Patent ID: 6860122

Claim:
A method of reducing endogenous pain by stimulating a flow of endogenous electrical current in the body, and comprising the steps of: (a) knitting a stretch fabric comprised of: (i) a knit base structure of electrically non-conductive fibers forming courses and wales; (ii) a first electrically-conductive carbon fiber knitted into and extending along first selected wales and transversely along first selected courses of the base structure; and (iii) a second electrically-conductive carbon fiber knitted into and extending along second selected wales and transversely along second selected courses of the base structure intersecting the first selected courses for contacting the first electrically-conductive carbon fiber and thereby defining a matrix of first and second electrically-conductive carbon fibers that induce an electrical current in the presence of an electrical charge; (b) applying the fabric to a pain site; and (c) maintaining the fabric on the pain site for the duration of desired relief.