The Synapse Recovery (Post exercise) micro-current unit. 50 x 30 minute programs - £117.49 Ensures a speedier repair to damaged muscle tissue by improving the lactate transport system and reducing the acidosis associated with intense exercise. It’s this efficient binding of oxygen & hydrogen ions and its dispersal which is crucial to reducing post-exercise, delayed onset muscle soreness, aiding recovery and reducing the possibility of injury.
		The Synapse Performance (During or pre exercise) micro-current unit. 50 x 30 minute programs - £117.49 Increases the available reserve of ATP, which increases a muscles capacity for contractile work and repair. Studies have shown elevated levels of mitochondrial ATP following Synapse micro-current stimulation giving muscles a greater potential power output.
		The Synapse Tendonworks (Soft tissue /tendon accelerated recovery )micro-current unit 50 x 30 minute programs - £176.49 Has been clinically proven to accelerate healing in soft-tissue structures. Tendons and ligaments benefit with the augmentation of the production of type 1 collagen promoting the regenerative sequence of normal tendon cyclical turnover.
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The Synapse micro-current technology has been used on a number of Gloucester Rugby players. With its ability of speeding up the body's natural healing process it has proved to be a really efficient addition to the treatment of tendon and soft tissue injuries. The Tendonworks unit has recently helped one key first team player recover from a ruptured Achilles tendon. After using the unit daily, as recommended, he was back playing 6 weeks sooner than I would have expected.
Bob Stewart – Gloucester Rugby Head Physio

I have been using Tendonworks on an ongoing basis for quite a while. It is so easy to use and has helped me recover much quicker than I would normally expect from various injuries sustained during the season. In my view it is 'must have' item in your kit bag, for any sportsman, no matter what the sport!
Andy Hazell – England & Gloucester Rugby Player

After having an operation on my ruptured Achilles tendon, I started using the Synapse micro current Tendonworks unit. Under a controlled treatment programme, the easy to use Tendonworks unit, gave me instant relief from the discomfort of surgery. Using the unit got me back playing football much sooner than expected, as Captain of the club, this was really important to me. My injured leg now feels stronger and I am told that the same injury should not recur.
Shane Duff – Cheltenham Town Footballer

"I have been using Tendonworks™ for a while and find it easy to use. It helped me recover faster and stronger, to get me back on the field"
Daniel Carter, International Rugby Player

“There is even greater pressure on professional clubs now. With proposed smaller budgets and squads, we need to ensure that players are better prepared, train more efficiently and generally looked after better. We are constantly looking for the best ways of achieving this for our players and from what we’ve seen, Synapse microcurrent provides significant advantages in these areas.
Dave Thompson, Newcastle Falcons Chairman

“I totally believe in this technology. It’s like nothing else out there”
Steve Bates, Newcastle Falcons Director Of Rugby

"I have been using the Synapse Tendonworks unit to treat tendon injuries.This has been the most effective treatment I've used. It significantly reduces my tendon pain, enabling me to train fully and continue to play."
Andrew Farrell OBE. England & Saracens Rugby Union, Great Britain and Wigan Rugby League.

Synapse micro-current was identified by our head Physio Rodger Knibbs as a must have product for player rehab from injury, injury prevention and player recovery.
Synapse micro-current assisted numerous players at London Wasps with injury recovery over the past 3 seasons. According to the medical staff at London Wasps, there are a number of players who would not have been fit for key matches over the past 3 seasons if it had not have been for Synapse micro-current.
I have seen the success of this product with my own eyes and am convinced of its value to the elite and non elite sports market. I firmly believe that those elite sports organisations using Synapse micro-current as part of a bespoke managed player programme will gain that vital edge which we all know can be the small margin between success and failure.
Alistair McLean was Chief Executive of London Wasps (2002-4)

The entire Samoan squad benefited from using the Synapse micro-current products. Players felt less tired, gave the feedback they were able to train harder and injuries cleared up quicker without re occurrence.
Freddie Tuilagi - Samoan Rugby Union (2007)

Synapse micro-current was used as part of the treatment regime for 2006 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner War of Attrition’s tendon problems. Trainer Mouse Morris says “This is an amazing and remarkable treatment, with unbelievable results”.
Mouse Morris - Horse Trainer

Roger Knibbs – wasp team physiotherapist

“Synapse micro-current speeds up the natural healing process and there is currently no other treatment which is as efficient. Typically, after an injury re-occurrence of the same injury is common however, it seems whilst using the micro doctor there seems to be no re-occurrence of injury and players can use the device on a number of different ailments. Each player now has one and uses the device as and when they need it. Synapse micro-current as part of a proper physiotherapy programme is an invaluable tool.”

