Alpha Chiropractic
Electric Muscle Stimulation
Low-level electrical impulses used alongside adjustments and soft tissue work, felt as a tingling or an electrical massage.
Chapter 01
What it feels like
Electric muscle stimulation delivers low-level electrical impulses through the skin into the muscle underneath.
Patients describe the sensation as a tingling, or as an electrical massage. It is not a shock and it is not painful, just a steady pulse felt at the site of the pads.
Doorway view into a treatment room at Alpha Chiropractic with bench seating and a framed diploma
What it is used for
The impulses are used to reduce pain, promote fluid exchange, and speed healing.
It is used for both acute and chronic pain, as well as strains and sprains, wherever a muscle needs help calming down or recovering.
Chapter 03
Where it sits in a visit
Electric muscle stimulation is used alongside adjustment and soft tissue work, not instead of them.
It supports what the rest of the visit is doing rather than standing on its own as a treatment by itself.
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