Muscle Sculpting Consultation in ChicagoMuscle Sculpting Consultation

Every muscle sculpting course of treatment at Chicago Medspa begins with this consultation. It is a 60-minute, one-on-one conversation with a licensed medical provider covering your goals, your activity and training routine, and any relevant medical considerations. Your provider explains how muscle sculpting works, which muscle groups can be targeted, what a typical course of sessions involves, and whether the treatment is appropriate for you. Your consultation is complimentary, with no obligation to book.

Muscle sculpting works by contracting muscle with electrical stimulation, and the device it is delivered with carries a defined list of conditions under which it is not used. That list is the real agenda of this appointment. Treatment is not performed for people with cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators or other implanted electronic devices, with metallic implants under the treatment area, or with epilepsy. It is also not performed over cancerous lesions, over an acute injury or fracture, after recent surgery, or where there is critical limb ischemia, a blood-flow deficiency or venous thrombosis.

One item on that list gets its own screening step: hernia. An abdominal or inguinal hernia rules the treatment out, and because a hernia can exist without having been diagnosed, your provider screens for the signs of one before any abdominal course is planned rather than relying on your chart to mention it.

A few situations call for a physician's evaluation rather than an automatic no: pregnancy, where safety has not been established; a known heart-rhythm condition; and chronic abdominal or gut conditions such as Crohn's disease, colitis or Graves' disease. Bringing these up at consultation is exactly what the appointment is for, and none of them costs you anything to ask about.

Muscle sculpting is a medical device treatment, and this practice treats it that way. The consultation includes a review of your medical history with a licensed medical provider before any session is scheduled, and treatment is performed under physician supervision. The point of doing it in this order is simple: the contraindication list above is checked by a person qualified to check it, before you have paid for anything.

If your interest is broader than body treatment, or you are not sure muscle sculpting is the right starting point, the general professional skin consultation covers the whole menu, and our shockwave therapy page describes the other body-focused treatment we offer. Both conversations are complimentary, with no obligation to book.

You will leave with a clear sense of next steps and any recommendations from your provider. You can book a course of sessions whenever you are ready, and there is no obligation to proceed.