Abstract: A method of assessing the effectiveness of muscle treatment is provided that includes a controller generating a control signal for transmission to an energy generator, delivering energy from the energy generator to a stimulation pad for purposes of providing muscle therapy, and measuring at least one muscle metric value reflective of the healing status of the muscle and comparing that value to a pre-established corollary between such muscle metric values and corresponding healing status for differing demographics, whereby the user may determine whether to continue muscle therapy or not.

Abstract: An application downloadable to a mobile device is provided for facilitating muscle therapy, the applicable programmed and configurable to generate waveform signals, the waveform signals configured to be employed by a power circuit to generate energy, conforming to the signals, to a muscle pad. The application may be combined as a system with a muscle pad electrically interfacing with the downloadable application, as well as a discrete device in electrical communication with the mobile device and the muscle pad. A power circuit and a muscle metric feedback circuit are contemplated as part of embodiments of a system or kit.