

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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