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 Electrotherapy includes a range of treatments using electricity to reduce pain, improve circulation, repair tissues, strengthen muscles, and promote bone growth, leading to improvements in physical functioning.
+Electrotherapy has been used to address chronic pain and chronic fatigue in general, as well as:
+*Diabetic nerve pain
+*Fibromyalgia
+*Migraine headaches
+*Wound healing
+*Stimulating bone growth
+*Acute and chronic ankle pain and ankle joint arthritis
+*Acute and chronic low back pain associated with spinal nerve and disc pain or spinal osteoarthritis/degenerative disc disease (DDD)
+*Acute and chronic neck pain associated with soft tissue injury to the muscles, ligaments or spinal discs, joint inflammation and spinal arthritis
+*Acute, chronic and post surgical knee pain associated with muscle, tendon, ligament or joint arthritis problems
+*Acute and chronic shoulder pain associated with muscle, tendon, ligament or shoulder joint arthritis
+*Carpal tunnel syndrome – pain associated with compression of the nerves in the carpal tunnel
+*Foot pain including Plantar Fasciitis, Achilles Tendinopathy, Morton’s Neuroma and Peripheral Neuropathy
+*Post lumbar laminectomy – a type of surgery to the spine
+* Dental pain including TMJ pain (jaw joint)
+*Facial paralysis
+*Trigeminal Neuralgia
+*Hip pain
+*Post-operative pain
+*Sciatica
+*Bicipital tendonitis
+*Tennis elbow
+*Wrist pain
+*Shin splints
+*Diabetes neuropathy
+*Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)
+*Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
+*Acute Herpes Zoster/Post Herpetic Neuralgia
+* Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
+Electrotherapy is primarily used in physical therapy for relaxation of muscle spasms, prevention and retardation of disuse atrophy, increase of local blood circulation, muscle rehabilitation and re-education electrical muscle stimulation, maintaining and increasing range of motion, management of chronic and intractable pain, post-traumatic acute pain, post surgical acute pain, immediate post-surgical stimulation of muscles to prevent venous thrombosis, wound healing and drug delivery
+. Pain management
+*Improves range of joint movement
+. Treatment of neuromuscular dysfunction
+*Improvement of strength
+*Improvement of motor control
+*Retards muscle atrophy
+*Improvement of local blood flow
+. Improves range of joint mobility
+Induces repeated stretching of contracted, shortened soft tissues
+. Tissue repair
+*Enhances microcirculation and protein synthesis to heal wounds
+*Increased blood flow to the injured tissues increases macrophages to clean up debris
+*Restores integrity of connective and dermal tissues
+. Acute and chronic edema
+*Accelerates absorption rate
+*Affects blood vessel permeability
+*Increases mobility of proteins, blood cells and lymphatic flow
+. Peripheral blood flow
+*Induces arterial, venous and lymphatic flow
+. Iontophoresis
+*Delivery of pharmacological agents
+*DC (direct current) transports ions through skin
+*Common drugs used: Dexamethasone, Acetic acid, Lidocaine
+. Urine and fecal incontinence
+*Affects pelvic floor musculature to reduce pelvic pain and strengthen musculature
+*Treatment may lead to complete continence
+. Lymphatic Drainage
+*Stimulate lymphatic system to reduce edema
+It may help increase local blood circulation. It can also help build strength in muscles, tendons, and ligaments – especially following injury. Increased Range of Motion - Electrotherapy is often used to help relieve pain and aid in the treatment of muscle injuries such as strains, sprains, spasms, tears and bruises.
+The use of electrotherapy has been supported by the American Physical Therapy Association because it has shown to provide the following:
+*Relaxation of muscle spasms
+*Prevention and cessation of muscular atrophy due to disuse
+*Improved local blood circulation and flow
+*Re-education of muscles using targeted stimulation
+*Preserve and improve range of motion
+*Management and reduction of pain (chronic, post-traumatic, and post-surgical acute)
+*Prevention of deep vein thrombosis post-surgery
+*Facilitation of wound healing
+*Improvement in the effectiveness in delivering prescription drugs-electromotive drug administration (EMDA)