Directed Contact Diathermy – the impact on human tissues with high-frequency electromagnetic energy, leading to hyperthermia (deep heating). This effect promotes blood flow to the affected area, ensuring a greater supply of nutrients and oxygen. As a result, muscle relaxation occurs, pain decreases, and other therapeutic effects occur immediately after the start of treatment.
Therapeutic Effect and Indications for Use
Deep local heating using special currents contributes to the following effects:
- Relaxation of muscle fibers;
- rapid tissue healing;
- reduction of swelling;
relief of pain.
TR-therapy is indicated if there is:
- pronounced pain syndrome associated with increased muscle tension and ligament apparatus. It occurs with myalgia;
- lumbalgia, ligament stretching, headache;
- compression of nerve endings, for example, in carpal tunnel syndrome;
- damage to bones and joints;
- stretching and other injuries obtained during sports;
- muscle spasms and trigger points.
Treatment of myalgia and other muscle pathologies using this method is so effective that it can be used independently, without the use of other means, including pharmacological drugs, which is especially important for those who are allergic to them. The therapeutic course is designed for 5-10 sessions. Each procedure lasts an average of 30 minutes. During this time, a person feels a slight warmth. Visibly noticeable hyperemia (redness) of the skin. Immediately after the session, the patient feels lightness in the area of exposure, improved joint mobility, and overall well-being.
Advantages of the Method
Contact diathermy #1 for treating musculoskeletal pathologies, all because it has the following advantages:
- The result is felt after the first procedure;
- the session is not accompanied by painful or other unpleasant sensations;
- changes occur at the cellular level;
- the method is not accompanied by invasive intervention;
- safety for the patient and the doctor;
- the heat created promotes good muscle relaxation;
- can be combined with manual therapy, kinesiotherapy, electrostimulation, etc.;
- the procedure can be applied at any age in different periods of the disease;
- a full course of treatment contributes to the onset of a stable therapeutic effect: long-term remission or complete recovery.
This method of exposure can replace therapeutic physical education in the case when it is indicated but cannot be carried out, for example, after injuries. The rehabilitologist develops the damaged area of the body without any effort from the patient (conducts physiotherapy exercises), simultaneously conducting a session of TR-therapy, which significantly accelerates the regeneration process.
Contraindications
Like any physiotherapeutic action, contact diathermy has contraindications, including:
- pregnancy and lactation period;
- childhood;
- presence of metal elements in tissues;
- oncological formations;
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violation of the sensitivity of the skin coverings.
Innovations in physiotherapy in the form of directed contact diathermy help shorten the recovery period, significantly improve the quality of life. TR-therapy in Kyiv is carried out with the participation of modern equipment and is available to everyone who wants to recover faster.