Description

EXPAIN Change Neck & Shoulders help you remove the cause of your pain in a safe and intuitive manner. EXPAIN Change Neck & Shoulders warn you, with a gentle vibration, when you are using your muscles in a way that may cause pain. Sustained muscle activity longer than 30 seconds, is what triggers the vibration notification.
The upper trapezius muscle (the muscle between the shoulder and the neck) is one of few muscles that can be controlled both consciously and unconsciously by the brain. The unconscious muscle activity is often present during stress or high level of concetration. Expain Change Neck & Shoulders make the user aware of unconscious sustained muscle activity in the shoulders with biofeedback.

“Expain Change are two revolutionary enlightenment products to prevent neck, shoulder and elbow ailments in both sedentary and static stressful postures. By feedback of muscle work, this is an obvious product for my patients to reduce overloading and further pain.” Ane, physical therapist.

Usage
The device is attached to the skin over the muscle between the neck and the shoulder, in parallell with the muscle fibers. It measure and analyze muscle activity and vibrates when it detects a muscle activity pattern that might lead to pain. The vibration is a signal for the user to take a micro-break. When the user takes a micro-break, the muscle relaxes and can recover from static or long-term activity. After a while, the user will change their habit and regularly start to take more micro-breaks, unconciously. This will remove the cause of the pain, and the pain will be reduced and eventually go away. The device can also be used as a tool in making a workstation more ergonomic and detecting what activities Included in the box: 3 extra patches, USB charging cable, travel case.

Here is a video explaining how to use the EMG Biofeedback sensor: https://youtu.be/9jtp_1q7Ge8