BMS

Biomechanical Muscle Stimulation is used by many clinics and physiotherapy practises to treat patients with debilitating diseases and damage to the musculoskeletal system, such as degenerative diseases, damage to joints, intervertebral disc or tendons, after sporting-, work-, and traffic-accidents, genetic muscle weakness or muscle contractions.
Contraindications are, for example, metal implants, endoprosthesis, fractures not completely healed, acute tendon-, ligament- and muscle-damage, inflammatory rheumatic diseases, tumours, metastases and thrombosis.

BMS intends to create positive results in the muscles, circulatory system or lymphatic system as well as concurrence of the peripheral and central nervous system due to direct manipulation of the bodies own vibration parameters.

The Phenomenon of Pain Relief

Most of the time the patients sense of pain is the restricting factor when applying mobility training in line with physical therapy. Since the root or
nature of pain sensations has not been clearly established, one assumes that pain is a biological signal for disruptions within the body. The most common theory being that the initial cause of pain is the human cell. Due to injuries substances like serotonin, calcium chloride and histamine amongst others, are flooding the cell structure and in doing so agitate the pain receptors. Pain relief would be produced by reducing the concentration of irritants within the pains centre and boosting the exchange of cellular and intercellular fluids. The circulation- and metabolism enhancing effects of BMS speak for themselves in a positive contribution to pain relief.

Improvement of Mobility

In physiotherapy and the aftercare of joint contractures BMS is most effective in the treatment of contractures after a longer period of immobilisation, as well as postoperative contractures. Not only muscle contraction can be released, but also capsular contractions and even adhesions.
Just like results in the rehabilitative area show that, with the aid of BMS, agglutination due to scarring after injuries can be treated just as effectively.

Toning of Muscles

Muscle failure, for example, due to neuro-muscular diseases such as pareses, inflammation of the plexus, paralyses, muscular dystrophy amongst others, can be treated effectively by using BMS to develop movement coordination as well as for the training of certain movement sequences and muscle toning.
Muscles that cannot actively perform must be stimulated and stretched with the aid of special equipment or with the help of a physiotherapist.


Frequent Areas of Application

Internal Medicine

- Metabolic diseases
- Circulatory disorders
- Diabetes mellitus
- Stimulation of glandular functions
- Oedema resorption

Neurology

- Morbus Parkinson
- Muscular dystrophy and atrophy
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Pareses (Hemiparesis, Partial paresis, Facial paresis)
- Paraplegia

Neuro-Orthopaedics

- Pain Treatment (Phantom- and Stump pain, Migraine)

Dermatology

- Scleroderma
- Scarring (Burn scars as well)

Traumatology

- Aftercare of sporting injuries
- Aftercare of work- and traffic accidents
- Postoperative care
- Haematomas
- Torn muscles and strain traumas

Orthopaedics

- Vertebral Disease (joint disease, slipped disc, if physiotherapeutic treatments fail and operative measures are not an option)


Other Disease Patterns

- Eye afflictions (visual acuity and intraocular pressure decrease are possible when suffering from Glaucoma)
- Oedema


Indications

- Orthopaedic diseases (for example, Shoulder-, Back-, and Hip ailments)
- Neck-, and Headache (for example, cervical spine ailments)
- Whiplash (Grade I and II)
- Damage to the intervertebral disc, slipped disc
- Pain in the musculoskeletal system
- Treatment after stroke or paralysis
- Muscle tension, muscular weakness-, degradation and amyotrophia
- Multiple sclerosis
- Degenerative and rheumatic diseases
- Metabolic and circulatory disorders
- Scleroderma (hardening and scarring of skin and tissue)
- Scarring (for example burn scars)
- Adhesions (for example, small bowel obstruction)
- Contractures
- Stamina and coordination deficiencies
- Muscular atrophy
- Pain from different causes


Contra Indications

- Metal implants
- Stroke (within 4-6 month)
- Endoprosthesis
- Incompletely healed fractures, pseudarthrosis
- Recent operations on muscles, tendons or ligaments
- Rheumatic episodes
- Specific and unspecific infections within the direct treatment area
- Acute infections
- Thrombosis
- Malignant diseases, such as tumours and metastases
- Pacemaker
- The Coil
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- Aneurysms
- Diabetic polyneuropathy ??????? Wiki Ulrich May
- Caution with diabetics, blood sugar control
- Pregnancy in the last trimester
- Kidney and gallstones
- Angle-closure glaucoma (within the direct area of treatment)

BMS therapy only after consultation with the attending Physician!