What is TECAR Therapy?
TECAR© stands for the spanish acronym Tranferencia Electica CApacitiva Resistiva,
meaning Capacitive Resistive Electric Transference. It is a diathermy (i.e. deep tissue
thermotherapy) therapeutic modality, therefore it uses increases in local body tissue
temperature, in combination with subthermal application to promote the body's healing response.
TECAR© technology is non-ablative, non-invasive, using currents of high frequency,
usually in the range between 300 KHz and 1 Mhz. It can work in two modes of energy transfer:
Capacitive mode: affects tissues with higher electrolytic content (soft tissues and muscles)
Resistive mode: affects tissues with higher resistance (joint, bone, tendon)
Common uses in physiotherapy
TECAR's main use in physiotherapy relates to the rehabilitation of musculoskeletal and pain disorders,
and sport rehabilitation. Some commonly treated conditions are:
Acute or chronic injuries / inflammation
Muscle spasms
Joint pain
Synovitis
Tendinopathy
Post-surgical
Osteoarthritis
Low back pain
There are also other areas that TECAR uses have been expanded such as pelvic health,
physio-aesthetics, and veterinary rehabilitation.
How it works
The physical principle on which diathermy is based is that of the capacitor.
The capacitor consists of two conductive armatures separated by an insulator and connected to an electric
generator that creates a potential difference between the two plates.
This causes electrical charges to attract and repel each other concentrating near the two elements , increasing
the density of positive charge in one plate and negative charge in the other.
In the case of a diathermy device, the armatures are represented by the handpiece (capacitive or resistive) and
the return plate, while high-strength body tissue constitutes the insulation.
The current generator works in the long-wave radio frequency range and with a variable power in W.
In this way, there is no emission of external energy, but only a development of endogenous or internal energy at
the level of the biological tissue, produced by the movement of ions and electrolytes, induced by the forces of
attraction and repulsion generated between the two capacitor plates.
The ability to generate a current flow through an insulator, and to exploit tissues as focal elements of the
therapeutic effect, is a differentiating feature of tecar therapy when compared with other techniques. Diathermy,
in fact, is also extremely effective in depth, where other exogenous instrumental physical therapies lose their effectiveness.
Specification
| Product name |
Tecar 12.0 indiba tecar diathermy machine |
| frequency |
448khz |
| handle pieces |
5 pcs |
| Function |
sport injury recovery , pain relief ,musle strain relief |
| Power |
400W |
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