Ultrasound
Therapy Ultrasound, a
form of acoustic energy, acts as a deep tissue-heating agent and
is used to treat muscular-skeletal injuries. The popularity of
this therapeutic device can be traced to its effectiveness in
the treatment of joint-motion limiting conditions, soft tissue
injuries, chronic conditions and wounds.
As opposed to
superficial heat treatments, such as chemical packs and heat
lamps, ultrasound can produce temperature changes as deep as 1
to 5 cm in underlying tissues (such as muscle and tendon)
without excessive heating of the skin.
Ultrasound
treatments also deliver non-thermal effects, which involve
physiological changes in tissues that cannot be attributed to
heating. The combination of deep heating and non-thermal effects
makes this a unique and versatile therapy.
A veterinary
evaluation is necessary to determine the involved tissue and the
stage of tissue healing before treatment begins.
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