Pelvic Floor Muscle StimulatioChair - High Intensity Focused Electromagnetic EMS

The HIFEM Pelvic Floor Muscle Chair is a non-invasive electromagnetic pelvic floor stimulation device designed for women's health clinics, postpartum recovery centres, and aesthetic/wellness practices. The working principle uses a high-intensity focused electromagnetic field to stimulate motor neurons controlling the pelvic floor muscles, causing them to perform supramaximal contraction exercises that activate pelvic floor muscle tissue and promote collagen regeneration.

• How it Works?  — Unlike probe-based pelvic floor devices requiring internal insertion, the chair format delivers stimulation through a fully clothed, seated position — "no need to undress" —achieving the deep pelvic floor muscle contraction that manual Kegel exercises cannot reliably produce. Electromagnetic kegel chair treatment is a painless, non-surgical, and non-invasive procedure in which patient just needs to sit on the kegel chair for duration of 28 minutes.Kegel Chair delivers the equivalent of approximately 11,200 Kegel exercises in just one session. The Kegel Chair treatment causes production of new muscle fibre and proteins, thus enhancing the neuromuscular coordination among the pelvic floor muscles.

• Pelvic Floor Muscle Dysfunction Severity Classification : The device addresses pelvic floor muscle dysfunction across four recognised severity degrees, providing a structured clinical framework for treatment planning: Made-in-china

• Technology used in  Chair

The electromagnetic field passes in a non-invasive manner through the neuromuscular tissue where induced electric currents depolarize neuronal cells and initiate action potentials.

The HIFEM technology generates electromagnetic currents that create a magnetic field and in turn stimulates contractions to provide an intense exercise of the muscles. With each session, patients can experience tighter and stronger muscles.

In this device a coil generates pulsed electromagnetic fields that penetrate deep into the pelvic floor muscles when a person sits on the chair inducing stimulation of the pelvic muscles and contracting them rhythmically in order to strengthen them. The device generates a focused electromagnetic field with intensities of up to 2.5 T and penetration up till depth of 10 cm. The electromagnetic energy produced is directed vertically upward from the center of the seat. The chair design ensures that the patient’s perineum is centred when he/she is sitting upright on the chair.

Indication of use of Kegel Chair

• Stress Incontinence: It is the most common form of incontinence among women and is usually associated with menopause, ageing, and/or childbirth. These conditions reduce the strength of the muscles and their ability to hold urination. Kegel chair can help these women with stress incontinence without the risk of infection and complications associated with a surgery as it is non-invasive.
• Sexual Rejuvenation: As Kegel Chair helps to regenerates and rejuvenates the pelvic floor muscles and vaginal canal, thus in turn it helps to treat sexual dysfunction caused by loss of muscle tone.
• Urge Incontinence: Urge incontinence occurs when one has a sudden urge to urinate and can't hold the urine.Kegel chair can rehabilitate the pelvic floor by contracting and relaxing the muscles of the pelvic floor, thus helping in treatment of urge incontinence.
• Erectile Dysfunction: Kegel Chair treatment regulates training of the muscles of the pelvic floor to improve sexual function in males and in turn helps in treatment of Erectile dysfunction.
• Pelvic organ prolapse 
• Vault prolapse
• Coccydynia

Contraindications

• Pregnancy
• Implanted neurostimulators or defibrillators
• Cardiac pacemakers
• Hemorrhagic conditions
• Anticoagulation therapy
• Drug pumps
• Metal implants- hip/knee implants (relative contraindication depending on type implant used)
• Malignant tumours
• Copper – T
• Heart disorders
• Fever

Treatment Protocol

• Six sittings are recommended at a frequency of 2–3 sessions per week.
• Each sitting is 28 minutes treatment session, during which the patient sits in the center of HIFEM chair.
• To ensure adequate pelvic floor muscle stimulation, the operator confirms the patient’s chair posture throughout the session and adjusts the intensity of stimulus as high as tolerated by patient.

Tips and Precautions

• Patient should dress comfortably (preferably light fabric bottoms without zippers) on the treatment days.
• Patients should take off jewellery.
• Patients should not wear jeans or thick clothing.
• One should take out credit cards and coins from the pockets.
• Patient should take out iPads, watches, or phones as electromagnetic energy may harm the devices.