Sage-Tips

When should you not use ultrasound?

Cancer: Since ultrasound may increase cellular activity, it should not be used over cancerous areas of the body as this is thought to increase chances of metastasis.

What are the risks of therapeutic ultrasound?

It has the potential to produce harm if the heat is left in the same place too long. If, while being treated, you feel discomfort, alert your PT right away. One potential risk with therapeutic ultrasound is that the rapid pressure changes during cavitation could cause a “microplosion” and damage cellular activity.

What are precautions of ultrasound?

For some scans, such as a gallbladder ultrasound, your doctor may ask that you not eat or drink for certain period of time before the exam. Others, such as a pelvic ultrasound, may require a full bladder. Your doctor will let you know how much water you need to drink before the exam.

Is ultrasound therapy contraindicated for pacemaker?

Ultrasound should not be used in the thoracic area if the patient has a cardiac pacemaker of any kind( 1 , 78). Blood vessels in poor condition should not be treated as the vessel walls may rupture as a result of the exposure( 78).

Is ultrasound safe to use?

While ultrasound is safe when performed by a trained medical professional, the sound waves used in sonography are powerful. Ultrasound can heat body tissues and has the potential to create small gas pockets in tissues or fluids. However, doctors have safely used ultrasound for decades with an impeccable safety record.

Does ultrasound help inflammation?

Ultrasound (US) therapy is used to reduce pain and inflammation and to accelerate healing after soft tissue injury.

Is ultrasound contraindicated with pregnancy?

Ultrasound and ESTIM, two commonly used passive modalities in physical therapy clinics, are contraindicated during pregnancy. Ultrasound, a therapeutic modality used for the deep heating of tissues through high frequency sound pulses can expose the fetus and result in overheating.

What are contraindications for using electrical stimulation?

You should avoid electrical stimulation if you have:

• A change in tissue sensation.
• Impaired mental status.
• Presence of an implanted electrical device (the e-stim could interfere with pacemakers or implanted pain stimulators)6.
• Malignant tissue.
• Wounds that are too moist.

Is fracture a contraindication for ultrasound?

Historically, the ultrasound has been contraindicated in the setting of fractures. This is largely due to early animal studies, showing that ultrasound treatment delayed or even damaged the healing bone.

What are the contraindications for electrical stimulation?

What type of therapy is contraindicated in patients with pacemakers?

These guidelines suggest that deep heating in the form of SWD should be contraindicated in patients with inbuilt stimulators (such as pacemakers) within 3 m of the device, whereas microwave diathermy and US therapy (with or without heat) should be contraindicated directly over the pulse generator device.

What are the contraindications for ultrasound?

Pulsed Ultrasound. Contraindications. Precautions. Risks. Hemorrhagic conditions. Eyes, anterior neck, carotid sinus, reproductive organs. Electronic device. DVT or thrombophlebitis (local)

Is pacemaker contraindication for ultrasound?

Contraindications of Ultrasound Therapy. If a patient uses a pacemaker, it is not recommended to use this kind of treatment in the thoracic part of the body, as the pacemaker may be affected in those cases. Ultrasound devices should not be used where a fracture is healing, it should not be applied close to a patient’s eyes,…

What are the benefits of ultrasound therapy?

Provides heat. Unlike the traditional hot pack,which emits heat only on the surface,ultrasound generates deeper heat.

Helps in treating surgical wounds. Deep tissues can be healed by the heat generated by ultrasound therapy.

Reduces pain.

Helps to relax muscles.

Great treatment for sports players.