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Electrotherapy for muscle tension around the Richmond area can help to relax tight muscles, ease pain, and get you moving more comfortably again.
At Achieve Spinal Health, we use electrotherapy such as Interferential Therapy as part of our treatment care. In this blog, we will explain what electrotherapy is, how it works on muscle tension, what it feels like, and who it can help. By the end, you will know whether it could be right for you.
What is Electrotherapy?
Electrotherapy such as Interferential Therapy is a simple, drug-free treatment that uses mild electrical currents to contract your muscles where they fatigue and relax. . It is not painful, people describe it as a tingling feeling.
How Does Muscle Tension Build Up?
Muscle tension usually builds up slowly. Long hours at a desk, poor posture, stress, and repetitive stress movements can make your muscles work harder than they should. Over time, they stay tight instead of relaxing, which makes it your new norm of living with the pain or achiness it may cause you.
Tight muscles become stiff, they limit your range of movement and they can pull your vertebra out of alignment causing further pain and degeneration.
How Does Electrotherapy Such As Interferential Therapy Help You?
Electrotherapy tackles muscle tension in a few ways:
- It calms the pain signals in your brain
- It helps tight muscles relax
- It improves blood flow, which helps the muscles and joints
- It can reduce stiffness
Because it works directly on the muscle, many people notice a difference quite quickly. It is also useful for people who need a spinal or extremity manipulation by an experienced Osteomyologist and Chiropractor near me.
What Does It Feel Like?
Most people say the feeling is like a tingling sensation on the skin as well as feeling the muscles contract. We always start at a low level intensity and gradually increase the intensity to the person’s comfort level.
Interferential Therapy alone is a 30 minute session. You can sit or lie down for the treatment.
A Closer Look at the Treatments
There are a few types of electrotherapy, and we choose the one that suits you best.
One popular option is our interferential therapy. This uses two mild currents that cross over each other inside the muscle. That makes it very good at reaching deeper muscle tension, and it is often used for long-standing aches and stiffness and reviving a damaged nerve.
We may also use ultrasound therapy instead of electricity-Interferential Therapy at Achieve Spinal Health.
Ultrasound uses gentle soundwaves to ease acute pain and speeds up healing in muscles and joints.
At Achieve Spinal Health, osteomyology and chiropractic treatment includes spinal and or extremity manipulation and either Interferential Therapy or Ultrasound Therapy in our 30 minute session.
Who Can It Help?
Electrotherapy is used for people suffering from acute or chronic muscle tension and pain which we offer our services to people who live around the Richmond area and are suffering from:
- Neck, shoulder, and upper back tightness.
- Lower back pain and stiffness.
- Sports strains and muscle knots.
- Tension caused by stress or long hours at a desk.
- Gym or sport injuries
If you have a pacemaker, are pregnant, or have certain medical conditions then these Interferential Therapy or Ultrasound Therapy can be contraindicated for you.
Is It Safe?
Yes, when it is done by a trained and experienced professional practitioner. Your safety and comfort is our priority.
We Are Here to Help
At Achieve Spinal Health, we have experienced practitioners to offer you the best and safest experience by using our Interferential Therapy or Ultrasound Therapy. A medical history is taken, followed by a consultation and assessment to see exactly what is the cause of your problem and if this is the best solution for you.
Conclusion
Muscle tension, stiffness, achiness or pain does not have to be something you simply have to put up with in your daily life for weeks, months or years. Electrotherapy for people around the Richmond area, offers a gentle, drug-free way to relax tight muscles and ease pain. Whether we use interferential therapy, ultrasound therapy or a mixture of both, the aim is always the same: to help you to increase your mobility and decrease your stiffness, tension and pain.
Why not take the first step? Contact us or you can to book online your assessment with us today.
