By Dr. med. Fernanda Mendes Cardoso
Specialist in physical and rehabilitative medicine
For pain – circulatory disorders – swelling and tight muscles
The vibration does not have to be applied directly to the site of the strongest pain. Pain relief can be achieved by introducing the biomechanical vibration near to the Achilles tendonitis (Achillodynia) or heel spur . The action in the extracellular matrix occurs throughout the course of the muscle fibers. © Joint Reha
Matrix therapy, also known as biomechanical muscle stimulation, has been a proven treatment method in the areas of prevention, regeneration and rehabilitation for years.
In physical medicine, the matrix therapy is mainly used for a variety of pain, circulatory disorders, swelling and tense muscles.
Matrix therapy is recommended for both preparation and follow-up treatment.
The goal of this basic treatment is biomechanical cleaning of the cellular environment in painful or inflammatory tissues. Here, an externally applied vibration is used, which simulates the natural invisible muscle tremors.
The human musculature not only allows us to see the visible physical movement but rhythmically moves the fluids inside our body.
Commonly known is the effect of the ‘muscle pump’ on veins and lymphatics in any physical activity. At rest, an intact muscle also promotes the return of the tissue fluid through the venous and lymphatic vessels to the heart. Approximately 2 to 3% of the muscle fibers contract continually in the resting phase. This basic property of the musculature is enormously important for the microcirculation and thus for the cell metabolism.
If these rhythmic contractions are absent, for example in a tense musculature, there is a correspondingly inadequate disposal of metabolic end products from the cell environment (the extracellular matrix). A kind of ‘littering’ and the acidification of the cell environment lead to the irritation of the pain sensors and to inflammatory changes in the tissue.
A clean cell environment is of prime importance for the nutrient supply to the cell and thus for the cell metabolism and cell functions. Only through muscular cleansing of the cellular environment via the venous and lymphatic drainage, the vital supply of the cells is ensured.
Under natural healthy conditions these processes take place in the longitudinal direction of the musculature in a certain oscillation frequency and oscillation frequency. These vibrations, which apply to the muscles at rest and under load, are introduced into the muscles through a mechanically oscillating applicator.
The body’s own muscular mechanism then act upon the ECM as thus applied externally by this treatment method – the matrix therapy – for 20 to 30 minutes.
Since this therapy adheres to the body’s own physiological principles of action, it is very successful, pleasant and side effects free with appropriate indications and proper use.