Electrotherapy

Hands of hope NY

Use of Interferential Current Therapy

At Hands of Hope NYC, we utilize the positive effects of low and medium frequency electrical stimulation of nerves to provide relief to patients.

Basically, it incorporates two independent channels of electrical current crossing each other to ease deep tissue pain. Electrotherapy treats chronic pain, musculoskeletal injuries, muscle wasting, and nerve pain by using targeted and controlled electrical currents which stimulate muscle tissue to contract, to reduce atrophy.

Benefits of Electrotherapy

– Reduces chronic pain and inflammation
– Relaxes tight/sore muscles and stimulate muscles
– Relieves pain associated with nerve damage and/or compression
– Increases local blood flow
– Reduction of edema

Evidence Insight:

Further reading and useful links

“When used at the right time, electrotherapy has the potential to achieve beneficial effect. The patient management programme which combines manual therapy, exercise therapy and electrotherapy, based on current evidence, should enable the most efficacious management of a patients’ dysfunction”

T. Watson – Science Direct Journal of Manual Therapy
(Volume 5, Issue 3, August 2000, Pages 132-141)

“Application of ultrasound, interferential current and TENS in addition to exercise therapy in shoulder impingement syndrome treatment had similar improvements in terms of pain, function and physical component of quality of life. However, interferential current treatment showed significantly better outcomes for the mental component of quality of life.”

-Gunary Ucurum – Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc. 2018 Jul;

Volume 52(4): 249–255. Published online 2018 Apr 25.