What is an electric stimulation therapy?
Electric stimulation therapy usually uses electrodes connected to the skin to supply weak electrical shocks to the muscles. These shocks are often used to help muscles that are withdrawing and prevent muscle atrophy in people suffering from paralyzing muscle exercises. Electric stimulation therapy is sometimes used to help patients suffering from paralysis to regain a certain degree of muscle strength and movement. The belief is that these electrical impulses supplied to the muscles can help the nervous system rehabilitate from the injury of muscle training to restore movement. Weak electrical pulses that usually do not cause muscle contractions can be used to treat localized pain, such as that caused by rheumatoid arthritis or less damage to soft tissues. Electrodes on the skin supply electrical pulses to the muscles. In some cases, these pulses are strong enough to cause muscle contractions. Physiotherapists can usually adjust the power of electrical impulses as needed. In patients sufferingCH paralysis may not have any other means to exercise muscles that can no longer move alone. In some patients in the Canadian study, electric stimulation therapy helped to significantly strengthen the muscles and restore a large degree of movement.
Some physiotherapists believe that electrical stimulation therapy can help muscle re -movements after nerve or spinal cord injury. The treatment is generally repeated consistently for a long time to rehabilitate this level. Electric stimulation therapy often cannot, Howver, restore the full function of muscle in paralyzed patients. It can help prevent muscle atrophy by exercising muscle and can increase blood circulation into a damaged area that usually promotes faster healing.
Electric stimulation therapy can also be used to treat chronic and acute pain. It can treat back pain and help relieve pain of rheumatoid arthritis. From this treatment canto benefit from sprains, shingles and other painful conditions. However, if electrical stimulation is used to treat conditions of pain, weaker electrical pulses are used. These pulses generally do not cause muscle contractions, but can cause armor in the therapeutic area.
Treatment of pain with electrical stimulation therapy can be done in the home using a hand -held device. The length of therapeutic sessions may vary depending on the severity of the patient's symptoms. This type of therapy can cause abnormal heart rhythms in people with existing EART hods and therefore may not be suitable for all patients.