ULTRASOUND
Ultrasounds are high-frequency sound waves emitted by a medical device and applied to the tissue to be treated using a probe.
Ultrasound therapy is used in rehabilitation and veterinary physiotherapy both for its deep thermal effects and for its athermal and anti-inflammatory effects.
This therapeutic technique provides thermal and athermal mechanical stimulation to promote the healing of damaged tissues of muscles, tendons, joint capsules, ligaments, and bones.
ADVANTAGES OF USING ULTRASOUNDVET:
- EASY TO USE
- ACCELERATES METABOLIC FUNCTION
- INCREASES THE ELASTICITY OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE
- ACCELERATES THE REPAIR PROCESS
- REDUCES PAIN
THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS:
- Increase in cell metabolism and related enzymatic activity
- Increase in local blood flow
- Increase in viscoelastic properties of tissues
- Reduction of pain sensation
The thermal effect causes an increase in the local blood flow in order to bring more nourishment and oxygen to the damaged tissue and to drain the inflammatory substances.
This effect can be used to treat acute or chronic soft and periarticular tissue injuries.
NON-THERMAL BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS:
This includes acceleration of healing, the regeneration, and repair of soft tissue, as well as the acceleration of cellular metabolism and bone repair. These effects occur with any treatment with ultrasound therapy.
The frequency, expressed in mega Hertz, determines the depth of penetration. A frequency of 1 MHz heats at depths between 2cm and 5cm.
Increasing the frequency, the penetration capacity decreases 3 MHz heat to a depth between 0.5cm and 2cm.
