A boost for your circulation
Footplate weaves its magic
GOOD circulation is vital to help keep us mobile and healthy. But growing older, being less active and having conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, COPD or osteoarthritis, may all slow it down.
The result can be tired, aching, heavy-feeling legs, or swollen feet and ankles — which might really hold us back from doing the things we love, whether it’s gardening, walking the dog or playing with the grandchildren.
Few people realise it, but the muscles of the legs and feet contract and relax, acting like a ‘second heart’ to help pump the blood uphill from the feet and ankles, towards the heart.
However, poor circulation can make it difficult for your body to return blood from your lower limbs, which can cause them to ache and swell.
But now many sufferers are finding a new lease of life, thanks to a revolutionary device that acts as a circulation booster. It is a circular footplate that can weave its magic while you sit back in your armchair and watch TV.
The footplate uses clinically proven electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) technology, which sends electrical pulses gently up through the feet and into the body. In a recent clinical trial, this was shown to boost lower leg circulation by 50 per cent in healthy people.
The culmination of a century of research, EMS is unique and has been utilised in wider physiotherapy and rehabilitation circles for years.
This drug-free treatment can be used from just 30 minutes a day and won’t interfere with any existing medication.
User Sheree Williams, from Telford, who suffers from neuropathy, says: ‘It’s made a big difference. I can stay on my feet much longer, and my legs don’t hurt as much.
‘I still do a bit of netball umpiring, and even play a match now and then.’
The circulation booster is a classified medical device, which means that you may be able to claim back the VAT on it, making it even better value for money.
And it is the subject of a fiveyear clinical trial programme by the wor ld- renowned research team at Imperial College London.
It has a proven track record and is there to help make life easier as we grow older.