THERAPUTIC MODALITIES

   Relaxing muscles is an important piece of the puzzel in healing hurt and injured mucles

Traction

When you have a disc problem, arthritis or just pain in the back, intermittant traction helps increase blood circulation to the injured area and promotes healing.

Ultra Sound

One of the main purposes of the skin is to maintain body temperature. When you heat the skin the blood vessels open up to dissapate the heat. So heat doesn't penatrate to the injured muscle. Sound waves are generated by the ultrasound machine and they sneak past the skin and couse friction in the muscle, Friction causes heat so the blood vessels open up and get rid of the heat. This time you have reached the muscles and the increased blood flow is in the injured muscle. The increased blood flow helps heal the injured muscle naturally.

Electrical Stimulation

One of the best ways to relax the muscle is to tire it out. Electrical current causes the muscle to contract. If you were a weight lifter, you would know that if you keep working a muscle it gets tired. Same principle here. The current works the muscle and the muscles gets tired and out of spasm.