The Banbury Private Physiotherapy Practice uses many therapeutic skills to manage pain, restore range of motion and function, and allow clients to return to their daily living and sporting achievements. Alongside manual therapy and prescribed exercise, Electrotherapy is used in the management of pain, neuromuscular dysfunction, joint mobility, tissue repair, oedema, muscle spasm.
It is non-invasive modality that works by stimulating cells under the surface of the skin and depending on which type of electrotherapy is advised to you by your practitioner, it can:
- Send out electrical impulses that block or interfere with the body's pain signals, leading to reduced pain.
- Help release endorphins (chemical messengers) that naturally
- Stimulate muscle tissue to contract to reduce atrophy.
- Create a heating effect within the body which improves circulation and stimulates healing.
- Stimulate cells which reduce inflammation, promote collagen production, and inhibit pain. In some cases enhance rapid healing and repair
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