Electrotherapy

Electrotherapy is the use of electrical energy as a form of therapy. As part of physiotherapy, it’s most often used to accompany other treatments, such as pain relief.

In this medicinal treatment, electric currents are created by a special electrotherapeutic device, and applied to the various parts of the patient’s body, using electrodes and different kinds of electric currents. There are several different methods:

• Low-frequency therapy (up to 1000 Hertz)
• Medium frequency therapy (2000 to 36.000 Hertz)
• High frequency therapy (over 100 Kilohertz)

The electric current applied has varying effects on tissue, depending on the type of electricity used.

Applications

• Topical boost of circulation
• Pain relief
• Boosting the metabolism
• Relaxing muscles
• Stimulating muscle activity
• Warming of the skin and deeper tissue layers