EMG therapy（Muscle therapy with biofeedback）

The mind is willing, the body too weak? Not always! In many cases, the muscles work even if this is not visible from the outside. Biofeedback devices make the success of your training efforts technically visible. 

They measure the bioelectrical interaction between nerves and muscles (or between movement impulse and action) and immediately show the increase in muscle tension on the display of the handheld devices.

Like all MTR electrotherapies, biofeedback therapy is painless and without side effects.

What does biofeedback mean?

"Biofeedback" stands for biological feedback and refers to a method of making invisible bodily performance such as slight muscle contraction (muscle tension) visible and conscious by measuring the electrical potential of the muscles by electromyography (EMG) and translating it into acoustic or optical signals.

Why does biofeedback work?

"Biofeedback" describes the ability of humans to perceive stimuli and adapt their behavior to them until success is optimal. The classic interaction in the learning process. In this respect, biofeedback therapy is recognized as a proven method of positively influencing the learning and performance of one's own body mentally.

More about biofeedback therapy

In medicine, "biofeedback" in the narrower sense is when physical processes are made perceptible with the help of devices that would not be accessible to our attention without this help. The instrumentally generated signals make it easier for the user to filter out from his repertoire the behavior that triggers particularly favorable signals and is therefore usually accompanied by an improvement in health.

A movement is caused by the fact that electrical action potentials are transmitted from the brain via the nerve fibers to the muscles necessary for this movement. These bioelectrical signals (EMG = electromyography) can now be measured by electrodes, then amplified, filtered and made accessible to humans via the respective device. So you get visual and/or acoustic feedback from the device about the success of your own efforts. Even if no visible movement results from the will to move and the subsequent physical exertion, the increase in muscle tension is registered by the machine and communicated to the practitioner.

Mag. Gerhard Eggetsberger, who founded a biofeedback institute in Vienna, formulated the value of biofeedback training as follows: "The remarkable thing about it is that the trainee learns to influence organism and mind unconsciously and playfully. This makes biofeedback a highly valuable remedy against diseases that can be traced back to a malfunction of the nervous system. If the nervous system can be influenced at will, one can influence not only the symptoms, but also the roots of the evil without destroying cells or causing side effects."

When is biofeedback therapy useful (indications)

Indications for gynecology, urology, proctology

◆Urinary incontinence

Urge incontinence (Urge)

Stress incontinence (stress)

Mixed incontinence

◆Faecal incontinence

Indications for orthopedics/neurology

Main indications:

◆Rehabilitation after stroke (cognitive learning)

◆Prevention of muscle atrophy

◆Formation and reformation of atrophied muscles

◆Relaxation of muscles with excessive resting tone

◆Avoidance of muscular imbalances

◆Scoliosis treatment

Secondary indications:

◆Muscle recovery

◆Maintenance and enlargement of the range of motion

◆Strengthening of the muscle

◆Activation of previously inactive muscle fibers

◆Avoidance of muscular imbalances

◆Increasing the muscle's resistance to fatigue