Selective activation of muscles with eToims
January 29, 2007 11:12 amMonday, January 29, 2007
Selective activation of muscles with eToims
A weekly series of movies follow the course of two patients undergoing selective activation of muscles using Electrical Twitch Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation (eToims) Twitch Relief Method.
The first patient JZ is 81 years old with chronic neck and lower back pain since age 31. He undergoes weekly eToims treatments since 1990.
The second patient Melissa is 19 years old with chronic lower back pain since age 13. She undergoes weekly eToims treatments since 2003. We will discuss her case another day.
They relate their own stories about living and coping with chronic pain. You will see how they function and the progress that have been made since undergoing eToims sessions.
In the movie entitled JZ on entrepreneurs (enclosed below and also posted in the blogroll under Wednesdays with JZ movies), before eToims session, JZ has difficulty standing on one leg at a time.
Photos listed below will help you understand the video better.
Before eToims, JZ stands on the left leg and JZ's hip drops on the right due to weakness of the left gluteus medius muscle. This is called the positive Trendelenburg sign (below).
He then loses balance and almost fell to the right (below)
Immediately after eToims, JZ stands well on the left with right leg picked up higher than before eToims (now leans over to the left to keep right hip elevated but does not lose balance). This is an improvement from the weakness noted in the left hip before eToims session (below).
Before eToims session, as he stands on his right leg, he lists to the right to keep his left hip elevated due to weakness also of the right gluteus medius muscle (not as weak as that on the left side). See below.
However, this leaning over motion caused the right knee to buckle which almost caused him to fall (below).
After eToims, JZ is very stable and can stand straight and balance himself well with the left leg picked up higher than before eToims (below).
The eToims sessions do not bother him at all and you can see he is comfortable enough to talk on the cell phone while being treated. The eToims sessions allow him to exercise regularly to stay fit and healthy.
Watch the video now!
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