This rather complex word will come into its own once you've finished reading these few lines.
EMS involves pulses generated by a device and delivered via electrodes on the skin in the immediate vicinity of the muscles to be stimulated. The impulses mimic nerve impulses from the central nervous system, causing muscles to contract.
EMS has long been used for muscle re-education by physiotherapists as a complementary technique for sports training, and also by individuals for amateur sport or aesthetic bodybuilding.
The first to use EMS to improve sporting performance were Soviet sports scientists, who used EMS to train elite athletes in the 1970s.
When you think of electro-stimulation, you probably think of those boxes used to relieve sports-related pain or tone abs, but today EMS is much more than that. More and more gyms and wellness centers specializing in electro-stimulation are springing up. Most of these gyms use machines that stimulate all muscle groups at the same time, enabling the equivalent of 4 hours' exercise in a conventional gym to be achieved in just 25 minutes.
EMS is therefore both a form of electrotherapy and muscle training, in the sense that it not only soothes aches and pains, helps recovery and relieves aches and pains, but also tones the body, builds muscle and increases strength and resistance. Beyond that, it also has other unsuspected benefits.
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