Tecar therapy is a physical therapy that acts on the microcirculation
Tecar therapy is a physiotherapeutic treatment used primarily in the treatment of trauma and inflammation of the musculoskeletal system. It belongs to the group of therapies based on heat. It is a massage performed with tecar, a machine that uses radiofrequencies to stimulate the biological responses of surface and deeper tissues.
What is tecar therapy used for?
Tecar therapy stimulates the body's biological inflammatory response to accelerate the restoration and recovery of normal biological functions in response to mechanical, viral, or other stress.
This type of physiotherapy helps patients recover more quickly from more or less serious injuries. The areas that are best suited for the use of a Tecar machine are:
knee
shoulder
hip
ankle
foot
hand
wrist
back
In particular, here are the cases in which a physiotherapist might decide to use tecar therapy:
muscle problems: such as contractures, strains, contusions or oedemas;
back and spinal problems: such as lumbago, back pain and cervical pain;
shoulder problems: such as tendinitis
elbow problems: such as epicondylitis and epitrochleitis
hip problems: such as pubalgia and bursitis
knee problems: such as sprains
ankle and foot problems: such as fractures, sprains, fasciitis
rehabilitation after surgery.
How does tecar therapy work?
Tecar therapy is a type of endogenous thermotherapy because heat is a consequence of the stimulation that occurs in the tissues
Tecar therapy is primarily based on the production of heat: the Tecar machine stimulates the production of heat within the human body to speed up the healing process.