Tecar therapy (Resistive CApacitive Energy Transfer) is a therapy with an interesting efficiency index. As with other therapies that are used in specialized centers and with expensive machines, it is not available in all physical therapy centers.

Tecar therapy is a technique that stimulates energy from within biological tissues, activating natural reparative and anti-inflammatory processes. Its raison d’être lies in the observation that all osteo-articular and soft-tissue pathology slows down and modifies the biological processes that underlie the repair of the damage sustained.

The idea of transferring energy to injured tissues is common to many therapies (radar and Marconi therapy use the antenna effect, magnetotherapy the Faraday-Neumann effect, etc.), but they all administer energy from outside.

In contrast, tecar therapy draws electrical charges from throughout the body, taking advantage of the capacitor model, and concentrates them at the pathological site. The effects of tecar therapy are increased metabolic activity with increased ATP production (and thus a speeding up of repair), increased blood circulation and lymphatic drainage due to heat vasodilation (and thus improved tissue oxygenation and reabsorption of edema).

The advantage of tecar therapy over other energy therapies is that, because the energy comes from within, it is possible to affect even deep layers that cannot be treated with external energy transfers because of the damage to the skin caused by the emitted energies.

The ultimate biological effect of tecar therapy is an increase in the speed of reparative processes through vasodilation from increased district heat, which results in increased functionality of reparative processes. Scientific reports show that tecar therapy can significantly reduce up to half the recovery time on various types of osteoarticular and musculotendinous conditions.

Favorable effects, such as immediate pain relief and improved mobility, can already be seen after the first applications; consequently, patient satisfaction is greater.

Applications of tecar therapy

Tecar therapy crucially complements therapeutic intervention in acute and chronic osteoarticular disorders. Its involvement is therefore fundamental in rehabilitative therapies for the recovery of sprains, tendon injuries, bursitis tendinitis, bone and ligament trauma outcomes, acute and relapsing osteoarticular sprains, and chronic arthralgias of various etiologies, as undoubtedly is its usefulness also in the treatment of various forms of osteoporosis and in post-surgical rehabilitation programs, particularly after arthroplasty operations.

Here are some significant applications of tecar therapy:

• Chronic cervical, back, and lumbar pain;
• Shoulder pathology
• Adhesive capsulitis;
• Patellar chondropathy;
• Coxarthrosis;
• Chronic pubalgia;
• Tibio tarsal sprain;
• Calcaneal spur;
• Contractures, strains, and muscle tears;
• plantar fasciitis
• Calcaneal spur;
• Post-traumatic rehabilitation.

Harmlessness

The current is not present by direct contact, but as a movement of attraction and repulsion of natural ionic charges. In-depth results are obtained without any form of direct energy projection passing through the skin surface.

The presence of metal prostheses is not a contraindication to treatment.