Understanding Ultrasound Therapy in Podiatry

What is Ultrasound Therapy?

• A therapeutic treatment modality

• Used for over 50 years in medical practice

• Generates healing ultrasound waves

• Works through crystal vibration in probe head

Treatment Benefits

• Promotes tissue healing

• Increases local blood flow

• Creates localised heating effect

• Reduces scar tissue

• Aids athletic performance

• Supports rehabilitation

Common Applications

• Ligament injuries

• Muscle strains and sprains

• Tendinitis

• Muscle spasm

• General pain relief

• Wound healing

How It Works

• Ultrasound waves penetrate skin

• Creates vibratory effect in soft tissue

• Promotes natural healing processes

• Safe and non-invasive treatment

Contraindications

Treatment cannot be used with:

• Metal implants (plates/pins)

• Malignancies or tumours

• Children's growth plates

• Infected tissue

• Ischaemic tissue

• During pregnancy