How 'Ems' Works - TensCare perfectPFE Instructions For Use Manual

Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic
pain syndrome: unexplained chronic
pelvic pain associated with irritative
voiding symptoms and/or pain located
in the groin, genitalia, or perineum in
the absence of pyuria and bacteriuria.
Low frequency stimulation stimulates
the release of Endorphins – your body's
natural pain relief mechanism – to
reduce pain without side effects.

6. HOW 'EMS' WORKS

E.M.S. stands for Electrical Muscle
Stimulation and has successfully been
used in medical rehabilitation and
training in competitive sports. EMS
produces intensive
muscular contraction.
In rehabilitation, EMS is a well-
established method for treatment of a
broad field of
diagnoses as well as pelvic floor
weakness. Electrical stimulation of an
intact peripheral nervous system may
create motor responses in patients with
impaired or lost ability for voluntary
muscle activity.
EMS is a complement to other physical
therapy and should
combined with active training such as
Kegel exercises (see section 4.2.).
Advantages of EMS
Use of EMS may lead to faster progress
in the patient's treatment programme.
The method is simple and appropriate
for treatment in the clinical setting as
well as for self-treatment at home.
and effective
musculoskeletal
always be
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How EMS Works
Electrical Muscle Stimulators can play a
vital role in educating women and men
about their pelvic
sensation they should feel when doing
pelvic floor exercises. Electrical Pelvic
Floor Exercisers (PFE) offer a non-
invasive method
contraction of muscles via a gentle
stimulation to the pelvic floor through a
discreet probe or electrode pads when
they are placed close to the nerve that
controls the pelvic floor muscles. This
current then passes into the nerve
fibres controlling that part of the muscle
stimulating it to contract. So, electrical
stimulation (EMS) artificially activates a
muscle for you enabling you to develop
your own muscle
contractions exercise the muscles and,
as with any kind of exercise if
performed regularly, build strength and
tone.
In urge incontinence, pelvic floor
exercisers work in a slightly different
way. The electrical stimulation is
designed to soothe your bladder
muscles rather than exercise your
pelvic floor. Perfect PFE uses a
gentler, low frequency setting which
promotes release of endorphins and
reduces involuntary contractions of the
bladder (detrusor) muscle.
Different frequencies have different
effects; low frequencies (1-10 Hz)
coupled with long impulse times, for
example, have a purifying and relaxing
effect through individual contractions,
whereby the circulation in the treated
muscle is simultaneously improved and
removal of metabolic end products is
supported (lymphatic drainage). The
oxygen supply to the muscle is
improved.
floor and the
of producing
control. These