What is modern way of strengthening muscles around an joint.?
Combining both active and passive exercises.
Modern equipments for muscle strengthening
Principle
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Muscle contraction is the basis of any exercise .It occurs when the signals from the brain reaches via nerve to a particular muscle, leading to contraction of all fibers in a muscle. |
How does equipment work?
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Micro processor based electronic stimulating medical equipments are used to generate electrochemical signals to stimulate muscles, imitating exactly the signals that the muscles receive from the brain. |
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The weak electronic pulses are delivered to selected group of muscles causing them to contract and relax, without any conscious effort on your part. |
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This leads to muscle strengthening around an arthritic joints. |
Advantages
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It is a passive way, of actively exercising muscles of the body and thus can supplement the active exercises done at home. |
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Pace of this passive exercise is totally controllable and many times faster than the voluntary physical exercise. |
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It strengthens and tones up the muscles around a joint and at the same time increases circulation and lubrication of joint. |
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Swelling, pain, and inflammation reduces rapidly and naturally. |
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It doesn't require movement at the joint, and thus is not painful even in severe arthritic patients. |
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Less pain killers are required thereby minimizing there side effects. |
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Doesn't require any effort on your part, you lie down comfortably while therapy is given. |
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Saves time, as only 20-30 minutes sitting is required. |
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Only way to exercise joint muscles in bed ridden patients and patients of spinal diseases who can not undertake active exercises. |
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The results achieved are permanent ,provided mild recommended exercises are included in daily schedule in future. |
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It helps in increasing general circulation of joint structures resulting in better oxygenation of tissues, prevents clot formation in bed ridden patients . Besides it is psychologically relaxing. |
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It is absolutely safe and harmless. Same equipments are being used in major hospitals abroad for treatment of paralysis and arthritis of joints utilizing same principles of muscle stimulation. |