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INTRODUCTION TO EMS
EXPLANATION OF EMS
Electrical Muscle Stimulation is an internationally accepted and proven way of treating
muscular injuries. It works by sending electronic pulses to the muscle needing
treatment; this causes the muscle to exercise passively.
It is a product derived from the square waveform, originally invented by John Faraday in
1831. Through the square wave pattern it is able to work directly on muscle motor
neurons. The EMS has low frequency and this in conjunction with the square wave
pattern allows direct work on muscle groupings. This is being widely used in hospitals
and sports clinics for the treatment of muscular injuries and for the re-education of
paralysed muscles, to prevent atrophy in affected muscles and improving muscle tone
and blood circulation.
HOW EMS WORKS
1. Relaxation of muscle spasms
2. Prevention or retardation of disuse atrophy
3. Increasing local blood circulation
4. Muscle re-education
5. Immediate post-surgical stimulation of calf muscles to prevent venous thrombosis
6. Maintaining or increasing range of motion
The EMS units send comfortable impulses through the skin that stimulate the nerves
in the treatment area. When the muscle receives this signal it contracts as if the brain
has sent the signal itself. As the signal strength increases, the muscle flexes as in
physical exercise. Then when the pulse ceases, the muscle relaxes and the cycle
starts over again, (Stimulation, Contraction and Relaxation.) Powered muscle
stimulators should only be used under medical supervision for adjunctive therapy for
the treatment of medical diseases and conditions.
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