electrotherapy

Use of electrical energy for treating medical conditions is called electrotherapy. Electro means "Electrical currents or means" and therapy means "Non-surgical treatment approach". Hence Electrotherapy is a branch of Physiotherapy that deals with non-surgical management of various disorders using electrical currents or electricity . Electrotherapy is used in the management of pain, neuromuscular dysfunction, joint mobility, tissue repair, edema, muscle spasm, prevention and retardation of disuse atrophy, improving blood circulation, prevention of venous thrombosis post operatively, wound healing and also as a means of drug delivery within the body tissue