Aesthetic medicine is still shrouded in mystery for many. So many “legends” have formed around beauty injections that are popular today
The problem of ideal appearance increasingly worries humanity. The busy rhythm of life, busyness, lack of free time for active pastime, and poor nutrition have a negative impact on overall health. As a result, most of the planet's population suffers from excess weight, cellulite, problems with the spine and nervous system, as well as other consequences of civilization. But not everything is so hopelessly bad, because science does not stand still and today it is possible to create an attractive figure in a short period of time, without resorting to grueling diets and physical activity.
About the procedure
Myostimulation is a technique for body correction, cellulite elimination, and muscle strengthening using pulsed current.
The apparatus for conducting myostimulation procedures is a generator with electrodes made of conductive rubber. Electrodes have different sizes and shapes. They are applied to the patient’s body according to certain anatomical patterns.
An electric current passing through tissue accelerates metabolism, improves blood flow to muscles, promoting protein synthesis, and increases the level of endorphin and insulin in the blood. Activating blood circulation helps remove toxins.
But the main effect achieved by myostimulation procedures is the strengthening of muscle fibers, which is why it is often called “gymnastics for the lazy.” Myostimulation is not new; it has been used for quite a long time in various fields of medicine: resuscitation, cardiology, and many physiotherapeutic procedures are based on it.
In cosmetology, despite the many methods for correcting figure contours, myostimulation has been and remains one of the most effective procedures.
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The role of electromyostimulation in the treatment of vascular pathologies
The technique is notable for the absence of a wide range of contraindications, painlessness, relative safety and effectiveness.
During the electromyostimulation procedure, pulsed currents of different frequencies are used, selected according to the parameters of the human body. Correct electrical influence, calculated according to individual needs and parameters, allows you to put the patient into stable remission in severe chronic diseases, relieve pain, enrich blood flow, stabilize interstitial metabolic processes, and create a flow of impulses entering the central nervous system. Using the technique, symptomatic treatment is often carried out, as a result of which swelling, muscle tension, and inflammation are eliminated.
Electromyostimulation has a beneficial effect on blood vessels: it normalizes their tone and elasticity, increases the lumen of occlusive lesions, and regulates blood pressure.
The procedure provides the following effects:
- Maintaining muscle contractility;
- Restoring motor functions of the limbs by regulating the flow of nerve impulses into the central nervous system;
- Relieving swelling, inflammation, congestion in tissues;
- Preventing the development of muscle tissue atrophy;
- Regulation and stabilization of blood pressure;
- Improving tissue nutrition by activating blood supply and enriching blood flow;
- Optimization of blood rheology;
- Relief of pain syndrome of various etiologies and severity;
- Resorption of fat deposits (including visceral fat);
- Normalization of metabolic processes in cells and tissues;
- Regeneration of the skin and structures of the musculoskeletal system (protection from destruction of joints and cartilage in inflammatory and degenerative lesions, tissue restoration in post-traumatic complications);
- Gradual physiological cleansing of the blood from toxic substances;
- Activation of immune functions;
- Feeling better.
The technique is often used for post-stroke complications and associated physical inactivity. It has proven itself excellent in the treatment of systemic polyetiological symptom complexes, including vegetative-vascular dystonia (VSD).
Details of the procedure
To improve the overall figure,
myostimulation is performed on various muscle groups: abdominal, chest, arms and shoulder girdle, back, buttocks, thighs.
The doctor symmetrically attaches the electrodes to the selected area of the patient’s body and turns on the device. The procedure lasts no more than 20 minutes, they are carried out with a break of one or two days. The course consists of 10-15 procedures
. The effect becomes noticeable after 3-5 sessions.
Pulsed currents cause the muscles of the body to actively contract, as during active physical activity. Moreover, “hardware fitness” allows you to use some muscles that are difficult to work during regular training due to the depth of their location. Current increases metabolism and lymph flow, reducing swelling and reducing the appearance of cellulite.
The effect of myostimulation can be enhanced by parallel procedures, for example, massages, wraps, pressotherapy, shock wave therapy. In addition to a set of procedures, ideal results can be achieved by following a diet and additional exercise.
Facial myostimulation
carried out after light peeling of the skin and using a gel to improve the conductivity of current pulses. Electrodes are also placed symmetrically on the face, at the exit points of the motor nerves. The procedure is painless, only a slight tingling sensation is felt.
The duration of the session, as with body myostimulation, is no more than 20 minutes, the course consists of 10-12 procedures. Since myostimulation enhances the removal of fluid from the body, its supply must be replenished: during the course, the amount of water consumed should be 2-3 liters per day.
