Ultrasound therapy

The wide range of therapeutic options offered by physical therapy using ultrasound makes ultrasound therapy a popular and willingly used type of therapy.

What is ultrasound therapy?

Ultrasounds affect tissues mechanically (through the so-called “internal tissue massage”), thermally, biologically and chemically. The influence of ultrasounds on the body makes ultrasound therapy an excellent method of physical therapy with local and systemic effects. Ultrasound therapy treatments are particularly valued for positive therapeutic effects in the form of analgesic and regenerative effects. Ultrasounds relax muscles and make tissues containing collagen more elastic (scars, aponeurosis, tendons, ligaments and joint capsules). They also accelerate wound healing and treatment of inflammation. They are irreplaceable in sports physical therapy, supporting tissue regeneration after overloads and injuries and giving relief in the case of contractures and fibrosis of muscle tissue. Ultrasound therapy is a painless treatment that lasts about 15 minutes.

How does ultrasound therapy help patients?

The ultrasound therapy has a wide range of effects on tissues. In macroscopic terms, ultrasound therapy allows to return to fitness in the case of cramps, scars, lymphoedema and inflammation. Its effectiveness results from action at the cellular and tissue level, among others by supporting angiogenesis (creating new capillaries), increasing microcirculation and oxygenation of cells, stimulation of protein synthesis, DNA and ATP, increasing collagen concentration and changes in the structure and function of cell membranes, as well as stimulating the activity of fibroblasts (connective tissue cells) and osteoblasts (cells osteoblasts).

Sonotherapy is also used in aesthetic medicine and cosmetics as a method of combating cellulite and adipose tissue.