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Acute and chronic ankle pain and ankle joint arthritis | |||
Acute and chronic low back pain associated with spinal nerve and disc pain or spinal osteoarthritis/degenerative disc disease (DDD) | |||
Acute and chronic neck pain associated with soft tissue injury to the muscles, ligaments or spinal discs, joint inflammation and spinal arthritis | |||
Acute, chronic and post surgical knee pain associated with muscle, tendon, ligament or joint arthritis problems | |||
Acute and chronic shoulder pain associated with muscle, tendon, ligament or shoulder joint arthritis | |||
Carpal tunnel syndrome – pain associated with compression of the nerves in the carpal tunnel | |||
Foot pain including Plantar Fasciitis, Achilles Tendinopathy, Morton’s Neuroma and Peripheral Neuropathy | |||
Post lumbar laminectomy – a type of surgery to the spine | |||
Use in labour and delivery | |||
Dental pain including TMJ pain (jaw joint) | |||
Facial paralysis | |||
Trigeminal Neuralgia | |||
Hip pain | |||
Post-operative pain | |||
Sciatica | |||
Bicipital tendonitis | |||
Tennis elbow | |||
Wrist pain | |||
Shin splints | |||
Diabetes neuropathy | |||
Fibromyalgia | |||
Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) | |||
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) | |||
Acute Herpes Zoster/Post Herpetic Neuralgia | |||
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) | |||
Electrotherapy is primarily used in physical therapy for relaxation of muscle spasms, prevention and retardation of disuse atrophy, increase of local blood circulation, muscle rehabilitation and re-education electrical muscle stimulation, maintaining and increasing range of motion, management of chronic and intractable pain, post-traumatic acute pain, post surgical acute pain, immediate post-surgical stimulation of muscles to prevent venous thrombosis, wound healing and drug delivery | |||