Electrotherapy

Electrotherapy is the form of physical therapy where electrical energy is used in the treatment of injury, relief of pain or other therapeutic applications. Electrotherapy stimulates tissue healing and restores function.

UST (ultrasound)

UST is the therapeutic use of ultrasonic waves, applied locally to specific areas. This therapy has a thermal and a non-thermal effect.

Thermal effect: Tissues absorb the ultrasonic waves and convert into heat, which helps in blood circulation, clearing debris and healing.

Non-thermal effect: Production of cavitations and the vibration helps reduce most interstitial fluids (oedema) and reduces pain.

Benefits:

  • Treats arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis and chronic pain
  • Heals recent injuries and inflammation
  • Heals scar tissues
  • Promotes fracture bone healing

Cold therapy (Ice therapy)

Cold therapy is a treatment where cold temperature is applied on injured areas of the body.

Benefits:

  • Reduces acute pain
  • Reduces spasticity
  • Reduces spasm
  • Reduces swelling

Paraffin Wax Bath

Paraffin Wax Bath is a method of dipping/brushing limb or other affected areas in a warm solution of paraffin.

Benefits:

  • Relieves pain and muscle spasm
  • Increases mobility
  • Helps in blood circulation
  • Treats rheumatoid arthritis

Infrared Radiation (IR)

Infrared Radiation is an electromagnetic wave therapy. The treatment incorporates the heat energy obtained from the rays.

Benefits:

  • Relieves pain
  • Relaxes muscle
  • Increases blood flow

Short Wave Diathermy (SWD)

Short Wave Diathermy is a heating therapy where oscillating electric current of extremely high frequency of a short wavelength is applied in tissues.

Benefits:

  • Helps in blood flow
  • Treats rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis / spondylosis
  • Relieves pain
  • Treats injury

Electric Muscle Stimulator

Electric Muscle Stimulator is the treatment where electronic pulses are used to stimulate motor nerves in order to create muscle contractions.

Benefits:

  • Increases local blood circulation
  • Re-educates muscles
  • Relaxes muscle spasm
  • Prevents tissue atrophy
  • Maintains or increases the range of motion  

Hydro-collator

Hydro-collator is a type of heat therapy where hot packs with superficial moist heat are applied in affected areas.

Benefits:

  • Relaxes muscle
  • Relieves pain
  • Increases collagen tissue extensibility
  • Reduces stiffness/spasm
  • Improves blood flow

Transcutaneous Electrical Nave Stimulation (TENS)

Transcutaneous Electrical Nave Stimulation is a method of electrical stimulation which primarily aims of provide pain relief by exciting sensory nerve.

Benefits:

  • Relieves pain
  • Reduces spasm

Interferential Therapy (IFT)

Interferential Therapy (IFT) is a type of electrotherapy where nerves are stimulated with low frequency current with the aim to reduce pain.

Benefits:

  • Reduces pain
  • Reduces muscle spasm
  • Strengthens muscle
  • Increases blood flow
  • Reduces edema

Spinal Traction

Spinal traction is a treatment technique that applies longitudinal force to stretch and decompress the vertebral joints and soft tissues around the spine. Spinal traction can be manually administered by a physiotherapist (manual traction) or by a traction or decompression machine (mechanical traction).

Benefits:

  • Treats spondylosis (cervical and lumbar)

Multiple Electrotherapy

Multiple electrotherapy is administered with the ITO machine. ITO is a modern electrical device which contains a group of certain electrotherapy modalities like microcurrent, russian current, low frequency current, direct current, high voltage pulse current, etc.

Benefits:

  • Accelerates self-healing process
  • Stimulates nerve for pain relief
  • Relaxes muscle
  • Reduces edema
  • Increases range of motion in joints
  • Heals Wound
  • Strengthens muscle