Pain Relief

Electrical muscle stimulation helps relieve muscle and joint pain. When EMS is applied at a low setting, the contractions cause endorphins, your body's natural pain-relievers, to be released. These help combat pain in much the same way as taking an over-the-counter drug like aspirin. Also, since pain travels down different nerve pathways than other sensations, the nerves triggered during muscle stimulation help distract your nervous system from the pain.

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Calms Muscles

Muscle spasms are an unfortunate side-effect of many disease processes and injuries. These involuntary muscle contractions can become very uncomfortable and painful. Muscle stimulation helps fight muscle spasms by making the affected muscle contract at the machine's command, thereby breaking the spasm cycle. Also, prolonged muscle stimulation can "fatigue out" the spasm, allowing the muscle to relax completely once treatment is complete.

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Prevents Atrophy

and Strengthen Muscles

Electrical stimulation prevents muscle weakness and atrophy when you cannot exercise the muscle in a more traditional way. Preventing atrophy is usually needed after an injury or in the case of neurological diseases. This type of therapeutic muscle stimulation is often used in conjunction with active contractions to strengthen muscles after surgery. EMS is especially effective for the quadriceps following anterior cruciate ligament repair.

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