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HOW DOES EMS (ELECTRICAL MUSCLE STIMULATION) WORK?
EMS stands for Electronic Muscle Stimulation.
Muscle contractions are triggered by electrodes positioned on
the body. The successive contracting and relaxing of the muscles
strengthens them and at the same time helps integrate the muscles
more quickly into general movement patterns, promoting and stimu-
lating both muscle activity and arterial circulation.
The Promed EMT-4 is ideally suited to preventing and delaying
disuse atrophy in injured parts of the body, e.g. when a part of the
body is immobilized for a long period of time due to a plaster cast,
splint or extension bandage.
A further area of application for the Promed EMT-4 is the
treatment of various mobility disorders, for example involving the
hip, ankle and elbow joints. The stimulator can be used on the
corresponding parts of the body to improve coordination in the
case of mobility disorders. This acts on both the nerve and
muscle tissue. By loosening the muscles, pain can be relieved
or even eliminated. The stimulation frequencies are lower
than with the TENS method.
During the entire cycle time, the muscles being treated can be
• tensed
• relaxed
• moved
• kneaded
• massaged
thereby achieving a clear reduction in local pain.
Both the TENS and EMS methods can activate the mus-
cles and thus have a muscle-building effect.
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