Electrotherapy Therapy
Electrotherapy is a therapeutic modality that uses electrical energy to promote healing, reduce pain, and improve physical function. It is widely used in physical therapy and rehabilitation for various conditions, including musculoskeletal injuries, chronic pain, and neurological disorders. Here’s an in-depth look at electrotherapy.
Electrotherapy is used for:
Benefits of Electrotherapy
- Pain Relief: Reduces acute and chronic pain, post-traumatic acute pain, post-surgical acute pain.
- Muscle Strengthening: Enhances muscle strength and endurance.
- Reduced Inflammation: Decreases swelling and inflammation.
- Improved Circulation: Enhances blood flow to the treated area.
- Accelerated Healing: Promotes tissue repair and recovery. prevent venous thrombosis, wound healing and drug delivery.
- Muscle Re-education: Helps in retraining muscles and improving motor control, prevention and retardation of disuse atrophy.
- maintaining and increasing range of motion.
- Types of Electrotherapy:
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS): To alleviate pain by delivering low-voltage electrical currents through the skin.
- Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES): To stimulate muscle contractions and improve muscle strength and endurance.
- Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES): To promote functional movements in individuals with neurological impairments.
- Interferential Current (IFC): To reduce pain and inflammation using high-frequency electrical currents.
- Iontophoresis: To deliver medication through the skin using a low electrical current.