Experts predict a steady upcoming CAGR for the electrotherapy market, expecting it to reach as much as 1.30 billion USD by 2028. With its rapid advancements and amazing benefits, electrotherapy is picking up pace, helping more and more people with chronic pain.
If you have pain from an injury, surgery, arthritis, or another ailment, electrotherapy treatment could help you alleviate that pain and live a better quality of life.
What is electrotherapy? Also, how does electrotherapy treatment work? Keep reading for the full scoop.
It uses electrical currents which help with producing therapeutic effects for the human body. Electrotherapy works to treat many things, like repairing tissue, reducing pain, improving circulation, promoting bone growth, and strengthening muscles. It is gentle and non-invasive.
While it may be new to you, it has been around longer than you think. In fact, patients have experienced the benefits of electrotherapy since the 1800s.
The first treatment on record from a patient by electricity was in 1743 by Johan Gottlob Krüger. In 1747, mainstream medicine rejected John Wesley’s approach to promoting electrical treatment as universal panacea.
Electrical stimulation has a few common waveforms which include:
Each of these waveforms will have its own therapeutic benefit.
It uses the electrical signals it sends to interfere with neural pain signals transmitted to the brain. Essentially, the message that goes from the nerve to the brain will slow down.
The electrotherapy machine is a small device that sends electrical impulses across the patient’s skin. It connects by wires to carbon electrodes or a sticky pad. Healthcare professionals place the sticky pad near the area the patient has pain in his or her skin.
Electrotherapy treatment has a low-intense, small electric charge which passes across the area with pain. This could involve an electric current that will speed up the healing of the tissue where there is damage.
When you get electrotherapy treatment, your skin feels a tingling sensation as the intensity increases. It is reminiscent of what you feel with a device giving a deep massage that is treating muscles.
Contractions to the muscles may be barely noticeable. Other times, it can look and feel like an involuntary muscle twitch. For most people, it is painless.
Since it is drug-free and natural, it is non-toxic. Side effects are uncommon. Pain medications could be addictive or cause side effects, which makes electrotherapy an excellent alternative treatment.
If you experience side effects, they could include:
Again, side effects are not common. Instead, electrotherapy treatment provides mild impulses to stimulate the patient’s body, which produces endorphins.
Electrotherapy is effective and safe. It is also non-surgical.
Electro-acuscope is medical equipment with FDA approval. It is used to heal injured tissues through therapy. It conducts a low voltage electric current to the area of the body which is affected.
Pain and inflammation reduce as electro-acuscope therapy acts on the subcutaneous and neurological tissues.
This instrument monitors electrical resistance in human tissue. It uses biofeedback for maximum efficacy, controlling the voltage given during treatment.
This is becoming increasingly popular since the immediate goal is to improve muscle performance. It can also control pain during times of a sports injury.
Electrotherapy can relax muscle spasms and improve (or preserve) range of motion. Athletes can facilitate wound healing or re-educate their muscles using stimulation that targets a specific area.
In cases of surgery, electrotherapy can prevent deep vein thrombosis. Also, it can prevent muscular atrophy from disuse.
When you have orthopedic surgery, cancer prevention surgery, or cardiac surgery, rehabilitation is necessary. It is critical because it is how the patient can re-establish muscle strength. They must restore their full body strength and functionality, including both joint motion and full-joint movement.
Usually, physiotherapy sessions and exercise will help the patient following surgery. It is how to ensure fast and complete surgery.
Electrotherapy has tremendous benefits for post-operative rehabilitation. One benefit is that it offers the body a way to get proper blood circulation, which is affected by surgery, and if not fixed, can lead to blood clots. It lessens the risk of pulmonary complications that are typically associated with post-operations.
Particularly in cases of knee and hip replacement surgery, a patient should consider electrotherapy to improve muscle strength. Likewise, it can help the patient’s posture and balance.
When a tendon needs repair, electrotherapy can help.
It can treat a diverse group of patients, particularly in conjunction with other modalities, like therapeutic ultrasound. Electrotherapy can treat patients with:
Electrotherapy can reduce pain and swelling. It is scientifically proven.
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