About Us

Scrambler Therapy NJ USA is a specialized pain treatment center exclusively focused on FDA-cleared Scrambler Therapy—a non-invasive, drug-free approach designed to reduce or eliminate treatment-resistant chronic nerve pain.

For many, traditional medication and pain management do not provide sustained pain relief.

It is essential to offer another option to these neuropathy warriors.

This FDA-cleared pain therapy has no side effects, is medication-free and safe for children, adults and seniors.

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Scrambler Pain Management Technology

When someone is injured, the brain sets up a process to heal the injury. For example, cells carry away dead tissue or it increases blood flow to the damaged area. Eventually, the brain realizes the injury has healed and it cuts off the pain message.

But for some, the brain never sends that pivotal message saying, “There’s no more injury here, so you can stop the pain signal.”

How does scrambler therapy work?

Scrambler therapy is a pain mitigation approach that uses an FDA-cleared medical device to block the transmission of neuropathic pain signals by replacing ‘no-pain’ messages to nerve fibers that have been receiving ‘pain’ messages.

Dr. Jason Cooney, DC, Clinical Director, a Calmare-Certified provider, uses the device to perform this repeating process to change the message to the brain from “pain” to “no pain.”

This process is performed for 35 minutes daily for 10 days.

In about 75 percent of all Calmare NJ USA cases, the patient experiences a significantly reduced pain level by the end of the treatment cycle or is pain-free (0/10 on the pain scale.) In many cases, pain reduction begins during the first few treatments.

Scrambler Therapy History

Scrambler therapy was developed by Italian Professor Giuseppe Marineo, a researcher and bioengineer and the founder and manager of Delta Research & Development. Delta R&D is the Bioengineering Research Center affiliated with Tor Vergata University in Rome.

He originally named the technology “Calmare,” the Italian word for soothe or ease. Today, the pain management medical device is more commonly referred to as scrambler therapy.

To help our own patients here in New Jersey, we specifically selected Professor Marineo’s device, which is U.S. FDA 510(k)-cleared and European CE mark-certified as a non-invasive pain therapy device. Click here to view our patients’ stories.

This free-standing pain relief medical device is painless for the patient, has no side effects and requires no medication.

Patient-2-Patient Program

Now you can get firsthand information about what scrambler therapy is really like directly from other patients just like you.

If you are considering undergoing our treatment, we will put you in touch with one of our patient volunteers who was previously treated at Calmare Therapy NJ for the same or a similar medical condition.

From patients seeking RSD treatments, lessening chronic pain after chemotherapy, Shingles (PHN) treatment or therapy for pain after surgery, scrambler therapy provides a drug-free pain solution without any debilitating side effects.

Communicating by phone, email or other social media resource, you can talk about your concerns, ask questions, get informed.

It’s that simple. More than 80 percent of the patients we have treated are pain-free or have reduced the depth of pain significantly and improved their daily quality of life. Now these patients want to “pay-it-forward.”

Next steps

Call us at (201) 933-4440 or just complete the information form on our contact page, and we’ll put you in touch with our clinical director, Dr. Michael Cooney, who will talk with you about your medical history, medication usage and previous therapeutic efforts.

If you mutually determine you may respond positively to Calmare, we’ll put you in touch with one of our patients diagnosed with the same or similar medical condition.

Then you can find out, from an actual patient’s point-of-view, how this revolutionary, drug-free therapy may be able to help you resume the life you so richly deserve to live.

Scrambler Booster Treatments

For patients with medical conditions appropriate to undergo this pain mitigation protocol, the standard treatment protocol is one treatment daily for two weeks, with a weekend off after treatment number five to rest.

Most of the time, each treatment lasts about 35 minutes, but every patient is unique.

Depending on the severity of the original condition and the length of time the patient has been experiencing chronic pain, periodic booster treatments may be required to combat any return of pain.

Keep in mind, many patients never need further therapy, but in more advanced stages of prolonged or severe neuropathy, a single or series of boosters can be extremely useful against an elevation in pain.

How many booster treatments will I need?

The number of booster treatments required ranges from a single session to five or more treatments.

Patients who experience a recurrence of pain should document when the pain returns, subsides and what environmental issues were involved (stress, weather conditions, excessive use of the affected area) or if there was no specific cause for the elevation of pain.

Click here to read about Liz’s Calmare Booster Treatments (2018).

Click here for a video of Dr. Michael Cooney discusses Calmare booster treatments and why they can be helpful to some patients.

Meet Our Patients

We thank all of our patients for sharing their personal experiences with the chronic pain community.

Dr. Michael Cooney, DC - Founder

Dr. Cooney is a doctor of chiropractic (DC) and highly experienced chronic pain management specialist with over 40 years of experience. He maintains a global patient base whom he treats from his warm and comfortable clinic located in Rutherford and Clifton (2025), New Jersey, USA.

Dr. Cooney has garnered global recognition for successful patient outcomes using Calmare scrambler therapy to lessen or eliminate chronic nerve pain in children, teens, adults and seniors.

Successfully administering Calmare since 2011, he was one of the first doctors in the US to introduce Calmare scrambler therapy and is currently one of only seven (2025) Certified providers nationwide.

Dr. Cooney’s success administering scrambler therapy was featured on Pain Secrets: The Science of Everyday Pain, which aired nationwide on PBS.

Dr. Cooney serves as a certified scrambler therapy clinical trainer for US Veteran’s Administration (VA) doctors and hospitals nationwide.

In the state of New Jersey, he serves as a clinical expert witness on Workers’ Compensation cases related to Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) cases.

In 2025, he partnered with his son, Dr. Jason Cooney, DC, who now serves as Clinical Director.

Check out our FAQs

You can also email our friendly and efficient team at info@calmaretherapynj.com and we’ll answer your questions in 48 hours or less. If your question is urgent, call our clinic at (201) 933-4440.

Reach out for a prompt phone or video consultation to discuss your case.

Learn more about Metro New York City-based Scrambler Therapy NJ USA on these pages and then discuss your case directly with Certified Scrambler Therapy expert and Clinical Director, Dr. Jason Cooney, DC.

“Incredible, life changing and “miraculous” would be few words to describe the scramble therapy and more importantly how wonderful, caring and supportive Dr Jason Cooney is. Our son had severe nerve damage for many years and was bedridden for almost 8 months. We lost hope until I found Dr. Cooney.”

“Dr. Jason Cooney is absolutely incredible. I’ve been suffering from PHN and was desperate for any relief. He took the time to listen to my story and fully explain scrambler therapy and the plan he had to help me recover. Throughout the process he was kind, patient, super knowledgable and answered my 1 million questions. I’ve been feeling sooo much better and am so thankful I found Dr. Cooney!!!”

“This was my third time coming to Calmare Therapy and I was not disappointed. Dr. Jason is very hands on in his care and does not leave you to be treated by a tech. He also allowed me to fully take part my care plan. I highly recommend Calmare Therapy with Dr. Jason Cooney.”

“Dr. Cooney is one of the most sympathetic and knowledgeable providers I have seen for CRPS — a combination you don’t see often in healthcare! He genuinely cares about his patients, their success with Scrambler, and their quality of life.”

“We traveled from Quebec, Canada, to benefit from Dr. Cooney’s incredible expertise in Scrambler Therapy. My 11-year-old daughter arrived with pain 8/10, unable to walk without crutches and a bluish discoloration of the foot. After 10 treatments, we left with her pain at 0/10, no more crutches and her foot is no longer blue.”

“We are so grateful for Calmare NJ and Dr. Jason Cooney! A fall in school completely changed our lives and we are so thankful to be putting the pieces back together after the care received.”