Electric Stimulation Therapy

This list of different types of electrical stimulation can help you understand how it is commonly used in physical therapy.

Electric stimulation therapy. These shocks are often used to help the muscles contract preventing muscle atrophy in people suffering from paralysis by exercising the muscles. E stim is usually. If you have pain or limited mobility check in with your physical therapist and see if using electrical stimulation is the right treatment for you and your specific condition. In medicine ems is used for rehabilitation purposes for instance in physical therapy in the prevention muscle atrophy due to inactivity or neuromuscular imbalance which can occur for example after musculoskeletal injuries damage to bones joints muscles ligaments and tendons.

Electrical stimulation e stim is a physical therapy treatment that uses mild electrical pulses to help repair injured muscles manipulate nerves and reduce your pain. If you cannot have e stim as a treatment or if you wish not to have it your physical theapist may offer you alternatives. Electrical muscle stimulation can be used as a training therapeutic or cosmetic tool. Electrical stimulation often is used to augment your physical therapy program after an injury or illness.

One of the most common forms of electrical stimulation used for pain management is transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation tens therapy which provides short term pain relief. Electrical stimulation therapy typically uses electrodes attached to the skin to deliver weak electric shocks to the muscles.