EMS stands for Electrical Stimulation of Muscles, which is the process of using external methods to activate muscles and replicate information sent to the brain. Although it may sound daunting, EMS is actually a very simple process.
What is electrical muscle stimulation?
You may already know that the brain controls everything you do, say, think, and feel. This means that when you flex or extend your leg, a message will be sent from your brain to the muscle at the top of the leg (quadriceps), telling you it will contract. Then, the second message is sent to the muscles at the back of the leg (hamstring muscles) to relax.
Similar things happen when you feel pain. When you touch a hot object, information with this feeling will be sent to your brain, telling you that the surface is very hot and dangerous. Our brain will immediately send the same signal, telling the muscles to move their hands away.
All these messages are sent along a track called a neural pathway in less than one thousandth of a second. If you are over 18 years old, you may still remember the old radio, where you had to play the dial to find the radio station because each radio station had its own frequency. This is exactly how information works in your body: each type of brain signal has its own frequency. Some of these signals include pain, sharpness, dullness, heat, cold, muscle contraction, and muscle relaxation.
A few years ago, scientists not only discovered these pathways, but also discovered the "frequency" at which we send these messages. Shortly after further research, the improved EMS machine has the ability to use the same neural pathways to send information to our brain and muscles, telling them what to do and how to do it.
EMS transmits specific information between the brain and muscles through the same neural pathway
When using EMS, place the adhesive pad on the muscles that need to be activated (opened) and set the EMS machine to the correct frequency to mimic the brain information telling your muscles to contract.
