EMS Treatment
Electric Muscle Stimulation
"Body Sculpting While You Relax"
Get sculpted while you relax. Our Electric Muscle Stimulation technology sends targeted pulses deep into your muscles, triggering powerful contractions that strengthen, tighten, and tone—equivalent to thousands of crunches in a single session. Whether you're enhancing your workout results or jumpstarting your fitness journey, EMS delivers visible definition with zero effort and no downtime.
Special Promotion
Targets
EMS is perfect for clients who want to build muscle tone and definition without intense gym workouts, are looking to sculpt and strengthen their core, glutes, or arms, have hit a fitness plateau and need an extra boost, want to tighten and tone after weight loss or pregnancy, or are recovering from injury and need low-impact muscle activation.
What This Treatment Targets
- Weak or underdeveloped core muscles
- Lack of muscle definition
- Stubborn areas that don't respond to exercise
- Post-pregnancy abdominal weakness (diastasis recti support)
- Age-related muscle loss (sarcopenia)
- Muscle imbalances
- Fitness plateaus
- Recovery enhancement for athletes
- Buttock lifting and toning
- Arm definition
- Thigh and leg toning
- Overall body sculpting
Not recommended during pregnancy
Contraindicated with pacemakers or other electronic implants
Not suitable for those with epilepsy or seizure disorders
Not recommended with active cancer
Avoid if you have open wounds or skin conditions in treatment area
Contraindicated with metal implants in treatment area
Those with heart conditions should consult physician first
Not suitable immediately after surgery in treatment area
How EMS Works
Neuromuscular Activation
During voluntary exercise, your brain sends electrical signals through motor neurons to activate muscle fibers. EMS bypasses this pathway, delivering electrical impulses directly to the muscle through electrodes placed on the skin—creating involuntary but completely natural muscle contractions.
Supramaximal Contractions
During normal exercise, you can only recruit a portion of your muscle fibers—your brain has built-in limiters to prevent overexertion. EMS activates a much higher percentage of muscle fibers simultaneously, creating contractions that exceed what you could achieve through voluntary effort alone.
Deep Muscle Engagement
The electrical impulses penetrate to the deepest muscle layers—areas that are notoriously difficult to target with traditional exercise. This is why EMS is particularly effective for core muscles, which often resist conventional training.
Muscle Adaptation
Just like regular exercise, repeated EMS sessions trigger muscle adaptation. Fibers strengthen, tone improves, and definition increases. The difference is efficiency: 30 minutes of EMS can deliver the equivalent muscle-building stimulus of hours of traditional training.
"I travel constantly for work and my gym routine was impossible to maintain. EMS keeps my core strong and defined even when I can't get to a traditional workout for weeks."
Treatment Areas
EMS activates all layers of abdominal muscles—rectus abdominis (six-pack), obliques, and deep transverse abdominis. Expect stronger core, flatter appearance, and improved definition.
Lift and tone the glutes with targeted EMS. Particularly effective for those who struggle to activate glute muscles during traditional exercise. Improved shape, lift, and firmness.
Define biceps and triceps without endless curls. EMS can target both muscle groups for balanced, toned arm appearance. Excellent for 'bat wing' concerns.
Front and back thigh muscles respond well to EMS. Improved quadricep definition, hamstring strength, and overall leg tone.
Strengthen postural muscles, improve back definition, and support spine health. Often combined with core treatment for comprehensive torso strengthening.
"The 'workout without working out' concept isn't marketing hype—it's the genuine experience. Busy schedules make gym time challenging, but 30 minutes of EMS during a lunch break provides the muscle-building stimulus that would otherwise require hours at the gym."
SoftTouch Studio ClientThe EMS Experience
Preparation
- Wear comfortable clothing (treatment done over thin fabric or directly on skin)
- Hydrate well before treatment
- Avoid heavy meals immediately before
- No special preparation required
During Treatment
- Electrode pads placed on target muscle groups
- Intensity started low and gradually increased to your comfort
- You'll feel rhythmic muscle contractions
- Sensation is unusual but not painful
- Intensity adjusted throughout as muscles warm up
After Treatment
- No redness or visible signs
- Possible mild muscle fatigue (like post-workout)
- Some clients experience light soreness next day
- Resume all activities immediately
- Hydrate well to support muscle recovery
New Client Health Exam Required
All new clients booking medical treatments must first complete a required health exam prior to their appointment. This ensures your safety and allows us to customize your treatment plan for optimal results. Existing clients may proceed directly with booking.
Targeted Enhancements
Pre-treatment infrared sauna warms muscles, increases circulation, and may enhance EMS effectiveness while adding detoxification benefits.
Combine muscle building with lymphatic drainage and circulation enhancement for comprehensive body sculpting.
Add mechanical massage to break up stubborn fat deposits while EMS builds underlying muscle. The perfect combination for contouring.
Our complete body transformation package: EMS + Roller Shaper sessions designed for maximum sculpting results.
The Evolution of EMS
Electric Muscle Stimulation has a rich history in medicine and rehabilitation. For decades, physical therapists have used EMS to help patients recover from injuries, prevent muscle atrophy during immobilization, and retrain muscles after surgery.
The next evolution came from elite sports. Soviet Olympic athletes began using EMS training in the 1960s and 1970s to enhance performance, and the results caught global attention. Research showed that EMS could increase muscle strength and explosive power beyond what traditional training alone could achieve.
Today's EMS technology combines the rehabilitation science, athletic performance research, and modern engineering into treatments that deliver measurable body sculpting results: precise targeting of specific muscle groups, adjustable intensity from gentle activation to supramaximal contractions, and zero impact on joints—ideal for those who can't perform high-intensity exercise.
Common Questions
Contract. Strengthen. Define. Transform.
Ready to build muscle, define your physique, and sculpt your body—while lying down?
Disclaimer
Results vary based on individual factors including starting muscle condition, body composition, treatment frequency, nutrition, and lifestyle. EMS is most effective as part of an overall wellness approach including reasonable attention to diet and hydration.
EMS builds and tones muscle but is not a weight loss treatment. Clients seeking fat reduction should discuss complementary services. The best aesthetic results come from both muscle development and appropriate body fat levels.
Visible muscle definition requires both muscle development and sufficiently low body fat percentage. EMS addresses the muscle component; lifestyle factors influence fat levels.
Muscle building requires adequate protein intake. Results may be limited without nutritional support for muscle development.
Some muscle soreness following treatment is normal and indicates effective muscle activation. Excessive soreness should be reported to your provider for intensity adjustment.
Pregnant women, those with pacemakers, epilepsy, or other contraindicated conditions must not receive EMS treatment.