Rounded, defined shoulders are a muscle shape, the deltoid that caps the top of the arm, and in our practice the shoulders are an area we have treated with the small EMsculpt NEO applicators as a muscle-toning course. The shoulders are not on BTL's published list of areas and no US clearance names them. On the shoulders EMsculpt NEO is a muscle treatment we offer from our own experience, and we say so plainly. Both shoulders are treated in one session. Four sessions, back to your day after each, at Chelsea Clinic from £100 per session with the course price in writing at a free consultation.
What it does on the shoulders
The small applicator is strapped over the deltoid, the three-part muscle over the point of the shoulder that lifts the arm, and the HIFEM pulses contract it in strong, rapid bursts through the session. Thousands of contractions are more than any set of lateral raises gives it. The aim is that the muscle thickens over the following weeks, so the shoulder rounds and the line from the neck to the arm firms. The fat clearances cover other areas, so on the shoulder the aim is the muscle.
What the evidence covers
No published series has measured the shoulders with EMsculpt NEO and no US clearance names them, so we quote no figure for the shoulders. The muscle response is the one measured on the abdomen, where a sham-controlled trial found the muscle 24% thicker at three months, and on the arms, where the triceps measured 24% thicker on MRI in a 2023 study. Those figures stand for the mechanism, not for the shoulder. The full guide sets out every series.
Who it suits
In our experience it suits someone who trains and wants more shape at the top of the arm, and someone treating the arms who wants the shoulder finished in the same course. It also suits someone rebuilding shoulder shape after a long time out of the gym. A shoulder replacement, a plate or a screw in the shoulder, a pacemaker or any implanted device in the chest, and the rest of the list the clinician checks rule it out, so bring the details.
Not sure you are suitable? Ask the clinician, it is free
The course and the result
Four sessions about a week apart, both shoulders in each session, back to your day, the shoulders sore for a day or two as after a hard session. In our experience the first change shows two to four weeks after the last session, the result is judged at three months, and in our experience a single session every three to six months keeps the tone. The sessions page sets out the course.
Price
From £100 per session, the course for your shoulders in writing at your free consultation, with a price match on any comparable written quote and finance through Humm, subject to status. The prices page shows how a quote is built.
Book a free consultation
Call Chelsea Clinic on 0207 043 1107 or use the form below. The clinician looks at your shoulders and tells you plainly what EMsculpt NEO will and will not change. The full EMsculpt NEO guide covers the rest.
