General Usage Guidelines - PowerDot PD-01 Instruction Manual

GENERAL USAGE GUIDELINES
Pad Placement
For your own safety and effectiveness of your stimulation sessions, use only Pad Placement setups
advised by PowerDot Mobile Application.
WARNING! Always follow the pad placement directions provided by PowerDot mobile application
unless you have other specific medical instructions. Smartmissimo disclaim all responsibility for
consequences arising from pads placed in other than recommended positions.
Where necessary, look for the best possible position by slowly moving the positive pad over the muscle
until you find the point that will produce the perfect combination of the strongest contractions and the
best comfort.
Body Positions & Movement
This position will vary depending on the position of the pads, the muscles you wish to stimulate, and the
program you are using.
For program inducing powerful muscular contractions (Endurance, Resistance, Strength, Explosive
Strength and Maximum Strength programs), the muscle should always be stimulated in an isometric
fashion.
You should therefore fix extremities of your limbs securely in order to provide maximum resistance to
the movement and prevent any shortening of the muscle during the contraction.
WARNING! Always follow recommendations on the body positions and allowed range of motion
provided in your PowerDot Mobile Application before and during every stimulation session.
Adjusting Stimulation Intensities
In a stimulated muscle, the number of the recruited fibers depends on the stimulation intensity. For
programs causing powerful muscle contractions (tetanic contractions) (e.g. Endurance, Resistance,
Strength, Explosive Strength, Maximum Strength programs), target using maximum tolerable stimulation
energies, always at the limit of what you can endure, in order to recruit the maximum number of fibers.
For programs only inducing muscle twitches, you should progressively increase the stimulation energies
until you obtain clearly visible muscle twitches.
PowerDot mobile application is providing you with the best advice on how to adjust your intensities for
each stimulation program.
WARNING! Always use your own feelings as guidance when you increase intensities during
stimulation. Although, for some of the programs we advise to run stimulations at maximum intensities
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