The HI-FEM machine is a repetitive Magnetic stimulator that we have been using to strengthen muscles that are often too weak for a physical therapist to strengthen. As age and back pain causes significant weakness to Bracing muscles and throws the Body Guitar out of tune, Time Me is designed to bring these muscles back into balance. Sometimes, patients have so much weakness, that attempts to strengthen certain muscles proves difficult. Sometimes, these muscles are so weak, that the patient can’t even contract them as they don’t understand which muscles we are trying to get them to contract!
The multifidus is a muscle in the spine that is very important and the HI-FEM is able to contract this muscle leading to strength and the beginning of learning how to contract it independently.
The pelvic floor is another muscle that many do not know how to contract properly. If you are having incontinance, weak urinary stream, erectile dysfunction issues along with your back pain, the pelvic floor is probably weak.
While this machine is a little expensive, many patients have found it to be a game changer in kick-starting their strength into the other resources found in this section.
Let’s have a discussion and see if it is right for you.
(Note, this machine cannot be used in patients with pacemakers, metal vascular clips, IUD’s, spinal cord stimulators, or other implants)
Erectile dysfunction problems in a man with a weak pelvic floor are different than just bad blood flow. Because the pelvic floor muscles are weak, and they play a key role in trapping blood by compressing veins during arousal: when weakened, they fail to prevent blood outflow, leading to softer or shorter erections. Watch for these signs along with weak urinary stream or incontinence as a sign that your back pain has led to a weak pelvic floor.