How does ARP therapy work?
As mentioned above, ARP therapy uses electrical currents at the site of an injury. The treatment uses a low-voltage electrical current to stimulate your nervous system. When that happens, it allows your muscles to relax, which encourages healing and can reduce the amount of scar tissue left after an injury.
How long does ARP therapy take?
ARP Therapy will occur over the course of 1 1 days. You should plan on the following: Wear comfortable gym-style clothing, as your sessions will require you to move.
What is the ARP Wave system?
What is ARP Wave? ARP stands for “Accelerated, Recovery, Performance” stimulates the nervous system to help relax and elongate muscles promoting healing and less scar tissue. The ARP treatment uses low-voltage current to penetrate injured muscle tissue and break down existing scar tissue.
Is ARPWave FDA approved?
ARPWave therapy is a class II FDA medical device that has been approved for muscle re-education, relaxation of muscle spasms, increased neovascularization, prevention of disuse atrophy, and maintaining/increasing joint range of motion.
When do you use shockwave therapy?
Shockwave therapy is most suited for people who have chronic (ie greater than six weeks) tendinopathies (commonly referred to as tendinitis) which haven’t responded to other treatment; these include: tennis elbow, achilles, rotator cuff, plantar fasciitis, jumpers knee, calcific tendinitis of the shoulder.
What is ARP recovery?
ARP (Accelerated Recovery Performance) is a system that uses a patented bioelectrical current simultaneously with active range-of-motion and other exercise techniques to significantly speed up the body’s natural recuperative ability.
Who should not use shockwave therapy?
Employing Shockwave therapy too close to open or post surgical wounds could lead to not only degradation of the wound, but also further bleeding as well as delayed healing. There are absolute contraindications against the use of Shockwave therapy in people who have implanted devices or implanted hormones.
What are the side effects of shockwave therapy?
Side effects from ESWT are limited to mild bruising, swelling, pain, numbness or tingling in the treated area, and the recovery is minimal compared with that of surgical intervention. “Most patients take a day or two off after treatment but don’t require a prolonged recovery period,” says Dr. Finnoff.
Can shockwaves cause damage?
It is abundantly clear that Shockwave can do serious damage to tissues as well as local circulation. Employing Shockwave therapy too close to open or post surgical wounds could lead to not only degradation of the wound, but also further bleeding as well as delayed healing.
What should you not do after shockwave?
You should avoid high impact exercise such as running or playing tennis for the first 48 hours after treatment. If you feel any discomfort, you can take paracetamol if you’re able, but avoid taking a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory painkiller such as ibuprofen as it will counteract the treatment and render it useless.
Why is shock wave therapy so painful?
The reason is that shock waves cause micro-traumas and bursting of microtissues (bone, tendons, and muscles) in order to generate blood flow and stimulate cell regeneration. Then, both traumas and recovering tissues might be the responsible for the engendered pain.