On 03/05/98 17:53:45 you wrote:
US is not always "pro-inflammatory" unless you use the continuous mode. If
you use pulsed (20% or 50%), there will be no thermal effects, but effects
on a cellular level: stim of macrophages, increased angiogenesis, increased
enzyme activity, increased cell membrane permeability, etc. These
would assist in healing more than just allowing the inflammation to
persist. Also, if there is an inflammatory process due to a
strain/tendinitis, I don't consider that to be a good or "healing" process,
but a painful one that I would try to retard with an anti-inflammatory gel.
Just a few thoughts,
Elizabeth Perez PT
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>Here's a thought for those about to or using anti-inflammatory gels during
>the appliction of ultrasound... Ultrasound is pro-inflammatory.
>Inflammation is a vital part of healing and repair, ultrasound aims to
>potentiate the body's capacity for repair, not stop/ slow the inflammation
>process, but enhance it. Without the inflammation process we would have no
>repair...is this then the opposite to combining it with an
>anti-inflammatory gel!!!!
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