Electrotherapy is a technique that is included within physical medicine and rehabilitation and is defined as the art and science of treating injuries and diseases by means of electricity.
Today, technology has developed numerous devices (medical devices) for the application of electrotherapy without the risk of side effects, such as TENS or high or low frequency stimulators.
The main effects of the different electrotherapy currents are:
- Anti-inflammatory.
- Analgesic.
- Improved trophism.
- Neuro-muscular potentiation.
- Thermal, in the case of high frequency electrotherapy.
- Muscle strengthening.
- Improved transport of medicines.
- Decrease of edema.
- Pain control.
- Improves wound healing.