Indications for myostimulation
Initially, the method was not developed for beauty. First of all, myostimulation of the body helps to increase muscle tone - this is precisely its direct medical purpose. Consequently, it is used for weakening, lethargy, paresis and paralysis of skeletal muscles to prevent its degeneration. This is a special medical procedure designed to accelerate recovery from long-term illnesses associated with reduced physical activity or lack thereof.
With the development of the cosmetology industry, various devices that previously had a purely medical purpose began to be used for aesthetic purposes. This applies not only to myostimulants.
These are, for example, vibroacoustic devices, devices for magnetic therapy, devices for galvanization and electrophoresis, etc.
This is explained simply. Indeed, in addition to the direct medical effects for which these devices are designed, a “side” effect from their influence is often an improvement in aesthetic indicators.
Thus, stimulation of microcirculation of fluids leads to cleansing of tissues from toxins and saturation with nutrients and oxygen. Together, this leads to an improvement in the skin’s ability to regenerate, an increase in its elasticity, and the skin acquiring a healthy color and structure. Vigorous muscle work forces them to take up energy accumulated in the form of fat deposits. Thus, myostimulation acquires a lipolytic effect and allows you to fight the manifestations of cellulite.
Myostimulation of the face is intended primarily to eliminate the phenomenon of swelling.
Well, an increase in muscle and vascular tone, coupled with improved blood circulation and lymph outflow, leads to the rapid elimination of edema of various origins. All this together makes it possible to achieve such a result from the myostimulation procedure as a reduction in body volume in the area of influence by 3-4 cm in just one procedure. That is why myostimulation is used to solve body problems such as:
- lack of volume of muscle groups and individual muscles that are not available for development through training;
- fat deposits and cellulite;
- swelling of soft tissues;
- insufficient tone of the muscles of the buttocks, thighs, abdomen, legs;
- muscle tension.
Among other things, electrical muscle stimulation also has an antidepressant effect.
It is advisable to use myostimulation to strengthen the back muscles in case of poor posture and osteochondrosis. This allows you to reduce the load on the spine. In the complex treatment of obesity, it is useful to use this procedure when the patient reaches a “plateau”, when weight stops decreasing due to physical activity and a specialized diet.
Recommendations and results
Myostimulation procedures provide a fairly quick visible effect, promote the breakdown of fatty tissue in problem areas, tighten the contours of the figure, increase muscle tone, reduce swelling, and improve the functions of the circulatory and lymphatic systems.
Facial myostimulation
increases the tone of soft tissues, eliminating their sagging, which allows you to rejuvenate the face, improve the shape of the oval of the face, and reduce swelling.
However, recently a lot of dubious devices for performing myostimulation at home have appeared. Therefore, we remind you that electric current can be very dangerous, so operating such devices without the supervision of a specialist can lead to dire consequences.
Myostimulation should not be performed more often than recommended by cosmetologists, without sufficient knowledge of contraindications and individual characteristics of the body. Only a specialist who has been trained to operate the device and has sufficient experience will be able to ensure a completely safe procedure and not harm the patient’s health.
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Are there contraindications to myostimulators?
Despite the usefulness of myoneurostimulation procedures, they are not performed if the user has an individual intolerance to pulsed current in the form of skin irritation in the area where the electrodes are applied. It is prohibited to use a myostimulator if you have metal implants or pacemakers, or if you are prone to bleeding. As with other methods of physiotherapeutic massage, the same list of contraindications applies to myolifting for the safety of users of electric massagers, in particular:
• epilepsy; • heart rhythm disturbances, especially in the stage of decompensation; • cancer; • pregnancy; • with significant deviations in high or low blood pressure; • psychosis, alcoholism and drug addiction; • systemic pathologies and decreased blood clotting; • colds, flu or other viral diseases accompanied by fever; • exacerbation of dysfunctions of the gastrointestinal tract, with urolithiasis or gallstone disease; • tuberculosis, liver or kidney failure; • tumors, wounds, burns or inflammation of the skin in the treated areas; • dermatoses, sepsis and febrile conditions; • thrombophlebitis and other critical circulatory disorders. It is not recommended to perform myostimulation during the first 3-9 months of the postoperative period, so as not to interfere with the natural healing of the body or normal fusion of bones after fractures. The electrodes of the device cannot be installed on the neck in the area of the carotid arteries, larynx and pharynx, as well as near the chest and groin. In all doubtful cases, consulting a doctor will help avoid exacerbation of the disease.
