PORT GAMBLE — In a time when new technology is available every week, Dr. Glen Gordon is working with a science that has been around for years and may solve the world’s pain problems. It involves working with electro-magnetic pulses, and at first glance, looks like something out of an Isaac Asimov or Philip K. Dick novel.

“Science fiction always leads science,” Gordon said, adding that the pain relief he’s offering may sound out of this world, but it’s as down to earth as it gets. “We sold 5,000 EM Pulse units in 2002. They are sold by word of mouth, and they simply relieve pain in muscles and joints.”

The EM Pulse sends out a burst of electro-magnetism that reduces inflammation, decreasing pain and allowing the body to heal faster, Gordon said. Though relatively new to the United States, devices similar to the one Gordon is manufacturing have been used in other countries for years.

Gordon first came into contact with electro-magnetic healing while he was working as a sports doctor for track and field teams. He heard about a device Russian coaches were using to help their injured athletes heal faster.

“I saw this technology restore athletes faster than anything else I’d ever seen,” he said.

Curious, Gordon delved deeper, and soon discovered that some race horse trainers in Canada were using something similar on injured equines, also with a high healing rate.

In 1979, Gordon looked into what it would take for the Food and Drug Administration to approve such a device. In 1980, he received the OK to begin studying it.

Now, an FDA-approved device, the EM Pulse offers a solution to all kinds of health problems, he said.

“This device is not consumed,” said Bill Couch, who works with Gordon to promote his device. “Once it is purchased, it can effectively last for multiple treatments. Every time I see this device work, I become more and more fascinated by it.”

“It’s amazing, the deeper I research this technology, the more impressed I become with it,” Gordon said. “It will really assist us in the future to heal faster, after surgery or an injury, and stay healthier longer.”

Gordon said he is also working with the United States Department of Defense to study the EM Pulse further to see if it was interested in having soldiers carry the product in the field, in case of injury. Members of Congress have also shown interest in the device for use by the Armed Forces.

The EM Pulse is also now being considered for an Index Award, which are given out in Denmark every year and could result in $100,000 for product research, Gordon said. Different products are nominated for their concepts and designs being revolutionary to the scientific world. The EM Pulse is being nominated by the Arlington Institute, Gordon said, and a win could mean big things for the small device.

“It makes such incredible sense to me,” Gordon said. “We evolved in an electro-magnetic environment. It makes sense that we would be healed by it as well.”