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Electrotherapy
If used properly, electricity can also prove to be therapeutic. Depending on the type of treatment the current is guided through electrons, which are attached to the skin, thus stimulating and strengthening the affected muscles or nerves. Another treatment method is by way of a water bath. Here the patient is placed partially or in full into a tub using the water as a conductor.
The following types of currents may be used
Non-frequency or direct current used for a galvanizing process
Low-frequency (slow-rhythmic impulses) used for electro-stimulation, TENS and electro-acupuncture
Alternating currents are used for high frequency warmth therapy (whereby a warm and soothing effect is transmitted, which also helps increase the circulation)
A previously stated, the electrical impulses in effect stimulate the nerves and muscles. This type of therapy is used for back, neck and muscles pains and aches. It is also quite effective against tennis elbow, headaches and migraines, as well as menstrual discomforts, "cold legs", sleeping disorders, constipation, slow healing wounds and male sexual dysfunction.
This type of therapy has been scientifically proven and recognized since 1972.
Short-wave therapy
Also known as high frequency warmth therapy, whereby bodily warmth is generated through high frequency electromagnetic energy. Depending on the choice of frequency, various degrees of warmth can be applied. As such, the appropriate warmth can be chosen.
Low frequency therapy
Electrotherapy is based on slow-rhythmic impulses. These can be applied variously. The applied impulses vary in the intensity, duration and sequence of the current.
Furthermore, the treatment can be pinpointed to a specific muscle or area thereof. This is extremely therapeutic, helping the affected area to relax, promote the circulation and dampen possible pains.
Galvanization
The anatomist and physicist Luigi Galvani (1737-1798), described this third type of therapy in Bologna, Italy. He suggested that since a constant flow (i.e. direct current), is mostly administered through the skin, caution should be taken with patients dawning metal implants, as well as with the electrodes that touch the skin.
Electo-stimulation therapy
The transmission of pain is retarded, as the nerves get stimulation. With this type of therapy, there are three kinds of pain control methods: electro-acupuncture, TENS and the stimulation of the spinal cord (i.e. the stimulation of the brain). The latter of which is only used in extreme cases, when all else has failed.
Electro-acupuncture
The foundation of this type of therapy is based on the traditional Chinese yin and yang medicine, using opposite poles so to speak. This unbalance of the body and spirit can be caused by both stress as well as well-being and will often result in (depending on the person) illnesses, such as sleeping disorders, backaches, increased consumption of alcohol and nicotine, as well as hot-flashes and sweaty out breaks, etc.
As with conventional acupuncture, this particular treatment also makes use of needles, which conduct electrical impulses into the skin. The goal is to retard a patient's pains and discomforts through the stimulation of certain nerves, as well as to unblock one's internal energy.
Not only does this type of treatment lead to a more relaxed individual, it also promotes the metabolism and balances the mind and body within. In principle it is possible to treat functioning, vegetative, nervous and painful imbalances and ailments.
Again, this therapy is primarily used on patients with backaches (ex. slip-disk, pinched nerve), joint pains, arthritis and arthrosis, migraines and faulty autonomic nerve signals, as well as digestive disorders.
TENS Trans-cutaneous electro stimulation
Using the trans-cutaneous (to guide over the skin) method, the patient is treated for aches and pains without any side-effects. Using electrodes placed onto the patient's skin, a weak current is transmitted into the nervous system.
This is not a painful process; the subject might feel some tingling. The goal here is to block off any naturally transmitted pain signals to the brain. The sought-after result will either be a decrease in pain or a total remission.
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