Principle of operation and types of myostimulators.
Electrical stimulation is a bit like gymnastics for the lazy - you don't move, but your muscles work. But you shouldn’t make direct analogies, because natural movement and contractions under the influence of current are, as they say, two big differences. One does not replace or cancel the other. During ordinary physical activity of any kind - be it housework, walking or special physical exercises - not all muscle fibers are included in targeted work - this is not necessary. And during myostimulation, absolutely everything
excitable structures - striated and smooth muscle cells. Nerve fibers transmit excitation “up” - to the brain - to the ward organs, the walls of large vessels react, reserve capillaries open. This “massive attack” allows even very weak and lazy muscles to be well worked out and prepared for regular exercise. But then - exercise yourself, let your muscles move - they are created for this. If you own a dog, then you know that the dog needs vitamins, walks, and exercise. And you?
The widely known “gymnastics for the lazy” is based on the use of electric current pulses. Using skin electrodes, an impulse is applied to the nerve endings, and the muscles begin to actively contract. As a result, blood circulation and lymphatic drainage improve, metabolism is activated: the combination of these factors helps to reduce the volume of fat cells. However, it would be a mistake to call a myostimulator a device for weight loss - it is intended primarily to restore and strengthen muscles.
Electrodes are applied to motor points of muscles (hips, abdomen, chest, back, limbs); Depending on the model of the myostimulator, a conductive gel may be applied between the electrodes and the skin. The usual course is 15-20 sessions two to three times a week.
The latest generation of muscle stimulators provide modes of synchronous and alternative stimulation (group mode) - for those cases when it is necessary to influence different muscle groups in turn. These devices also contain a neurostimulator to relieve pain.
Myostimulation allows you to reach muscles that are located very deep and which are difficult to load under normal conditions: for example, the muscles of the inner thigh.
Nowadays, as you probably already know from advertising on TV, there are many special devices on sale, using which you can stimulate muscles using electric current.
Typically, individual muscle groups are stimulated in a certain sequence. The success of these procedures essentially depends on this. As a rule, such devices are a set of electrodes with special devices with which they are attached to the body, and a main electronic unit. A current of a certain frequency and strength is generated in this block. It all depends on which mode you turn on. After all, for each individual muscle group it is strictly individual.
Special creams are often supplied with such devices in order not to harm the skin and make its conductivity even better. Although, here a lot depends on the model of the myostimulator. Principle of operation
and the very
structure of
such a device is quite complex, and there is absolutely no need for you to thoroughly understand it, but still we will tell you a little about it. The device's generator generates electrical signals and sends them through wires to electrodes attached to your body. Through the skin, the current transmits its impulse charges to the muscle tissue. Under their influence, the muscles begin to involuntarily contract and thereby increase their tone. In a word, just lying on the bed or sofa, you feel like you are working out in the gym.
Good, high-quality devices are always equipped with a wide variety of convenient electrodes. They affect all parts of the body, are securely and comfortably attached, are elastic and will not damage your skin in any way.
Unfortunately, even with proper and regular use, myostimulation does not solve all problems. After all, the thicker the layer of fat, the weaker the electrical impulse will be, and therefore the lower the effect of the workout.
Homemade, inexpensive myostimulators are now being actively advertised
.
You see on TV screens how small battery-powered devices help people achieve impressive abdominal definition. In fact, a household myostimulator, especially one that runs on batteries and therefore has low power, can only help maintain the shape already gained. But in order to really significantly correct figure flaws, it is necessary to use professional muscle stimulators
.
Pulsed currents are used for electrical stimulation
with a pulse duration of 0.5–300 m/s and a frequency of 10–150 Hz. The current strength on the face is up to 5 mA, on the body up to 100 mA. The shape of the impulses is rectangular, triangular, neuron-like. Medium frequency currents can be used - 2000 - 5000 Hz, modulated by low frequencies.
Electrical stimulation can be polarized and non-polarized, that is, monopolar and bipolar currents can be used. Bipolar electrical stimulation is more physiological.
The main effect of electrical stimulation is the strengthening of muscle tissue. Along the way, there is an increase in blood and lymph circulation, local lipolysis, positive changes in fat metabolism and hormonal levels.
Action of myostimulation:
- at the muscle level: restoration of tone, building muscle mass;
- at the vascular level: activation of blood and lymph flow;
- at the level of the fat cell: local lipolysis;
- general effect on the body: improvement of the functional state of the nervous and endocrine systems, activation of metabolism, lipolysis and blood circulation.
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