Cyclic Mechanical
Muscle Stimulation

The Muscle Pump System

Researched by a multi-disciplinary team of Wyss Institute and Harvard SEAS faculty and researchers, the application of Cyclic Mechanical Stimulation of the injured tissue resulted in two-and-a-half-fold improvement in muscle regeneration, reduced tissue scarring and fibrosis, and a visible increase in the density of muscle cells. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University.

These side-by-side microscopic images reveal the dramatic effect that cyclic mechanical stimulation has on muscle regeneration over a period of two weeks. An untreated muscle is pictured at left, in contrast to a muscle that has received direct Cyclic mechanical stimulation at right. Improvement in muscle regeneration, reduced tissue scarring and fibrosis, and a visible increase in the density of muscle cells were reported.

The study suggests that mechanically driven therapies that promote skeletal muscle regeneration could augment or replace methods currently being used. The finding was published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

“Chemistry tends to dominate the way we think about medicine, but it has become clear that physical and mechanical factors play very critical roles in regulating biology,” said Harvard bioengineer David Mooney, the study’s senior author. “The results of our new study demonstrate how direct physical and mechanical intervention can impact biological processes and can potentially be exploited to improve clinical outcomes.” Mooney is a Wyss Institute core faculty member and the Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering at SEAS. The researchers discovered that cyclic mechanical stimulation produced 2.5-fold improvement in muscle regeneration and reduced tissue scarring over the course of two weeks, ultimately leading to an improvement in regained muscle function. The results confirmed that mechanical stimulation of muscle alone can foster regeneration.

“Until now most approaches to muscle regeneration have been biologic, relying on the use of drugs or cells,” Christine Cezar’s statement, lead author on the study. “Our finding that cyclic mechanical stimulation alone is enough to enhance muscle repair could open the door to new non-biologic therapies, or even combinatorial therapies that employ both mechanical and biological interventions to treat severely damaged skeletal muscles.”

The Body Activator provides direct Cyclic mechanical stimulation of muscle tissue which increases the transport of oxygen, nutrients, fluids, and sediment removal from Cells which are all vital components of the health and repair of every Cell within the body. In the case of the research study the tissue pictures are from the site of a Muscle injury.

For the average person Regular Cyclic Mechanical Muscle Stimulation on the Body Activator provides innumerable health benefits.

Just a few of the effects of EXERCISE on The Body Activator

• Activates muscle motion
• Activates Flexibility
• Activates Circulation of blood and lymph
• Activates The Parasympathetic System = a deep sense of relaxation
• Activates balanced Life Energy tone to each side of the body.