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    Easing a chronic problem

    Mar 24, 2021 5 minutes

    Dressed in a suffocatingly fitted jacket top and pants, I waddle over to my trainer. I wait anxiously as she attaches me to a machine via a multitude of wires and electrode discs on my body. With an enthusiastic nod, she asks me to squat. She turns on the machine and my body vibrates. Every single muscle contracts, and as electrical pulses fire through me, the burn is real. But will the result also be real? I hope so.

    While SpeedFit, using electrical muscle stimulation (EMS), is primarily touted as the 20-minute work-out that surpasses hours in the gym, it’s not the reason I’m here. I have a different goal. EMS has been shown to help alleviate pain, and that’s something I’ve lived with for three years. But, I’m far from alone.

    In Australia, chronic pain is common. According to a 2018 Deloitte report, 3.2

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