Ultrasound Therapy is a treatment commonly used in physical therapy to provide deep heating to soft tissues in the body. These tissues include muscles, tendons, joints, and ligaments.
What Is Ultrasound Therapy?
Therapeutic ultrasound is used to heat tissues and introduce energy into the body.
Deep Heating Effects
Increase circulation to tissues
Speed the healing process
Decrease pain
Increase elasticity
Non-Thermal Effects (Cavitation)
ultrasound introduces energy into the body. This energy causes microscopic gas bubbles around your tissues to expand and contract rapidly, a process called cavitation.
It is theorized that the expansion and contraction of these bubbles help speed cellular processes and help injured tissue heal faster.
