{"id":441,"date":"2016-09-12T12:36:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T10:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/?page_id=441"},"modified":"2016-09-18T18:34:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-18T16:34:32","slug":"electro-muscle-stimulation-ems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/?page_id=441","title":{"rendered":"Electro Muscle Stimulation (EMS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Electro-Stimulation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Electro-Stimulation-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Electro Stimulation\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Electro-Stimulation-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Electro-Stimulation-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/Electro-Stimulation.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Electrical muscle stimulation\u00a0(EMS), also known as\u00a0neuromuscular electrical stimulation\u00a0(NMES) or electromyostimulation, is the elicitation of muscle contraction\u00a0using electric impulses. EMS has received increasing attention in the last few years because of its potential to serve as a strength training tool for healthy subjects and athletes, a rehabilitation<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"> and preventive tool for partially or totally immobilized patients, a testing tool for evaluating the neural and\/or muscular function in vivo, and a post-<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">exercise recovery tool for athletes.[1]\u00a0The impulses are generated by a device and delivered through electrodes on the skin in direct proximity to<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">the muscles to be stimulated. The impulses mimic the\u00a0action potential\u00a0coming from the central nervous system, causing the muscles to contract.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Introducing Physios4Movement&#8217;s newest acquisition:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">The Chattanooga Wireless Professional\u00a0\u2013 the revolutionary new electrotherapy device, without cables!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">The\u00a0Wireless Professional\u00a0is today&#8217;s most advanced electrotherapy unit. By introducing the unique mi-Technology\u2122 and the best-in-<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">market professional programs, this device reinvents functional rehabilitation as we know it. A combination of electro stimulation with active exercise will allow you to improve therapy efficiency and results<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electrical muscle stimulation\u00a0(EMS), also known as\u00a0neuromuscular electrical stimulation\u00a0(NMES) or electromyostimulation, is the elicitation of muscle contraction\u00a0using electric impulses. EMS has received increasing attention in the last few years because of its potential to serve as a strength training tool for healthy subjects and athletes, a rehabilitation and preventive tool for partially or totally immobilized patients, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":176,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-441","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":457,"href":"https:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/441\/revisions\/457"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.physios.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}