As is known of energetically open systems (Prigogine 1987), the natural frequency of a vibrational system (muscles) adjusts to the vibration of an external pathogen or assumes its rhythm.

The muscular rhythm can be imitated and stimulated externally by an appropriate vibration entry.

This mechanical stimulation must be related to the biological vibration patterns of the muscles. A biological frequency window of 8 Hz to 30 Hz and an amplitude window of 0.1 to 5 mm must be adhered to.

The vibration input occurs in the longitudinal direction of the musculature. Physiotherapists work with biomechanical stimulation (BMS) to directly influence rhythm, microcirculation and metabolism – the physiological building blocks of regeneration.

BMS distinguishes itself from many therapeutic measures in physiotherapy which are based on the simple stimulus-reaction principle. It also differs from many conventional vibration applications which are often applied vertical to the musculature on the tissue and work with frequencies in a range far greater than the upper biological frequency limit of 30 Hz.

Direction of the human body’s natural vibrations

Since the 19^th century, physicians around the world have used different forms of vibration or muscle stimulation.  In recent years, rehabilitation programmes and various physiotherapists have begun to realize – and focus on – the biological value of physiological processes which take place within an organism. Diverse levels of energy, electricity, charge, pressure and traction forces regulate the preferential absorption, amplification, modulation, transformation, and transmission of different wavelengths. Pressure and traction forces are correlated with specific rhythms of frequency patterns. The Biomechanical stimulation of Matrix Therapy goes beyond the traditional sense of micro-vibrations that are produced by skeletal muscles and transmitted to the surrounding tissue.

Prof. Biermann In 1960 developed the first BMS device and applied it in sport science, to gymnasts, wrestlers and weightlifters in Eastern Germany during the DDR era. BMS devices increased an athlete’s performance, promoted regeneration and improved extensibility.

Later Prof. V. Nazarov from the USSR, further developed the BMS device and introduced the concept into sport medicine. Whereby in 1976/77, his first experimental devices for BMS were created and, thereafter, these methods were subject to over 20 years of the strictest secrecy. The BMS remained in the hands of the Eastern Bloc sports scientists who used BMS devices for performance enhancement, better regeneration and extensibility. In 1990, Prof. Nazarov introduced the BMS device to West German sport science.

Biography of Prof. V. Nazarov the father of biomechanical stimulation (BMS)

The inventor of biomechanical stimulation, Prof. habil. V. Nazarov, was born on 31st January 1936 in Belorussia.
1954–1959: University education in human anatomy and physiology
1960: Master of Sport in the USSR in apparatus gymnastics
1962–1982: University lecturer, instructor and professor at the Technical University of Riga
1968: Doctor of Sciences
1974: Prof. of Sciences (habilitation)
1976–1986: Professor at the Technical University of Riga
1976–1992: Chairman of the Scientific Council for Biomechanics at the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
1982–1994: Dean, Chair of Biomechanics, Minsk Academy (Biomechanics was the most important Professorship of the Soviet Union)
Since completing his work on new biomechanics Prof. Nazarov was involved with research into muscle vibration. The first experimental apparatus for muscle stretching was constructed in 1976/77. Following this the method was kept top secret for over 20 years. It was only after the political changes that this incredible knowledge also became available in the West.

Siegfried Hofmann, a German sports scientist encountered the BMS concept during a sports event and developed and patented the first BMS device in West Germany.

In 1996, after several years of work, he also created and patented the highly effective and special form of the oscillating head (resonator) in the form of an Archimedean spiral.

To date, many and various names have been given to this BMS concept: Bio-Mechanical Stimulation Matrix Therapy, Bio-Mechanical muscle stimulation, Nazarov stimulation, neuromuscular stimulation, matrix rhythm therapy, ZRT, MRT, Matrix Therapy, to name a few.

Many doctors have conducted further clinical studies using this concept and have been very successful in the practical application of Bio-Mechanical Stimulation Matrix Therapy.

We are grateful to the pioneering scholars like Pischinger and Hartmut Heine who laid the foundations for BMS and with their work on the regulation of the cell milieu system and the importance and function of the ECM making all this possible.

The mechanical stimulation regulates the micro area around the cells, so that health, wellbeing and performance are restored in the macro area. The goal of BMS matrix therapy is to optimise the long-term health of the body, rather than masking a problem or achieving only a temporarily improved state. This innovative physiotherapeutic method aims at the optimisation of metabolic pathways on the cellular level. It should have an immediate effect on the musculoskeletal condition. The Biomechanical stimulation (BMS) of the Matrix Therapy acts specifically on the metabolic dynamics in the extracellular matrix. In the field of rehabilitation BMS therapy is especially effective in relation to musculoskeletal complaints. BMS therapy underlines the active principle of natural muscle vibration.

1. Independently conducted biomechanical stimulation study on behalf of Extrazell

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2. BIOMECHANICAL STIMULATION THERAPY

Biomechanical Stimulation Therapy – An Efficacious Method for Facial Scleroderma with Reduced Oral Aperture