How can ECP benefit you?

• Strengthen heart

• Increase exercise tolerance

• Reduce pain in joints/muscles

• Improve cognition / reduce brain fog

• Increase energy levels

ECP may also help with other conditions, such as:

• Peripheral Vascular Disease | Claudication (Pain in legs with ambulation)

• Congestive Heart Failure | Fatigue | Shortness of Breath | Edema (swelling extremities

• Restless Leg Syndrome

• Parkinson’s

• Erectile Dysfunction

• Hypertension (high blood pressure)

• Long-Haul Covid | Decreased cognition | Difficulty breathing

• Chronic Fatigue

• Diabetic Neuropathy | Pain | Numbness | Tingling | Burning in Extremities

Sports Recovery/ Benefits:

The physiological effects stimulated by ECP Therapy have been shown to offer benefits to athletes looking to aid recovery and enhance sports performance. The treatment has also been shown to substantially reduce levels of stress and inflammation markers, further aiding a faster recovery time.

How does it work?

Good blood flow is essential to health, as poor blood flow greatly increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases. This occurs when plaque builds up in the arteries. As plaque builds up, it blocks and reduces the amount of blood flowing through. Aside from the pain and discomfort this causes, in more severe cases plaque can block entire blood vessels. This can lead to a heart attack or stroke. ECP Therapy improves circulation and overall blood flow, decreasing your risk of experiencing blockages, surgery, or emergency hospital visits due to heart issues.

Passive Exercise:

Normal exercise and strenuous activity are known to improve heart health and overall cardiovascular circulation, but for many people, normal exercise may too too painful, too tiring, or even impossible. ECP is a successful treatment option for many heart conditions because it imitates the benefits of passive exercise without the strain on the heart. The treatment increases blood flow through the heart and the rest of the body, resulting in the creation of new collateral blood vessels that restore oxygen to areas in need.

A Personalized and Relaxing Experience:

The treatment begins by lying on one of our padded therapy beds, where the ECP compression cuffs are wrapped around calves, thighs, and lower hips. Then connecting to a 3 lead EKG machine, a computer regulates the inflation and deflation of cuffs in rhythm with your heart. When the heart is at rest, the cuffs are inflated sequentially from the calves to the hips. This compresses the blood vessels, thus enhancing the circulation of blood flow back to the heart. Prior to the next heartbeat, all of the cuffs deflate simultaneously. The rapid deflation of the cuffs significantly reduces the amount of work required of the heart to pump oxygenated blood to the rest of the body.

ECP is not recommended for you if you have experienced:

• Any surgical intervention 4 weeks prior to ECP treatment

• Cardiac catheterization 1-2 weeks before ECP treatment

• Uncontrolled arrhythmia or controlled arrhythmias that could interfere with ECP inflation and deflation triggering

• Heart rates that are less than 35 or greater than 125 beats per minute (patients with these heart rates should be evaluated and treated prior to ECP treatments

• Aortic insufficiency (regurgitation can prevent diastolic augmentation)

• Severe pulmonary disease

• Limiting peripheral vascular disease involving the Iliofemoral arteries

• Deep-vein thrombophlebitis (risk of thromboembolus)

• Severe hypertension

• The presence of local infection, vasculitis of the extremities, or abdominal aortic aneurysm

• Pregnant women and women of childbearing age who do not have a negative pregnancy test

• Presence of a burn, open wound, or bone fracture on any limb subject to ECP treatment.

If in doubt, consult with your medical provider. The list above is not exhaustive.