Also known as EMS, NMES, muscle stim, e-stim and electrostimulation, Muscle Stimulation Therapy is a tried and tested medical treatment method, used for rehabilitation, pain treatment and for training sportsmen and women.

The Compex mimics the electrical impulses sent from the brain to your muscles by sending electric pulses to your motor nerves in order to create muscle contractions. In doing so, it can effectively:

• Enhance your recovery (post workout and injury)

• Boost your performance without negatively impacting joints or causing nervous fatigue

• Support your training efforts pre and during workout

• Provide pain management

• Relieve “heavy” legs

• Support body firming and toning initiatives

The principle behind muscle stimulation is simple. It reproduces the process by which muscle contractions are controlled by the brain. So, with muscle stimulation, the activity in your muscles is triggered by electrical impulses sent by our devices to the motor nerve. Your muscle cannot distinguish between acontraction triggered by your brain and one triggered by muscle stimulation. This is known as electrically induced contraction.

Compex devices produce a stable and controlled waveform through a constant current generator, offering its users the ideal current and optimal impulses regardless of the variations in skin resistance. This makes it a safe, comfortable and efficient device for most people for use during recovery or training. However, Compex is not suitable (contraindicated) for:

• People with epilepsy (unless approved by medical professional)

• People who wear a pacemaker (unless approved by medical professional)

• Placement of electrodes and use on the head

• Placement of electrodes across open wounds or abrasions.

Electrostimulation placement and use should also be avoided by:

• Pregnant women on their lower back or abdomen

• People suffering perineal lesions (hernia, eventration) on or around the stomach area.

The Compex SP 6.0 is a wireless, compact device that utilises a muscle intelligence technology that mimics the electrical impulses sent from the brain to your muscles. By placing the electrodes on the muscles you wish to stimulate and then selecting a menu program of your choice, you can work your muscles at the touch of a button.

The built-in MI-Scan function, means that you can automatically adjust the electro-stimulator setting to suit your own personal muscle attributes.

The Compex SP 6.0 contains 30 programs, designed to bring fresh oxygen and nutrients to the muscles to facilitate the flush of toxins, helping you to recover faster.

Simply place the self-adhesive pads on the muscle area you’d like to target. Select your program and let Compex help you get stronger and fitter faster than you would with your regular routine.

Clinical studies have found that using the programming under the Conditioning and Fitness categories of Compex Muscle Stim can help build muscle and provide a variety of performance enhancing effects. Some of these effects are increasing muscle density, improving VO2, increasing strength, and power output for movements such as a vertical jump*.

No, muscle stimulation will not lead to weight loss because it only acts on the muscle. Instead, an abdominal program will lead to firmer, more toned stomach muscles and will help to sculpt the body.

Not for the pain management programs. The programs intended to sculpt and tone muscles, like in sport, require a higher intensity to achieve better results. It is therefore strongly advised to increase the intensity to the maximum you can tolerate. This will cause the same pain as lifting weights, but not discomfort.

No. It’s not possible to cause injury because the intensity is increased progressively during the contraction period to ensure that there is no risk of muscle tears.

Please visit: https://www.compex.com/uk/clinical-studies