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Modalities Ultra Sound Machine What is it? • Ultra Sound is a medical imaging technique that uses high frequency sound waves and their echoes to treat injuries. What’s it used for? • Increase pain relief • Reduce muscle spasms • Increase blood flow • Increase R.O.M. of contracting joints using heat and stretch techniques What’s it used for? • To treat chronic bursitus, epicondylitis, and tenosynovitis • Shoulder hand syndrome or sudeck’s atrophy • Chronic arthritis • Back pains • Post operative pain, phamtom pains, and pains from intercoastal neuralgia. Contraindications • Over pregnant fetus • Patients with pacemakers • On eyes • Over heart • On testes Cont’d. . . • Long term steroid therapy • On joint capsules • Person with hemophilia • Post acute trauma • Open wounds Brought to you by: • Carly Lerma • Haley Macfarlane • Marissa Gutierrez • Kat Ibarra
