| Technology | CET RET Tecar RF |
| CET tips | 5 different size tips |
| RET tips | 4 different size tips |
| Maximum Power Consumption | 300W |
| RF Frequency | 448Khz+20Khz |
| Function | Back pain relief/Sport injury recovery/healthcare |
TECAR therapy
The term TECAR is an acronym for Capacitive and Resistive Energy
Transfer. The use of TECAR technology
is of major importance in rehabilitation therapies since it reduces
pain, stimulates venous drainage in the
lymphatic system, significantly reduces both muscular and back
pain. In general, TECAR is used to treat
disorders such as sprains, tendonitis, bursitis, osteoarticular
distractions, chronic arthralgias, contractures,
strains and muscular tears, myositis, pathologies of joint
capsules, arthritic processes, lumbago and sciatica.
Therapy is widely useful for treating all types of sports injuries.
The TECAR method represents a technological
innovation in the field of energy transfer in the diseased parts of
the organism. From the other treatments
that use the electromagnetic waves (ex. the ultrasound and the
laser) the TECAR method is differentiated
by the typology of the transmission of energy. In fact, TECAR
therapy is not based on the induction of
heat "from the outside", but rather on the stimulation of ionic
charges naturally present in our muscular tissues
through the application of particular electrodes. This involves a
process of intensive stimulation of the tissues
at the cellular level, which activate the blood circulation
inducing an increase in temperature that accelerates
a natural physiological reaction. TECAR therefore does not make use
of the electric transmission from the
outside, but involves the exchange of the electrolytes already
present in the organism at the cellular level,
with the aim of reactivating the circulation. Therefore, the
process induces an increase in temperature in
tissues that triggers the natural reaction of the organism, which
is essential for the restoration of a
considerable number of muscle and joint damage. This happens thanks
to the combination of two
mechanisms: increase of temperature in the deeper tissues and
increase of the energy potential of cell membranes.
These properties turn INDIBA into a vital technology for:
Tissue regeneration
Fat deposit control
Cellulite improvement
Pre and post surgery treatment
Wound healing
INDIBA
INDIBA ACTIVE
The PROIONIC 448 kHz System.
Indiba is an innovative, groundbreaking device that operates on a
constant radio frequency of 448 KHz.
Indications for INDIBA treatment within pelvic physiotherapy
scars (after cesarean section but also in case of a persistently
painful vaginal cut during childbirth)
overactive pelvic floor
persistent tailbone pain
abdominal pain - groin pain
The INDIBA should not be used during pregnancy and in patients
wearing pacemakers for heart disease
The cellular therapy of INDIBA activ is based on the Proionic
system. The unique and patented
Proionic system activates intra- and extracellular ion movement,
increases membrane permeability
and cellular metabolism. Restarting cellular exchanges and
restoring the electrical balance improve
the natural processes of wound healing and tissue regeneration.
EFFECTS OF TECAR THERAPY
reduces pain
improves superficial and deep blood circulation
improves tissue regeneration
stimulates venous and lymphatic drainage
affects the restoration of metabolic balance activity
What is tecar therapy?
Diathermy, better known as Tecar therapy (an acronym for Capacitive
and Resistive Energy Transfer), is
a therapeutic technique that uses an electric current with
frequencies in the MF (Medium Frequencies) radio
band. It transfers energy in depth, through the tissues of the
human body, triggering a biostimulating effect.
This is a therapy that is carried out in a medical practice,
usually by a physiotherapist, on patients with a
variety of pathologies, requiring rehabilitation, sports and also
aesthetic treatment.
The very first applications of diathermy, limited to the
development of endogenous heat, date back to 1939,
when William Beaumont developed the first instrument capable of
generating heat endogenously, thus coining
the term “diathermy”. The name has Greek origins, literally meaning
“heat through”.
Tecar therapy specifically, and diathermy in its broadest and
technically correct sense, was patented in 1995.
This year represents a milestone in the study and application of
this technique in the therapeutic field.
Tecar therapy: how it works
The physical principle on which diathermy is based is that of the
capacitor.
The capacitor consists of two conductive armatures separated by an
insulator and connected to an electric
generator that creates a potential difference between the two
plates.
This causes electrical charges to attract and repel each other
concentrating near the two elements ,
increasing the density of positive charge in one plate and negative
charge in the other.
In the case of a diathermy device, the armatures are represented by
the handpiece (capacitive or resistive)
and the return plate, while high-strength body tissue constitutes
the insulation.
The current generator works in the long-wave radio frequency range
and with a variable power in W.
In this way, there is no emission of external energy, but only a
development of endogenous or internal energy
at the level of the biological tissue, produced by the movement of
ions and electrolytes, induced by the forces
of attraction and repulsion generated between the two capacitor
plates.
The ability to generate a current flow through an insulator, and to
exploit tissues as focal elements of the
therapeutic effect, is a differentiating feature of tecar therapy
when compared with other techniques. Diathermy,
in fact, is also extremely effective in depth, where other
exogenous instrumental physical therapies lose
their effectiveness.
Treatment modes: differences between capacitive and resistive
Diathermy has two different treatment techniques:
• Resistive technique. In this mode, the concentration of charges,
and thus the biological effect, occurs
in the tissues with the highest resistance, which are interposed
between the mobile electrode and the return plate.
Resistive contact transfer occurs by means of a non-isolated
electrode that mobilises the charges so
that they are concentrated in the areas of greatest depth and
resistivity, i.e. in tissues such as bone,
cartilage, tendons and deep muscles.
• Capacitive technique. With this mode, there will be an increase
in charge density near the area
below the mobile electrode and especially at the level of the
superficial soft tissues (vascular and
lymphatic circulatory system, adipose tissue and superficial
muscles). Capacitive contact transfer
is performed through an electrode treated with an insulating
coating that mobilises ionic charges
in the subcutaneous tissue.
