsman?s professional career. There is a 5-year warranty and the product should last many years.

QRS should be deployed at the personal level (including team management) for ?home use? as well as a quantity for the training/game preparation room.

QRS should be applied twice daily (8 minutes each session) and more often under circumstances discussed below.

The Sum of the Parts

Teamwork
A potentially great player only achieves greatness as part of a great team. The interdependence of players is well understood and no longer challenged by players who once thought they were the team. The changes that can be expected across the individual team members (and management) with QRS will be reflected at the team (including management) level through better team spirit, harmony, focus / sense of purpose, reduced absenteeism and success in competition.


Ability to train
Seasons get longer, personal commitments greater and the need for ?consistent top performance? makes the life of a professional sportsman tough. Forget about personal life because surviving requires 24 hour a day professional concentration. QRS will do a lot to improve the player?s readiness for training.

Elite sportsmen repeatedly push both body and spirit to the limit and beyond with the result that damage is constantly caused to soft tissue and bones, metabolism is impaired and this results in nutritional deficiency and a reduced immune system.

How does QRS improve readiness? To answer that question it is necessary to understand what happens during the course of an 8-minute QRS therapy:

· The heart effect ? The heart beat slows (relaxes), frequency decreases
· Blood pressure effect ? Blood pressure decreases (normalises)
· Blood flow speed ? The blood flows faster
· Blood viscosity ? The viscosity of the blood decreases (blood thins)
· Respiratory volume ? Humans immediately breathe more deeply
· Capillary dilation ? Nitrogen Monoxide, the vaso-dilator, is produced (on control unit settings up to 5) which dilates capillaries
· Oxygen uptake ? More oxygen adheres to the haemoglobin as blood flows through the lungs.
· Oxygen stripping rate ? The amount of oxygen stripped from the haemoglobin at the capillary level is increased.
· Brain wave stimulation ? brain wave patterns are altered
· Transmembrane potential ? QRS restores the transmembrane potential across the cell wall. This increases energy and improves metabolism.
· Ion transport ? Ions (both positive and negative) are transferred from the electrolytic fluids into adjacent cells. Nutrient uptake is improved.

If QRS is used once only, the above effects quickly wear off and the benefits are not realised. QRS has been developed for long-term use on a daily basis and the above effects therefore compound and produce longer lasting effects.

The player?s readiness for training and competition will be improved because:

· Peripheral circulation will move more oxygenated blood to the site of soft tissue injuries and bone damage. This constant action to repair injuries before they become evident (felt) will reduce the number of injuries that reach the level where reduced performance is incurred.
· Serious injuries will repair in 50% of the normally budgeted time. For example, the Newcastle Knights Rugby League Team (one of the 12 professional teams in the Australian competition) has found that QRS will reduce the time to get a player with a broken pinned hand onto the field from 7 to 3 or 4 weeks.
· Energy is restored and metabolism improves. There is a better uptake of nutrients and discharge of wastes.
· The physical results of drug and alcohol abuse will be reduced through enhanced ion transport and metabolism.
· The 3Hz Delta frequency reduces stress and creates a feeling of wellbeing on low QRS settings whilst the 23Hz frequency increases vigour. These effects on the mind will relax and focus the sportsman and provide ?clear headedness?.
· The immune system is supported which results in lower incidence of colds and flu.

Nutrition
Such highly tuned human organisms are very difficult to balance nutritionally. QRS, especially through its effects on the transmembrane potential and ion transport, facilitates the nutritional balancing. Nutrients are more quickly absorbed and metabolism becomes more efficient.

Physical preparation for competition
The need to warm up before competition is reinforced with sportsmen but it is impossible to warm up to the extent of being immediately capable of sustaining the level of combat required in professional sport. It is likely that much of the soft tissue damage is incurred in the first few minutes of competition.

QRS applied immediately before competition dilates capillaries and increases the speed of flow of blood with increased oxygen at lower viscosity that is better stripped by the capillaries. The competitor is therefore better prepared and warmed up.

Psychological preparation for competition
Elite sport is a psychologically demanding challenge that is handled by each person differently:

· Rookies and highly-strung competitors may burn a lot of energy before competition through the stress of the impending battle (people vomit). Performance can only suffer.
· Experienced players may need to be ?invigorated? before the game to give them a sense of energy and urgency.
· All players benefit from a mind settling effect that focuses the mind on the task at hand.

When used on low settings (below 4), QRS has a relaxing effect with the 3 Hz Delta frequency and tense players and players with a problem of focus will experience improvement.

When used on higher settings (5-7), QRS invigorates with the 23 Hz Beta frequency more important in the amplitude window. Energy and focus are improved.







