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Myostimulation of body muscles: the effectiveness of the procedure. Video
The problem of excess weight is currently of concern to many. There are many ways to solve it now, each of which is unique in its essence. Myostimulation is rightfully considered a way for the lazy.
There are many ways to deal with excess weight: these are all kinds of diets, training, physical activity, fitness classes, and individual nutrition programs, psychological coding, traditional diets and diets based on calorie counting, etc. However, very often, in addition to the selected procedures, beauticians and nutritionists prescribe myostimulation – “gymnastics for the lazy.”
The number of sessions should not be overused. An excess of them can be harmful to health.
Myostimulation is a body correction procedure using an electrical impulse. A low-frequency current pulse affects the nerve endings, which leads to a physiological contraction of muscle fibers. As a result, blood circulation improves, lymphatic drainage is restored, metabolites (waste products) are excreted from the intercellular space through the venous and lymphatic systems.
As a result of exposure to the body by the method of myostimulation after the first procedure, the following is observed:
- systemic activation of the circulation of fluid in the body (blood and lymph)
- restoration of elasticity and strength of muscle mass
- acceleration of the fat burning process
- improving skin texture
- pronounced cellulite treatment
- blocking pain syndromes after exercise or injury
Myostimulation is used not only by cosmetologists, in the West this procedure is prescribed even to clinical patients for:
- active destruction and splitting of fatty deposits in problem areas
- body shaping in the postnatal period, as well as after gastric resection surgery
- restoration of tissue structure in athletes and people who have undergone prolonged immobilization (due to trauma, stroke)
- increasing the tone of the lymphatic, blood vessels and muscles of the body
- cellulite and sagging skin treatment
Device for myostimulation
There are quite a lot of professional complexes for carrying out myostimulation, and not imported devices are popular, but Russian ones, assembled at a plant in St. Petersburg.
The complex is an electronic unit, with the help of which the frequency of the current is supplied and regulated, the program for influencing the nerve endings is set. Up to 12 pairs of wires with electrodes sealed in conductive plates “stretch” from the device to the patient. Soft straps are used to attach the plates to the body. To increase the conductivity and ensure the comfort of the procedure, the doctor uses a special gel, it is odorless and does not cause an allergic reaction.
Few people know, but myostimulation is useful not only for body correction
Electrical impulses are able to activate the work of skin cells and facial muscles. After the very first procedure of myostimulation on the face, a pronounced effect is observed to restore the oval of the face, reduce expression and age wrinkles.
Of course, the usual facial apparatus cannot be used, but today special facial myostimulators are being produced. Home (personal) devices in the classic form (pen + electrode) are presented in the form of the device “Nevoton AK-201”, which is produced in St. Petersburg and, by the way, is often used for breast lift, or in the form of a massage mask (FaceCare from the company Slen Care).
In other words, myostimulation can be called body sculpting. The usual cosmetic course ranges from 15 to 20 sessions 2-3 times a week.
The patient is invited to undress and sit on the couch. The doctor puts electrodes on the projection points of the nerve penetration, one electrode (a round plate with thin wires) corresponds to one problem area. An impulse is given from the control panel, as a result of which the muscles begin to contract, after 5–7 minutes the current increases, and a “work” program is set for different muscle groups. The patient feels muscle contraction, the legs often tremble, but this should not cause discomfort.
Myostimulation does not bring pain, the procedure is harmless, but there are also limitations. There are not many of them. Basically, it is contraindicated for people with chronic diseases, for example, with heart disease, kidney failure, pregnant women and those whose body is difficult to tolerate the effects of electric current.
The doctor will not do the procedure if there are wounds on the skin or rashes of different etiology
Speaking about body correction and getting rid of excess weight, it must be borne in mind that the myostimulator cannot be fully called a device for losing weight, since it is primarily intended to normalize muscle function, including strengthening them. Thanks to this method, it becomes possible to load precisely those muscles that are deeply located, they cannot be “worked out” in the usual sports training. For example, we are talking about the muscles of the thigh. Myostimulation is useful and, if necessary, the development or restoration of the working capacity of the abdominal muscles.
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