Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS)
EMS can have a shortening effect on rehabilitation time
For many years Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) has been used for muscle training in sport and fitness centres to obtain a more attractive, slimmer and powerful body.
Fields of application are for instance:
- Muscle regeneration
- Warming up of muscles
- Developing of muscles
- Skin lifting
- Muscle relaxation
- Active relaxation by lymph drainage
- Aerobic
- Endurance training
Furthermore, EMS is used in medicine mainly for rehabilitation purposes, e.g.
- Slipped disk
- Acute and chronic backache
- Rheumatic diseases
- To limber a person’s muscles
- Improving agility of joints
A muscle stimulation carried out at regular intervals can help to maintain a person’s agility and muscular strength, even if the region of the body must be kept immobile.
EMS can thus have a shortening effect on rehabilitation time.
There is only a minimum strain on tendons and joints during this kind of muscle training. During EMS treatment, electrical stimuli are used to excite the nerves via the skin, triggering a muscle contraction.
The muscle cannot distinguish between the two activating causes. It contracts upon brain commands as well as upon exterior electrical stimuli. Thus, no will-power is required to stimulate muscle contraction and metabolic processes effectively.
EMS should not be applied to people with a pacemaker and heart disease, or in regions of skin burns and skin injuries, pregnant women in the abdominal region, and in cases of serious arterial blockage.
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