Endurance
The recent British and Irish Lions Rugby tour of Australia (June-July 2001) was evenly matched with The Lions winning the first game and Australia winning the second game. The final, in front of 84,000 people, was a cliffhanger with the lead changing six times in the first three quarters. Australia won in the last quarter 29 to 23. The Lions admitted that they ran out of steam in the last ten minutes. It was the first series defeat for the Lions in 106 years.


QRS improves endurance by increasing:

· the volume of blood of lower viscosity,
· the volume of oxygen,
· the ability of the capillaries to strip oxygen, and
· the repair of soft tissue injuries.

It is necessary to use QRS daily for at least two months to create the longer-term effects that lead to improved endurance.

Physical Skills
It is quite logical that a clear mind ensures a high level of physical skills. QRS improves the availability of the competitor to train and therefore to practise physical skills without part of the brain focusing on pain in parts of the body. Similarly, improved endurance leads to better physical performance.

Recovery from injuries
The level of physical intensity in elite sport ensures that soft tissue is constantly torn. QRS moves oxygenated blood to soft tissue capillaries, reducing the incidence of soft tissue injuries that become serious. Serious injuries are repaired in 50% of the normal time.

Contact sports in particular create micro-fractures in bones. QRS causes vaso and capillary dilation, so helping to speed up the process of callus formation. Within the bone itself, the pulsed electromagnetic field causes the induction of small eddy currents in the trace elements, which in turn purify and strengthen the crystal structures. These have the same effect as the stress-induced voltages caused by the alpha quartz and as such, attract bone cells to the area under treatment. This can therefore accelerate the bone healing process to allow earlier mobilisation and eventual full union. Ligaments and tendons are affected in similar ways to solid bone by pulsed electromagnetic therapy, since they are un-calcified bone structures in themselves. An Australian women?s rowing team suffered from stress fractures to the vertebra until QRS was introduced on a programmed basis.








Team management
There is nothing more demanding than team management. Competitors at least have the opportunity to ?blow off steam?. Losing teams often comprise more talented players but are let down at the management level. Team management needs to apply QRS as intensively as competitors with the intention of:

· Decreasing stress (and depression when things aren?t going right).
· Improving focus on the challenges ahead.
· Increasing energy.
· Improving the immune system to ward off colds and viruses.
· Improving personal interaction with players and staff.
How to Select the Optimum QRS Setting

Considerations
Elite athletes are like racehorses. Their physical and mental condition is very finely tuned and easily unbalanced. Such athletes often have blood pressure and pulse levels not considered ?normal?. Mental state also needs to be considered because stress needs to be resolved before physical requirements are addressed. The brochure ?Treatment Advice? explains the considerations.

Where is the QRS going to be used? It is preferable to have QRS available in the home and in the training room. If the frequency of use is limited, then the duration of each therapy should be increased (eg. from 8 minutes becomes 16 minutes).

The Pillow applicator when used on a limb such as a leg or arm does not influence the brain or the heart so it can be used more frequently.

Large amounts of water and some magnesium supplement are required for efficient ion transport and tissue repair. A glass of water before and after QRS therapy is important.

The Aim
Determine the aim of QRS application. Is it:
Mat Settings Pillow Settings
· maintenance? 3 to 6 6 to 10
· repair? 3 to 6 6 to 10
· energy? 6 to 8
· immune system improvement? 6 to 10
· psychological aspects? 1 to 3









Typical Application Situations

QRS establishment period Mat Settings
3 days 2 8 min 2 x / day
4 days 3 8 min 2 x / day
3 days 4 8 min 2 x / day
4 days 5 8 min 2 x / day
2 week 6 8 min 2/3 x / day
2 weeks 7 8 min 2/3 x / day
1 week 8 8 min 2/3 x / day
1 week 9 8 min 2/3 x / day
1 week 10 8 min 2/3 x / day
It is stressed that lower settings are more appropriate for the nervous competitor or one who has high blood pressure/ pulse

Before Training

Mat Settings
6 8 min

After Training / game for regeneration

1 8 min immediately after training
The aim here is to relax both body and mind.

Immediately before competition
3-5 8 min
The expectation of combat is high so the setting should not be so high that it adds to the nervousness

Maintenance Program
3-6 8 min 3 x /day

Night
1 8 min
The aim here is to induce relaxation and regeneration

Coach when grumpy
1 8 min


Repair of Soft tissue and bones Pillow Settings
6-10 16min
3 x / day

Some Cases Studies to Consider

Elite Athlete Performance and Injuries 1999 ? Andrew McManus
1992 winner of the Stawell Gift, famous professional sprint race in Australia
?I have been using the QRS for more than six months, both mornings and evenings, and have found it very beneficial. As an athlete, being at peak performance is critical. The QRS helped me on this front in a number of areas. Since beginning with QRS the amount of injuries I usually get has dropped. Specifically, lower back pain has ceased, whilst general condition of my muscles is greatly improved. I find myself going into the Australian Athletics Championships in the best form of my career. Overall my entire body feels regenerated, finally feeling that the effects of glandular fever contracted three years ago has gone. I feel healthy again. Being injury free and healthy has without a doubt allowed me to run faster. Another unexpected benefit has been a noticeable improvement in my asthma. The use of medication has dropped, as has the frequency of the attacks. This has enabled a greater training workload. The QRS has been great and I am extremely thankful for the opportunity to use the system.?

