2007-06-29 02:35:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
No. Ultrasound does not repair damaged tissue. I had ultrasound therapy for 6 months on an elbow injury. What it does is to micro massage the damaged area which stimulates a greater blood supply which then helps the body mechanisms to repair tissue.
It is particularly useful for tendons ligiaments which dont have very good blood supply and the extra stimulation offered by the ultrasound encourages more rapid healing than otherwise would be the case.
2007-06-29 03:04:15 · answer #1 · answered by oldhombre 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Therapeutic ultrasound is hypothesized as beneficial in tissue healing.
>>During the inflammation phase, ultrasound has a stimulating effect on the mast cells, platelets, white cells with phagocytic roles and the macrophages.
>>During the proliferative phase (scar production) it also has a stimulative effect (cellular up regulation), though the primary active targets are now the fibroblasts, endothelial cells and myofibroblasts.
>>In remodelling phase, the application of therapeutic ultrasound can influence the remodelling of the scar tissue.
Read more here: http://www.electrotherapy.org/electro/ultrasound/therapeutic_ultrasound.htm
2007-06-29 04:25:09 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure that it can. In college I ran cross country and pushed my body to the end of its limits. My legs, after a time, became quite damaged and seemded to only be getting worse. My physical trainers had me using ultrasonics on them twice a day and in a few weeks I felt much better. Apparently it has a massaging effect on the damaged muscle and is also capable of repairing bone. I don't know the mechanism, but it worked on me.
2007-06-29 02:44:36 · answer #3 · answered by billgoats79 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THEY HAVE A PROCEDURE WHERE THEY HIT A NERVE WITH SOUND TO DEADEN IT
2007-07-01 17:18:18 · answer #4 · answered by tarzan_greystroke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