Electrostimulation is primarily known for its muscle-building benefits, helping to activate muscles and, provided your device—such as a Sportelec—is powerful enough, to build muscle, reshape your figure and burn off excess fat.
More recently, the applications of electrostimulation have expanded and are now recognised for use in sports training. Active recovery, preparation for exercise and rehabilitation following an injury are also recognised benefits of electrostimulation and Sportelec. The treatment and relief of muscle pain are widely utilised by Sportelec and electrostimulation devices, including in pain management centres, which represents undeniable recognition of their effectiveness. However, recent tests to develop an electrostimulation vest, or EMS vest, have revealed a new level of effectiveness that raises questions about the reasons behind this phenomenon.
Indeed, the purpose of electrostimulation has, until now, been limited to the functions we have just listed, and there was no reason to believe that other effects might exist; The Sportelec team was very surprised to discover that, when using a vest that delivers the currents of the Sportelec Multisport Pro, several testers felt an energising effect, particularly the day after their session. A feeling of freedom of movement and being in good shape was experienced. The athletes seemed to have an extra supply of energy at their disposal. What could explain this? Indeed, the Sportelec Combi-Stim allows the pectoral and abdominal muscles to be worked at the same time as the back muscles. It is undoubtedly here that we must look for the explanation of the fitness-boosting phenomenon of electrostimulation. It must be said that people who practise EMS in specialist centres such as the Sport-elec centre in Cogolin have also spoken of this fitness boost thanks to electrostimulation.
After their sessions, they feel a sense of relief from fatigue; even those who are overworked by their jobs or professional activities and who lack sleep have acknowledged this.
Which properties of electrostimulation could create this effect?
The fact that this Sport-elec electrostimulation combi-stim device stimulates all the nerve endings in the back warrants closer examination. This is because the currents used by Sport-elec are both muscle-stimulating and analgesic at the same time. EMS specialists know that to use electrostimulation for pain relief, one typically employs TENS currents or low-frequency currents; however, these frequencies are also present in the muscle-stimulating currents. Therefore, when you use your Sport-elec for recovery or sports preparation, you are also utilising analgesic currents that will act on the diffuse pain you are experiencing.
Some of these tensions are even imperceptible, yet they affect your performance and your sense of fatigue or generalised heaviness. So, by applying electrostimulation to a large part of your body, particularly your back, you relieve your body of fatigue and regain energy. The analgesic currents contained within your muscle currents will take effect and send a signal of well-being to the brain. The currents act like commands perceived by the brain as signals of well-being that counteract the pain signals. So nothing is certain, but it certainly seems that using electrostimulation – particularly on the back using the Sport Elec electrostimulation vest – is good news that needs confirming, but you can get started right away and confirm the performance of the Sport Elec Multisport-Pro Combi Stim.
