DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRO THERAPY

Electrotherapy is the use of electrical energy as a medical treatment. 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

Uses of Electrotherapy

• Relaxation of muscle spasms
• Prevention and cessation of muscular atrophy due to disuse
• Improved local blood circulation
• 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