FAQ : Soucis de santé et inquiétude

SAV : Health concerns and worries about electrostimulation

1. Can I use Sport-Elec® on all parts of my body?

The Sport-Elec® machines are suitable for working all the muscular parts of the body. To recruit all the fibres of the 600 muscles of the human body, the organism must make intense and prolonged physical efforts.

In electromusculation, this work is done without effort. Sport-Elec ® has been specially designed to tone small muscles such as the biceps or deltoids, as well as large muscles such as the glutes or quadriceps for example.

The prohibited areas are the heart muscle, the neck and the face.

2. I have back pain, can I use the Sport-Elec ® devices?

First of all, it is OBLIGATORY to go and see a doctor who will determine where the back pain comes from. Then talk to him or her about this possibility, as some of the Sport-Elec programmes do indeed relieve pain, such as the TENS programme. But first of all... go and see your practitioner.

3. Does electrostimulation hurt?

No, because Sport-Elec® only uses a biphasic current.

That is to say "compensated with zero DC components", thus cancelling the risks of burns. The intensity necessary for muscular contraction depends on the morphology of each person and only 8% of Sport-Elec® users reach this maximum intensity, i.e. 100 mA. These are mainly professional sportsmen and women used to physical effort.

4. But it's still electricity, I don't risk anything?

NO, it doesn't hurt!

It is a biphasic current that passes through the electrodes: you do not risk shocks or burns.

5. I often have heavy legs. Will this help?

Electrostimulation favours blood circulation and the elimination of waste.

Certain Sport-Elec ® programmes allow local vascularisation which favours blood circulation in the legs and helps to eliminate the sensation of heaviness. This is the case with the programmes :