The rehabilitation of service members, the treatment and prevention of spinal disorders with a personal thermotherapeutic massager-stimulator

Background. Currently, the importance of physical and rehabilitation medicine has increased dramatically. Functional changes in the body arising after injuries of the musculoskeletal system and structures of the central and peripheral nervous system are one of the most common pathological conditions resulting from wounds and contusions. The search for new rehabilitation methods and scientific substantiation of their effectiveness is one of the most promising areas of military medicine. Therapeutic mechanical effects in the form of thermal roller massage and autoreclination in combination with the effect of electrical impulses on skeletal muscles cause a mutually reinforcing therapeutic effect according to the synergetic principle.
Objective. To analyze literature sources on the subject of application of technology of combined effects of physical factors in relation to pathological conditions obtained during heavy physical loads and traumatic mechanical effects on the body when performing actions that carry a risk to life.
Materials and methods. A search was performed and subsequent analysis of secondary studies of high methodological quality in the PubMed, Elibrary, and CENTRAL Cochrane databases published between 2018 and 2024. The search was carried out by keywords: massage, spinal injuries, roller massage, myostimulation.
Results. In the studied material, the predominant samples on studies of spinal and limb injuries, herniated discs, osteochondrosis of the spine, and dorsopathy were selected. The results of the data analysis indicate the presence of significant therapeutic effects, expressed in reducing pain and improving physical functioning.
Conclusion. The analyzed database of scientific information contains information on numerous clinical studies of the positive therapeutic effect due to the combined effects of hardware roller massage with spinal autorectination and electrical stimulation of skeletal muscles in patients with clinical manifestations of functional and organic lesions of the peripheral and central parts of the nervous system in diseases of the spine or other structures of the musculoskeletal system.

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