Regeneration through movement & rhythm
of muscles with Matrix Therapy
The development of Bio-Mechanical Stimulation matrix therapy treatment is based on continuous clinical study together with scientific and academic research about the vital functions of the Extra-Cellular Matrix (ECM) and its relationship to the physiological rhythmic movement and vibrations of the human musculature.
Bio-Mechanical Stimulation matrix therapy is a safe, natural, non-invasive, mechanotherapy rhythm treatment that improves the mobility of joints, enhances skeletal muscle repair and promotes the regeneration of injured muscles within the musculoskeletal (MSK) system. It targets the area which surrounds the cell and is responsible for both the nutrient supply to and waste disposal from the cell. The aim of biomechanical stimulation treatment is to restore healthy and vitally to the muscles, fascia and tendons in the affected tissues.
BMS matrix therapy is based on the core physiotherapy concepts of movement and exercise to restore movement and function in the musculoskeletal system.
BMS matrix treatment is especially effective in regard to musculoskeletal complaints. In addition to manually-performed lymph drainage, osteopathy, chiropractic, atlas therapy, shockwave and other conventional therapies, BMS has an immediate effect on the musculoskeletal condition and pain relief.
BMS matrix therapy influences the Extra-Cellular Matrix (ECM) between the capillaries and the cells themselves. It acts specifically on the metabolic dynamics in the extracellular matrix. BMS distinguishes itself from many therapeutic measures in physiotherapy, and differs from many conventional vibration applications which are often vertical to the musculature on the tissue and work with frequencies in a range far beyond the upper biological frequency limit of 30 Hz.
This inherent muscular rhythm is imitated from outside the body through biomechanical stimulation (BMS) along the longitudinal fibres of the muscle. The mechanical stimulation replicates the biological vibration patterns of the muscles. The biological frequency window of 8 Hz to 30 Hz and the amplitude windows of 0.1 to 5 mm must be adhered to.
The therapist works with biomechanical stimulation (BMS) matrix therapy to directly influence rhythm, microcirculation and metabolism – the physiological building blocks of repair and regeneration.
In combination with manually performed lymph drainage, osteopathy, chiropractic, atlas, shockwave and other conventional therapies, BMS has an immediate effect on the musculoskeletal condition and on pain relief.
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What is biomechanical stimulation and Matrix Therapy?
The muscular rhythm can be imitated from outside the body through biomechanical stimulation (BMS) via Matrix Therapy applying the Rhythm along the longitudinal muscle fibres.
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
Differences between biomechanical stimulation and various vibration, muscle stimulators, as well as conventional electrical stimulation, shockwave treatments.
Since the 19th 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.
Biomechanical stimulation: scientific facts and history.
Even at complete rest, alternating contractions of the proportionate muscle fibres is about 2 – 3% of muscle micro-vibration. Constant rhythmically alternating contractions are found in every muscle.
For example, if suffering from a cold. during weight lifting or experiencing a chill feeling prior to getting a fever, the micro vibration through our muscle contraction reacts at a higher frequency and amplitude with the tremor shown as a sign of activation in microcirculation system. Stimulation of the microcirculation in the Extra-Cellular Matrix space (ECM) is performed by the mechanical input and external stimulation between the venous and lymphatic capillaries. Because of the contraction along the muscle fibres, compression of the capillary leads to subsequent elastic restoration. The specific pressure and suction effect activates the microcirculation. Therefore, metabolic end products, toxins or cell decay products can be disposed of. These muscle-driven microcirculations also provide an intact and permeable rhythm to the ECM, ensuring the supply to all cells in the tissue. The biomechanical stimulation matrix therapy is now wildly practiced in physiotherapy and sports medicine.
Physical muscle tremor
| frequency | amplitude | |
| at rest | 8 – 12 Hz | 0,1 – 0,5 mm |
| during physical activity | up to 30 Hz | 1 – 5 mm |
History of biomechanical stimulation therapy – Sport Science. In 1960, Professor Biermann from the University of Sport Science, Leipzig, Germany, researched and published the first biomechanical stimulation journal in relation to the human body.
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.
The relevance and importance of the Archimedean spiral is because it produces different path speeds at the same angular velocity upon the skin surface. Due to these rolling moments, stretching is relatively proportional to deep tissue, such as the fascia, that is along the length of the fibres and simultaneously stimulates stretch-sensitive organs (the muscle spindle). By stimulating the Golgi tendon organ, muscles associated with α motor neurons are inhibited (self-inhibition = relaxation). This ensures that the tissue’s total receptors can retract and relax, including the proprioceptors (myosin, Golgi). Healthy organisms require calm movements within the body (vagal nerves), and full activation of the vibration range of active movement (sympathetic nerves). These specific harmonic wave forms from the resonator are introduced into the tissues along the course of the muscle fibres via the biomechanical stimulation.
The BMS Therapeutic Apparatus can generate these natural biological vibrations between 5-30Hz in the direction of uniform contraction/stretching of muscles, fascia and other soft tissues through its unique Archimedean spiral, which promotes the release of the extracellular matrix whilst softening the soft tissues. The metabolism can then activate the discharge of inflammatory factors, such as, lactic acid and other metabolic wastes which treats both the symptoms and root causes, and to fundamentally relieve pain. The mechanical stimulus introduced externally into the body via the machine must be consistent with the body’s natural biological vibration model of the muscles to bring about a positive and efficient treatment result.
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 physiological aspects and the relationship of biomechanical stimulation to the anatomy of the Extra-Cellular Matrix space.
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.
Regeneration through rhythm of muscles
