Place your feet on the swisswing® while sitting upright on a chair in front of it. Your legs should be bent slightly at the knee.
Execution
Tense your calf muscles slightly.
Note
Make sure there is no contact between your Achilles tendon and the drum.
Aim
Activation of the calf muscles (triceps surae and deep layers)
Patient Position
Place your calves on the swisswing® while sitting upright on a chair in front of it.
Execution
With your legs fully extended and your feet alternately bent back or stretched forward, tense your calf muscles slightly.
Note
Make sure there is no contact between your Achilles tendon and the drum.
Aim
Activation of the thigh muscles (dorsal, ischiocrurele muscles: biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus)
Position
Stand up straight facing the swisswing®, and place your leg (bent at the knee) on the swisswing® drum.
Execution
Tense your thigh muscles slightly, slight tension off the swisswing®.
Note
Make sure to keep your weight bearing leg actively extended and your hips and spine straight.
Aim
Activation of all of the muscles in your legs
Position
Stand up straight facing the swisswing®. Bend your leg at the knee. Place the ball of your foot on the swisswing® drum with your heel extended well above the drum.
Execution
Tense your leg muscles slightly.
Note
Make sure to maintain an upright position. Do not exert downward pressure on the drum.
Aim
Activation of the muscles in the buttocks (gluteus)
Position
Stand up straight with your back to the swisswing® and your buttocks touching the swisswing® drum.
Execution
Tense the muscles in your buttocks slightly.
Note
Make sure to maintain an upright position.
Aim
Activation of the muscles on the outside of the thigh (adductors, tensor fasciae latae
Position
Stand up straight with the swisswing® at your side. Maintain contact between your thigh and the swisswing® drum.
Execution
Tense the muscles in your thigh slightly.
Note
Make sure to maintain an upright position and an even distribution of your weight.
Aim
Activation of the muscles on the front of the thighs (iliopsoas, quadriceps femoris)
Position
Stand up straight facing the swisswing®. With one leg fully extended and swung slightly behind you, maintain contact between the muscles on the front of your hip and the swisswing® drum.
Execution
Tense the muscles on the front of your hip slightly.
Note
Make sure to maintain an upright position. Do not put weight on the leg swung behind you.
Aim
Activation of the hands
Position
Sit down facing the swisswing®. With your arms bent at the elbows, place the palms of your hands on the swisswing® drum.
Execution
Tense the muscles in your hands slightly.
Note
Maintain an upright sitting position.
Aim
Activation of the forearm muscles (extensors)
Position
Sit down facing the swisswing®. With your arms bent at the elbows, place the outside of your forearms on the swisswing® drum with your hands outstretched.
Execution
Tense the muscles in your hands slightly.
Note
Maintain an upright sitting position.
Aim
Activation of the forearm muscles (flexors)
Position
Sit down facing the swisswing®. With your arms bent at the elbows, place the underside of your forearms on the swisswing® drum with your hands outstretched.
Execution
Tense the muscles in your hands slightly.
Note
Maintain an upright sitting position.
Aim
Activation of the upper arm muscles (infraspinatus, teres major & minor)
Position
Kneel in an upright position with the swisswing® at your side. Sit back on your heels. Extend your arm out in front of you. Hold your upper arm with your other hand. Maintain contact between your shoulder and the swisswing® drum.
Execution
Contract your shoulder muscle slightly.
Note
Actively pull your shoulders in the direction of your lower back.
Aim
Activation of the calf and back muscles
Position
Lie down on your back in front of the swisswing® with your legs bent at the knees and your calves on the swisswing® drum.
Execution
With your feet bent back, tense your calf muscles slightly.
Note
You may wish to place a pad under your head to avoid overstraining your neck.
Aim
Activation of the shoulder girdle muscles (deltoideus, trapezius)
Patient Position
Sit down with your back to the machine.
Therapist position
Stand next to the swisswing® with your forearm on the stimulation drum and your hand resting on the patient’s shoulder.
Execution
Use your hand to apply light pressure to the shoulder muscles.
Note
Make sure there is no contact between your elbow and the stimulation drum.