Pallacanestro Pordenone Basket Ball Team
Corrado Vescovo, is the manager of a basketball team (Pallacanestro Pordenone) currently in division C1 of the Italian League. A detailed account of his application of QRS is on file. Corrado?s summary of the results is as follows:
?To sum up I can say that QRS can?t claim to make a poor player into star quality. Poor players stay poor and good ones are always good. Everyone can, however, improve his or her personal limits of performance. If we look at my team ? PORDENONE ? every player can prove with his personal records that his performance has improved, thanks to QRS, from 10% to more than 20%. This was enough to make us play a ?miraculous? final match to the 96-97 season.?

Newcastle Knights Rugby League Club
Ian Bonnette, Chief Executive Officer, Newcastle Knights Limited. 19 July 2000

?We thank you for the opportunity to trial two QRS and associated equipment for use in the rehabilitation of our footballers? injuries.
The mats are now being used in a wide range of injury situations and the players have reported with a degree of excitement that the mats have aided in the quicker than otherwise recovery from their injuries.
Whilst we may not be able to attribute 100% of the recovery time to the mats alone, there is indeed no doubt that they appear to have assisted in reducing the normal time frame anticipated for the recovery of the injury. The mats are currently being used for post operation back problems, Jones fracture in the foot and two players who have severe ligament trouble in the ankle.?




FC Nurnberg (Soccer, 1. National League)
Team?s doctor, Dr. Med. Jochen Gruber. 10 June 1998

In professional sports it has been known for a long time that the application of magnetic field resonance therapy offers significant advantages. For the last two years magnetic field resonance therapy has been used at 1. FC Nurnberg (Soccer, 1. National League) to treat traumatic injuries and to improve the general regeneration ability.

The expansion in diagnostics by use of applied classical kinesiology according to George Goodheart, as well as the use of the Prognos system (linked to the acupuncture points), brought about advantages in determining the treatment strategy, which resulted in a marked improvement of therapy successes. With the inclusion of QRS, with its diverse possibilities of application, a further increase in therapy successes was reached. On average the frequency of treatment or the consumption of medicines could be decreased. With the help of applied classical kinesiology on the ?magnetic point? in the metacarpus bone area, the treatment with the magnetic field mat is examined as part of the therapy regime. Prognos makes it possible to identify the energy status of the meridian system before and after magnetic field treatment. This is valid for application with the magnetic field pillow for localized problems or injuries as well as the magnetic field mat for regeneration.

Already after a short time of treatment the majority of the team asked for a few minutes of ?regeneration on the magnetic field mat? after each training session. Meanwhile the team?s promotion from regional league to 1. National League further helped to increase the acceptance of magnetic field therapy at 1. FC Nurnberg.

?In June 1998, about 1 week before the start of the European championship of the U21 soccer national league the 22-year-old Frank Baumann, the sweeper of 1. FC Nurnberg and the national team twisted his ankle (supination trauma), without outside interference in training.

Following adequate first aid with Hot-Ice and compression bandage still on the soccer field the mainstream medical examination diagnosis showed a partial tear of the front lateral collateral ligament on the left upper ankle joint. With the applied classical kinesiology and the Prognos system a conspicuousness of the liver- and gall bladder meridians and the triple warmer- and circulation meridians were identified. The exact homoeopathic examination showed a salmonella load. Apart from local (lymphatic drainage, electro therapy, infiltration) and systemic (ear- and body acupuncture, homoeopathic ?drawing out? therapy, infusion therapy) therapy, magnetic field therapy was applied.

Already after 3 days the follow-up tests with Prognos and applied classical kinesiology showed an obvious improvement of the meridians. The magnetic field resonance therapy had the most effect on the triple warmer- and the circulatory meridian. The localized treatment was fast and without complications, which after only 3 days enabled Frank Baumann to keep to his usual training rhythm with aqua jogging. On the 5th day running training (with bandaged ankle) commenced. After 1-week integration into the ball training of the national league started.

During the past two years QRS therapy has become an important component in the therapy regime of 1. FC Nurnberg, for treatment of injuries and the improvement of regeneration ability. The medical advantages are obvious. Unfortunately ?mystical views? still exist about magnetic field therapy amongst the medical profession. Therefore it is necessary to publish more reports on practical experiences and test data in order to make available the pros and cons of magnetic field therapy to a broader range of the medical profession.?