What is Electrical Muscle Stimulation?

Electrical muscle stimulation is a form of therapy that uses controlled electrical pulses. These pulses are delivered by the electrodes on your skin. The goal is to alleviate your pain while enhancing your muscle function. It’s also used along with other chiropractic treatments to support your healing. If you have implanted devices, you may want to skip this treatment, as it can cause electromagnetic interference.

Conditions Electrical Stimulation Can Help

Electrical stimulation is a versatile therapy. Although it’s often used as a tool for athletes recovering from an injury, it can help other conditions:

• Chronic pain, like arthritis, back and neck pain
• Muscle soreness and tension
• Boost healing
• Enhance muscle function
• Nerve pain

What to Expect at Your Visit?

Your first visit for electrical muscle stimulation will include an initial thorough assessment. Our chiropractor will assess your condition, review your medical history, and find out if this therapy is right for you. If it’s ideal for your condition, you’ll be prepared for this therapy. Our chiropractor will place small adhesives on your skin near the injured area. The entire process is painless, and you’ll feel comfortable throughout the treatment. The session can last between 15 and 30 minutes. Many of our patients find the therapy to be relaxing, despite the pulses they feel. You may feel muscle soreness, but it won’t last that long.

Benefits of Electrical Muscle Stimulation

If our chiropractor recommends electrical muscle stimulation, then it means that you can benefit from it. Here are the top benefits you can gain from undergoing this treatment.

• Relief from back pain by sending electric currents to the affected areas.
• Strengthen weakened muscles, especially if you just had a stroke. The electrical pulses exercise weak muscles to strengthen them back.
• Slow down muscle atrophy because of inactivity. When you can’t move, your muscles start to shrink and lose their mass. By exercising your muscles, you can maintain your muscle mass while you’re waiting for your injury to heal.
• Enhance sports performance, as it increases blood flow. With increased blood flow, your muscles recover from injuries more quickly.
• Reduce pain from arthritis, as it helps prevent stiffness, swelling, and discomfort. Stimulation promotes proper blood flow so your joints stay lubricated.

Why Patients Choose Dr. Hoa Nguyen

Patients in Carrollton, TX, choose Dr. Hoa Nguyen for their electrical muscle stimulation sessions because of the chiropractor’s 20 years of experience. His approach to reducing pain and improving your range of motion is natural. Dr. Hoa only recommends electrical muscle stimulation after he has thoroughly examined the patient at this chiropractic clinic. This is the reason the first visit will last longer than the succeeding visits. He’ll take the patient’s medical history and some imaging to investigate why the pain is not healing despite previous treatment. He’ll map out a treatment plan, which may involve other natural treatments to hasten healing. The overall goal of every therapy is to allow the body to heal itself.