How Can Electrical Muscle Stimulation Help After A Stroke?
Electrical muscle stimulation gently exercises your muscles . The specially designed muscle stimulators use very small currents flowing between 2 electrodes to move your arm or leg. On the left the hand is waiting to be stimulated and below on the right is the end result. It’s like having physiotherapy at home each day, at your pace and on the areas you want to treat. Physiotherapy is used to exercise muscles after a stroke and improve rehabilitation and recovery. Electrical muscle stimulation helps your muscles to strengthen and relax and also indirectly stimulates your brain.
