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09/09/2009 [General Category] by Niche IndyBurn machine is a common name to get strong and toned up upper body. However, this is not the only use of the machine. These days it’s becoming rage among physiotherapists and rehabilitation centers to use burn machine for therapeutic procedures and rehabs.
The variety of burn machines and their benefits give several options to physicians and paramedics in terms of exercises and work outs. Most basic type of burn is speed bag and is very beneficial for rehabs. In rehabilitation centers, you will find people recovering from drug and alcohol addiction; latent muscle injury; sports injury, et.al.
People addicted to alcohol or drugs tend to loose mobility of joints due to formation of lactic acid as a by-product. Physicians are using burn machine speed bag and cross trainer for fast and efficient recovery. Speed bag is quite easy to use as it weights lies between 8 to 12 lbs. Physician recommend speed bag as per the requirement.
Cross trainer burn machine works on the principle similar to speed bag however, the asymmetrical burn counterweight makes it more advantageous. Benefit of this counterweight is that, it can be adjusted towards left, center or the right of the bar. And if, rehab feels more stress, counterweight can be repositioned to opposite side of the body.
Some of the rehabilitation centers look after old age people. Due to old age or over exertion, you might suffer from muscle tetany. In this, muscles get numb and loose their strength. A few rehabs may suffer from Myasthenia Gravis which is hereditary and muscles get week. To gain the strength back, burn machine is very beneficial. Working out with the machine helps you to get rid of muscle’s numbness.
Paramedics recommend burn machines to sportsperson recovering from shoulder or elbow injury. They first start with speed bag or cross trainer burn machine however in later stage of the treatment they can try exercising with universal or ultimate burn machine. In universal burn machine they can use their own standard weights and fitted crescent weights can be used to work out with ultimate burn machine.
Benefits and versatility of burn machine make them vital part of rehabilitation treatment. View all articles |