Synapse micro-current has become a necessary piece of equipment with some of the world’s leading sportsmen. With its ease of application,  this drug free device is fast becoming a major contribution to the daily fitness routine of these top sportsmen.

Dr. David Chapman Jones has pioneered a new non evasive way to treat tendon and ligament damage returning the player to full athletic function. The secret to its success is the way in which it kick starts the regenerative process rather than the repair process which makes way for more economic healing.

Phil Greening - Read the Evening Standard Article Oct 2004

This player sustained a split to his sesamoids and was informed by a leading physiotherapist, that the likelihood of him returning to play was slim.

Team physiotherapist Roger Knibbs adds; “Phil’s outlook was pretty bleak he had sustained a serious injury which would have prevented him from playing professionally if at all. Synapse micro-current technology has helped tremendously to his return to professional rugby.”

Johnny O’Connor

Sustained a severe Achilles tendon rupture.  Roger Knibbs said the scan showed a significant amount of damage with a lot of fluid and the tissue structure was a real mess. The cells weren’t laid down correctly (pics to show) Johnny began his treatment four months after injury so his recovery time was a little longer than normal but returned to play within 6 months. “I couldn’t believe how easy the device was to use, I have since used it on a number of different injuries and it has helped me to recover a lot quicker from a hard game.”

Craig Dowd

Severely ruptured his Achilles and immediately began using microcurrent twice a day.  Within four months, Craig had returned to play with no related form of injury. “This is a truly amazing treatment I cannot believe how fast I was able to return to play and the discomfort almost diminished as soon as I started to use it

Willie Mullins comments about the treatment on Be My Royal:  'My vet and I were delighted with the rapid rate of recovery. Quite unbelievable that this horse is even being considered for riding again let alone racing'. 

 

 

Anyone involved in racing is well aware that strain induced tendon and ligament injuries in racehorses are very common and significant. They present a great burden in terms of injured horses and financial losses to the racing industry. A new treatment technique, initially developed in humans suffering with tendon pathology, has proved to be equally as effective in racehorses. The promotion of this treatment aims to turn around the current thinking and accepted view that horses with these types of injuries should be fired, rested for an unreasonable duration or destroyed. In simple terms this new treatment significantly increases the level of cellular activity which in turn increases the rate of collagen production that has the effect of reducing the incidence of chronic degeneration (the major cause of injury) and promotes a quicker repair in tendons that are damaged. In addition, the repair tissue is the same type as the original tendon tissue (a type 1 collagen) not a scar-type repair (type 3 collagen as normally happens with other treatments) so reducing the chance of re-injury. Human and veterinary science accepts the fact that tendon injury is nearly always preceded by chronic degeneration in the tendon. This chronic degeneration is almost certainly caused by a reduced level of cellular activity in the mature tendon that means that it does not adapt to overload. When there is a repair to a tendon injury a type III collagen (scar type tissue) replaces the normal type I collagen. This scar tissue is less flexible than the original tissue. This increases the risk of re-injury. Therefore, the key to reducing or preventing tendon injuries, for example in the superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) in racehorses or the Achilles tendon (AT) in athletes where the incident of injuries is very high, is to increase the level of cellular (tenocyte) activity and consequently the rate of collagen turnover in the mature athlete/racehorse. This is particularly important to ensure adequate biological adaptation to mechanical stress and overload. A low level of tenocyte activity and a low level of collagen turnover suggests a poor adaptation to overload which will result in the accumulation of micro-damage that will progressively weaken the structure of the tendon and compromise its structural integrity predisposing it to partial and full rupture. This theory is supported by the fact that research has shown that in the immature racehorse there is a considerable level of cellular activity and hence collagen synthesis in the SDFT that tails off as the horse matures. This contrasts with the common digital extensor tendon (CEDT) that maintains a relatively high level of collagen turnover into maturity. Is it therefore a coincidence that injury rates to the SDFT are a very common occurrence, which prematurely ends the careers of many competition horses whilst injury in the CDET is rare? This suggests that a higher level of cellular activity in one tendon and not in the other is a contributing factor to the high difference in injury rates.

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