Ret Cet Treatment Tecar Therapy Physio Machine Pain Removal

Tecar Therapy Physiotherapy Pain Removal Ret Cet Treatment Tecar Therapy Physio Machine

What is tecar therapy?

Diathermy, better known as Tecar therapy

(an acronym for Capacitive and Resistive Energy Transfer),

is a therapeutic technique that uses an electric current with frequencies in the MF

(Medium Frequencies) radio band.

It transfers energy in depth, through the tissues of the human body, triggering a biostimulating effect.
This is a therapy that is carried out in a medical practice, usually by a physiotherapist,

on patients with a variety of pathologies, requiring rehabilitation, sports and also aesthetic treatment.

Treatment modes: differences between capacitive and resistive

Diathermy has two different treatment techniques:

• Resistive technique.

In this mode, the concentration of charges, and thus the biological effect,

occurs in the tissues with the highest resistance, which are interposed

between the mobile electrode and the return plate.
Resistive contact transfer occurs by means of a non-isolated electrode that mobilises the charges

so that they are concentrated in the areas of greatest depth and resistivity, i.e. in tissues such as bone,

cartilage, tendons and deep muscles.

•Capacitive technique.

With this mode, there will be an increase in charge density near the area below the mobile electrode

and especially at the level of the superficial soft tissues (vascular and lymphatic circulatory system,

adipose tissue and superficial muscles).

Capacitive contact transfer is performed through an electrode treated

with an insulating coating that mobilises ionic charges in the subcutaneous tissue.

Tecar therapy: for which areas of the body?

In general, diathermy can be applieId to any part of the body, except for those forbidden

to most physical therapies such as glandular areas, axillary cavity, pubis and genital organs,

sternum, supraclavicular and subclavicular fossa, iliac crest, tibial crest.

The treatment of bony eminences is only possible with particular care

in terms of both the technique used and the mode of operation

due to the resistance of the bone to the passage of current,

which leads to a sudden increase in temperature in the area.

Parts of the body subject to problems that can benefit most from a diathermy treatment are shoulder,

elbow, hand, wrist, spine, cervical, back, lumbar, sacral, knee, ankle, foot.