The few times that I’ve gone to a physical therapist for an injury, I was hooked up to a machine that used transcutaneous nerve stimulation, or TENS. It sent small electrical impulses to my nerves, ...

Recently, actress Jessica Alba’s long-time trainer Ramona Braganza shared a snap of Alba using electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) while exercising. “[Twenty-five] years as a celebrity trainer has ...

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A SHEEPISH-looking Cristiano Ronaldo was in Tokyo on Tuesday promoting an electric muscle stimulation machine. The 30-year-old Real Madrid star emerged onto a Tokyo stage bathed in white smoke and ...

When I first heard of EMS, Electrical Muscle Stimulation, a device that enables you to burn 500 calories in a single session, I was sceptical. I’m fit enough. I swim regularly: no splashing about, but ...

They literally plug you in, like the Matrix (Picture: Surge/Metro.co.uk) EMS, or Electric Muscle Stimulation, sounds pretty scary. You get covered in wires, hooked up to a machine, they plug you in ...

On a Thursday afternoon, I made my way to Midtown Manhattan’s Core Club — a hub for CEOs and celebrities (and other people who can afford the club’s $50,000 initiation fee) — where fitness guru Mo ...

A muscle stimulator is a handheld or larger machine with connected electrodes. Larger machines usually only exist in therapy clinics or doctor’s offices, while handheld devices are used at home.

New York City boutique studio Shock Therapy uses electric muscle stimulation and promises big results in less time—here's what happened when I tried it for myself. I used to go to this physical ...

A SHEEPISH-looking Cristiano Ronaldo was in Tokyo on Tuesday promoting an electric muscle stimulation machine, a year after he visited to push a smile-enhancing gadget that looked a little like a ...