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I look for the answer to whether muscle stimulation can change genetic traits, your congenital muscle fiber ratio, and how much performance change you can achieve with its help. The points described here are only meaningful if you understand the basics of muscle stimulation. If you don’t yet, read my series on the basics of muscle stimulation. I will briefly summarize the essentials here. With well-regulated electrical impulses your muscles can be made to contract […]

Muscle stimulation uses electrical impulses applied to muscles to cause them to contract. Although there are serious physiological foundations behind muscle excitation, the essence is relatively simple to understand. The goal is to get the muscle to work not only when the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord) sends the command, but also to be able to activate it artificially.

You know that physical activity is important for your health and you exercise with some regularity. Yet instead of feeling fit and healthy, you constantly have pain somewhere. Your heel, knee, calf, hip. Do you feel like you step on a hedgehog when you take your first steps out of bed? You haven't been injured or strained and you can't understand what's wrong… If any of this sounds familiar, read my article! It's about the importance of warm-up.

PeroBravo is a versatile stimulator device with 20 different programs that the patient can use at home without the presence of a physician. Its main application area is the treatment of peripheral paralysis of varying severity. Thanks to a special foot sensor it is suitable for treating peroneal nerve palsy and the resulting gait disorder (foot drop).

Although ultrasound treatment is an excellent and effective method, it is not always suitable or applicable for everyone. What are the contraindications of ultrasound therapy? I discuss this in the third part of my film series on therapeutic ultrasound treatment. You can watch the previous part (Does the ultrasound beam itself heal?) by clicking here.

Therapeutic ultrasound treatment is almost a default physiotherapy method for muscle and joint complaints. But does the ultrasound beam itself heal, or does it only set the healing process in motion? I discuss this in the second part of my video series about therapeutic ultrasound treatment. You can watch the previous part (How ultrasound works) by clicking here.

The frequency of the ultrasound wave primarily determines how deeply it can penetrate tissues and thus what effect it is capable of producing. I discuss this in the fourth episode of my video series on therapeutic ultrasound treatment. You can watch the previous episode (Contraindications of ultrasound treatment) by clicking here.

The therapeutic ultrasound beam can be continuous or pulsed (intermittent). The continuous beam contains a lot of energy, which is excellent for chronic complaints. Fresh injuries are generally more sensitive to high energy, so in acute cases pulsed (with short breaks) ultrasound treatment is more appropriate. I discuss this in the fifth part of my video series about therapeutic ultrasound treatment.

Acute and chronic conditions require ultrasound beams of different strengths (intensities). A fresh injury needs a different treatment than one that has been present for a few months. I discuss this in the sixth episode of my video series about therapeutic ultrasound treatment. You can watch the previous episode (Information about continuous and pulsed ultrasound modes) by clicking here.

Ultrasound is excellent for cosmetic purposes. It can deliver the active ingredients of cosmetics into the deeper layers of the skin, which enhances the effect of these agents. I discuss this in the eighth episode of my film series on therapeutic ultrasound treatment. You can watch the previous episode (Determining the time required for an effective ultrasound treatment) by clicking here.

Ultrasound treatment sessions are relatively short. However, how long they last does matter! If they are too short, they will be ineffective. If they are too long… well, you can even damage tissues and make the situation worse. You can learn the simple rules for determining a safe treatment time in the seventh episode of my video series about therapeutic ultrasound treatment.

Cavitation is one effect of ultrasound treatment, primarily used for cosmetic purposes. Low-frequency ultrasound beams "bombard" fat cells, causing the cell membrane to rupture and the fat to be released. With 10–14 treatments you can lose about 2–3 cm in circumference on the abdomen, hips, thighs, etc. It should be noted, however, that only ultrasound frequencies below 640 kHz have a meaningful cavitation effect.