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Are you an athlete? Do you feel it's time to take up muscle stimulation to improve your performance like your competitors? It's worth looking around the market! There are few manufacturers whose devices are truly usable. In Europe Compex and Globus are the two best-known manufacturers, but recently the Italian iTech and the German MTR+ also want to break into the "serious" sports muscle stimulator market. It's just as hard to find your way among the devices as it is among cameras, for example. I've known the devices for about 10 years and have tried every model. Read my summary opinion!
If you have joint inflammation, back pain, or any joint pain bothering you, you are almost always referred to physiotherapy, where you will very likely receive ultrasound therapy. If getting there is difficult or you are short on time, you can also buy a therapeutic ultrasound device. A good, usable device can be purchased for around 25,000 forints. That way you can use it at home.
Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) works on a simple principle: an electrical impulse sent through electrodes placed on the skin stimulates motor nerve fibers, and the action potential that travels along those fibers causes the muscle to contract just as when the brain sends a signal. This basic principle, however, is built on a complex physiological system — muscle fiber types, Henneman's size principle, frequency–fiber type relationships, and the limits of genetic predisposition.
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.
