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Until now, for those privileged

enough with access to these units, four

electrode leads needed to be placed

over the skin near the muscles to be

stimulated. This unit dispenses with

that inconvenience.

Wireless or not, those who train and

recover with NMES are going to enjoy

noticeable advantages, says DonJoy,

including increased muscle strength

and size, improved power, greater

endurance, better muscle recovery and

ultimate muscle warm up.

There is no question, some of the above

attributes are hard to obtain with con-

ventional means, such as a quick pre-race

warm-up, or post-workout muscle twitch

relaxation. Certainly, in the rarefied air

of sport’s top echelons, NMES will be a

must-have tool, similar to massage, sport-

specific physiological training and perfor-

mance nutrition. DonJoy, nonetheless, is

not banking just on elites to make its case

for this technology. As the word spreads,

and the positive results mount, clearly

anyone can benefit from the use of NMES.

Eventually the question for anyone with a

competitive spirit is going to be, how can

you not afford to use it?

Like all new technologies, various

aspects of DonJoy’s efforts are constantly

being examined. For example, Taylor

King, DonJoy Performance product

manager, said his team is looking into

compression measurement as seen

in the marketplace. Many medically

based and some sport compressionwear

manufacturers use pressure, measured

in millimeters of mercury (mmHg), in

their compression garments. These pres-

sure numbers help match the functional

aspects of the garment to the end user.

Having these numbers, a well-in-

formed consumer will better understand

the sizing and mmHg pressure critical

for selecting the appropriate solution.

With the attention Trizone will undoubt-

edly receive, the time when those ques-

tions will start is not far off.

In the Compex division, unless

something unforeseen comes along

to slow down NMES’s adoption, the

only foreseeable issue is the average

consumer’s barrier to entry. One can

assume, with time, economy of scale

will kick in and reduce the cost of this

non-optional performance protocol for

any halfway serious athlete.

In the meantime, DonJoy has hedged

its bets on the self-medication trend and

NMES early adopters. With a whole suite

of products for every person, every day,

all the way up to elite athletes looking for

a competitive edge, DonJoy is braced for

a very stimulating future.

Compex Sport Elite Muscle Stimulator

($849), an elite level NMES with

conventional 4 wire/channel form factor

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