You might have heard of Electrotherapy before but perhaps you were not aware that it is one of the many methods by which we treat patients within our clinics. One of our physiotherapists has written this very informative and interesting post which tells us how Electrotherapy works and how we can use it to help in your treatment. Don’t be scared of this treatment, keep reading to find out more!!

Background To Electrotherapy

Ever get caught out by the electric fence as a child? You may recall the sensation of that sudden shock or maybe the feeling after of pins and needles?….well scale it down somewhat and it’s not completely dissimilar to a type of treatment available at The Physio Company in managing pain and promoting tissue healing, and believe it or not, it has been around quite some time…

Electrotherapy uses electrical signals to interfere with the transmission of neural pain signals into the brain. It effectively slows down or distracts the message from the nerve to the brain. From a physiotherapy point of view, affecting one’s ‘Pain Gate’, whether in an acute or chronic pain episode, is crucial area of treatment and electrotherapy is a very useful resource where conventional medicines are not as affective. Electrotherapy can also involve the use of this electric current to speed tissue healing where tissue damage has also occurred.