Dr. John Dallas at Dallas Chiropractic Center serving Lansing, MI, is a certified chiropractic sports physician with decades of experience treating patients with neuromusculoskeletal complaints using a number of different complementary interventions, including electrical muscle stimulation therapy.
What Is Electrical Muscle Stimulation Therapy?
Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) is very much what it sounds like. It’s the activation of a targeted set of muscles using electrical current. These involuntary muscular contractions are caused by the electrical pulses emitted from the electrode pads that are placed on the skin to stimulate the motor nerves. Electrical muscle stimulation can be used in many areas, but it’s most often used on back and neck muscles.
At the Dallas Chiropractic Center serving Lansing, MI, Dr. Dallas offers electrical muscle stimulation therapy, interferential current therapy, and microcurrent therapy. Depending on your physical profile and health needs, Dr. Dallas will recommend the most appropriate treatment after a complete chiropractic evaluation.
What Is Electrical Muscle Stimulation Therapy Used For?
EMS is an incredibly useful tool when it comes to a hurting and or injured human body. It’s primarily used to:
- Reduce and relieve muscular and soft tissue pain
- Decrease swelling and inflammation
- Release muscle spasms
- Speed up healing and recovery time, which is of particular importance to athletes.
- It can also help maintain muscle tone and prevent atrophy, which is useful for stroke or surgical patients.
Together with chiropractic, EMS offers many benefits. It is a relatively natural, non-invasive intervention that reduces your need for over-the-counter pain medications, improves your range of motion, especially around the joints, and may improve your overall quality of life if you struggle with soft tissue injuries. It is suitable for acute and chronic pain sufferers.
Does Electrical Muscle Stimulation Therapy Hurt?
This is one of the most common questions we get. Will the EMS therapy hurt? The answer is no. It shouldn’t hurt. All you should feel is tingling and some warmth in the affected area. Most electrical muscle stimulation therapy machines have a dial or some way to adjust the strength of the pulses up and down. Some patients need stronger pulses, while others are more sensitive to the pulses and require less stimulation.
Our Services
With over 30 years of experience in chiropractic care, we value your well-being. For this reason, we offer a range of invaluable treatments and therapies including:
- EMS
- Spinal adjustments and manipulations
- Therapeutic exercise
- Therapeutic ultrasound
- Traction
- Sports medicine
Contact Details
Dr. Dallas at the Dallas Chiropractic Center serving Lansing, MI, offers superior chiropractic care including electrical muscle stimulation therapy in a high-tech facility when you need it the most. For an appointment, call us now at 517-882-0251.