A stronger back, without lifting a single weight
Most bad backs are not short of rest. They are short of strength in the deep muscles that hold the spine steady. Those are exactly the muscles EMS is good at reaching.
Video: miha bodytec, makers of the EMS system we use.
Why backs get weak
Hours at a desk, in the car or on the couch switch off the small stabilising muscles around your spine and deep in your core. The big surface muscles take over a job they were never built for, tire quickly and start to ache. Then the ache makes you move less, and the cycle tightens.
The usual advice is to strengthen your core. The usual problem is that the deep core is hard to feel and harder to train, and a sore back makes loaded gym exercises the last thing you want to do.
Where EMS fits
In an EMS session the impulse reaches those deep muscles directly while you do gentle, controlled movements: no barbell on your shoulders and no compression through your spine. Your lower back, upper back, abs and glutes each have their own dial, so your trainer can bring weak areas up gradually and keep everything else comfortable.
Studies of whole-body EMS in people with long-term, non-specific lower back pain have reported reduced pain alongside gains in trunk strength. It is one of the most common reasons people walk through our door.
Please read this bit
EMS training is exercise, not medical treatment, and we do not diagnose. If your back pain is severe, new, getting worse, follows an accident, or comes with numbness, weakness or pain down the leg, see your GP or a chartered physiotherapist before you book. If they are happy for you to exercise, we would be glad to help, and to work alongside their advice.
For stubborn tendon and soft tissue problems elsewhere in the body, we also offer radial shockwave therapy.
Find out what your back can do. The first session is free.
Tell us about your back when you message, and we will plan your 12-minute trial around it.
Leixlip, Co. Kildare, minutes from Maynooth, Celbridge and Lucan
