Electrical Stimulations

Reducing Spasticity

Using a hot tub daily is recommended to help reduce spasticity. What else can help? These electrical stimulation devices are FDA-cleared for spasticity reduction. Both devices include an Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) feature, which can help strengthen and maintain muscles, enhance performance, build muscle mass, and support overall muscle conditioning.

TENS device w/EMS and Relax mode

Using a TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) device, such as the Neocarbon can gently relieve spastic muscle pain and enhance workout recovery. The Relax mode feels like a gentle massage.

The Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) feature is the most economic avenue for muscle building/maintaining. Apply the pads to your muscles and workout in EMS mode for a fraction of the time of a regular workout. Doing this, can save time (workout is shorter) and money (over more expensive EMS devices). Wear light clothing over the pads/cables during workouts so the cables don't hang about. $60 Amazon

CIONIC Neural Sleeve 2 uses EMS

The new Cionic Neural Sleeve 2 is the only FDA-cleared system to improve walking by simultaneously activating functional muscle movement and relaxing muscle spasms. In trials of the Neural Sleeve 2, participants reported a 30% improvement of spasticity, and 94% of participants showed improvement in gait.

It provides smart, continuous stimulation for quads, hamstrings, shin, and calf. The technology improves ankle dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, and eversion, as well as knee flexion and extension, to support your body through a full gait cycle.

It has a Sensory+ mode that uses continual low level stimulation to keep your legs ready. After you have been sitting for a while using Sensory+, you can get up and walk around with ease and not need to take time for stiff legs to adjust.

Restore Functioning with NMES (Neuromuscular Electro Stimulation)

NMES is primarily a therapeutic modality, focused on restoring function, preventing muscle atrophy, improving circulation, and activating specific muscles using carefully controlled and precise parameters. Low levels of NMES/FES have been shown to help clear some lactic acid.

Chattanooga 2600

This Chattanooga 2600 Continuum is FDA approved to deliver a stronger NMES (Neuromuscular Electro Stimulation) than what a TENS unit can provide with EMS (Electro Muscular Stimulation). During use, Chattanooga provides 13 preprogrammed and 2 custom regimens for NMES and TENS. The muscle stimulation provides a powerful and comfortalbe activation of muscles so they shake slightly. Your DPT (Dr. of Physical Therapy) can use the Chattanooga during therapy and you can see and feel it working. Your DPT can establish usage for a home routine. When restoring muscle function is your goal, this Chattanooga device can be used during exercise to activate and re-educate muscles. The kit is $367. They have a lower quality one on Amazon which don't offer these configurations, so not what my DPT uses. $368

Move with ease? Yes, please!

The Ottobock Exopulse Mollii Suit uses electrical stimulation to relieve spastisity over your entire body.

Ottobock's Exopulse Mollii Suit

The Ottobock Exopulse Mollii Suit was designed for individuals with neurological conditions who experience spasticity, muscle tightness, weak muscle activation, and related pain. For over six years, the Mollii suit has been shown to reduce spasticity, lessen pain, and improve mobility without taking medications.

Watch Louisa (with MS) in these side-by-side recordings of her walking before and after wearing the Mollii suit for one hour. Her results were remarkable, and she went on to become an ideal candidate for the Mollii suit.

Electrode Placement and Strength

The physiotherapist evaluates your body’s spasticity both before and after the one-hour treatment. They observe your walking pattern and have you perform three exercises. The Mollii suit’s 58 electrodes are then individually programmed to stimulate antagonistic muscles, helping to reduce spasticity and pain. Results can often be noticed immediately after one hour of use. Post-treatment observations are completed, allowing you to draw your own conclusions about the results. Now, you are ready to start your two-week trial with the Mollii suit.

My Mollii Suit Experience

I wear the Mollii suit for one hour every other day to help lessen spasticity. It allows my HSP body to move with less pain and greater fluidity and has been especially effective for reducing spasticity in my more superficial muscles. I can’t wait to use it again! The Mollii suit is used in conjunction with regular Neuro Physical Therapy to help retrain the body to move correctly, gain stability, and increase muscle strengthening. Using Mollii and Neruo PT, I can feel myself making gains in all these areas.

In America, the Mollii suit currently remains in the FDA approval process. It is currently is available throughout Europe, Australia, Canada, and South America. As with many potential solutions, waiting for the FDA approval can be the only option for most people living in the USA.

If you have travel plans to visit one of these foreign regions, partaking in a Mollii suit trial could potentially be an option for you. Maybe combining travel with a Mollii 2-week trial could offer an opportunity to experience the relief of spastic muscle tightness and pain. If the trial is successful for you, then purchasing Mollii is an option. While this isn’t a realistic path for most people, at least knowing about Mollii gives you the option to await the FDA approval for a possible 2-week trial later on. Trial €200, Suit €7,318

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