Hypervolt Percussion Machine

We recently added the Hypervolt percussion machine to what we offer people during our myofascial release/ massage sessions. The machine provides a high-frequency percussion to the muscle being worked on. The machine, at its highest setting, moves at 3200 beats a minute.

Here are some of the applications for this –
– the percussive force will bring extra blood flow to the tight/injured area. Increased blood flow is the body’s primary way of healing itself. So, more blood flow = quicker healing. The fact that the percussive force transmits deep into the muscle means that we get increases in blood flow deeper than what we normally would.

– The percussive movement reduces pain feedback to the brain. Pain is often more intense at the beginning of a massage session. As pain signals to the brain diminish, one is able to work on the area slightly longer than normal thus ensuring increased blood flow to the area.
– The Hypervolt machine can be used to help athletes warm up for an event. Again, increased blood flow means that the muscle gets effectively warmed up.
– Increased blood flow via the machine will also improve recovery as it enables the body to  flush lactate out. This reduces the onset of stiffness. Remember, the quicker you can recover, the quicker you can get back to normal training.
– The more relaxed you can get a muscle, the greater the range of motion through the joint that the muscle works. Improved range of motion is critical to injury avoidance (prehab) and injury recovery (rehab).
– The machine is great at breaking up tight knots or trigger points.
– Increased blood flow to strained tendons is also achieved. One of the hardest injuries to rehabilitate is a tendinopathy type injury. This should help reduce injury time.
– Percussion can be used to stimulate blood flow through the skin and can also help break up cellulite.

I have found that using the machine together with other modalities such as massage, trigger point therapy, kinesiology tape etc is making a difference to the people that I deal with.

Regards,

Mike Roscoe.