Electrotherapy includes a range of treatments using electricity to reduce pain, improve circulation, repair tissues, strengthen muscles, and promote bone growth, leading to improvements in physical functioning.
Consequently, why do estheticians use electrotherapy?
Electrotherapy devices induce physical energy into biological tissue and are intended to bring about one or more physiological changes. It should be noted that the body responds to low levels of current, and human tissue does not require intense amounts of electrical energy for a device to “work.”
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS) Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) Interferential current (IFC)
Correspondingly, what is high frequency electrotherapy?
High Frequency Electrotherapy is a rejuvenating treatment used in the skin care industry. High frequency is a noninvasive modality that uses a glass electrode filled with argon gas to pass a mild electrical current to the skin’s surface.
Can electro stimulation damage nerves?
In addition, although short-term electrical stimulation is not damaging to nervous tissue, chronic electrical stimulation can damage nerve structure. After the ultrastructure of neurons is altered, neuronal function may be disturbed.
When should you not use electrotherapy?
The treatment should not be applied in areas of the skin that are swollen, infected, or inflamed (e.g. varicose veins) Patients suspected of having serious infectious diseases or diseases that require heat or fevers to be suppressed should not be treated with electrotherapy.
What are the four types of electrotherapy?
Electrotherapeutic devices come mainly in four different forms: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), interferential (IF) therapy, microcurrent (Micro) therapy, and electrical muscle stimulation (EMS).
Who invented electrotherapy?
Some important people in the history of electrotherapy include; Luigi Galvani, a pioneer of medical electricity. Benjamin Franklin, an early proponent of electrotherapy who made it widely known, but mostly taken up by quacks and charlatans.
What are the different types of current used in electrotherapy?
There are three basic waveforms used in commercial therapeutic electrical stimulation units: direct current, alternating current, and pulsed current.