What Most People Don’t Know About Diathermy

What You Should Know About DIATHERMY New rigid controls enforced by FCC prevent communication snag EARLY IN 1954, a Chicago housewife innocently became responsible for the murder of a bank guard and the subsequent escape of the criminal with over $10,000 in unmarked Federal bills. Her rented diathermy machine had jammed radio police calls emanating from a local police transmitter, preventing...

October 8th, 2009

Diathermy Deep tissue Heat Treatment

Diathermy is a deep tissue heat treatment. The temperature of the injured tissues is raised by high frequency current, ultrasonic waves, or microwave radiation. Like surface heating, deep heat is used to: reduce pain relieve muscle spasm decrease soft-tissue contractures resolve inflammation and promote healing Deep heat speeds up healing by increasing blood flow to the injury. It may be used after...

October 1st, 2009