What is Electrotherapy?

Electrotherapy is a nerve stimulation therapy where carefully developed electrical impulses mimic our body signals to help restore damages caused by injuries or accidents or to relieve pain. Bio-electrical stimulation is a safe nontoxic pain management therapy that activates the body’s innate ability to heal itself. Electrotherapy provides pain alleviation to specific areas of the body, regulating signals, and stimulating endogenous opioids distributed in the nervous systems. For more information about Electrotherapy, call Premier Wellness Technology in Highland, IN, at 219-895-9042‬‬.

How Electrotherapy Works

All the elements we take into our bodies, such as oxygen, sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium have a specific electrical charge. How those molecules are bound together and how they react to other molecules near them is how chemicals create energy. Some of these electrical impulses found naturally in our bodies activate functions needed for healing. Electrotherapy manipulates a specific part of the information by pulsating electrical waves interfering with the transmission of pain signals. By treating specific body areas and varying frequency, wavelength and intensity applied, electrotherapy devices can manipulate impulses and target actions to alleviate pain.

THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE ELECTROTHERAPY STUDY

A 20-year strength training study was conducted by strength coaches at The University of Delaware. Based on the performance log all of the athletes who participated, the athletes managed to improve their strength, speed, and jumping ability. Everyone was given the same length of time between each administration of the treatments. Based on this test study, one can infer that there’s some level of truth in muscle improvement when using electrotherapy.