A boost for your circulation
Drug-free treatment while you watch the television
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 the ankles. 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 footrest that can weave its magic while you sit back in your armchair and watch TV. It 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 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.’ There is a circulation booster on the market that is a classified medical device, which means you can claim back the VAT on it, making it even better value for money. The culmination of a century of research, it uses very different technology from inferior models, which may be called massagers or talked about as TENS. Instead, EMS is a clinically proven technology that has been used in wider physiotherapy and rehabilitation circles for years. And the circulation booster itself is the subject of a five-year clinical trial programme by the worldrenowned research team at Imperial College London. It has a proven track record and is there to help make life easier as we grow older.