TheraTouch® CX2/CX4/EX4
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ELECTROTHERAPY INDICATIONS &
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Indications for TENS, EMS, NMS, NMS
Burst, Russian (RUSS), High Voltage Pulsed
Current (HVPC), Interferential,
Pre-modulated Interferential and
Microcurrent waveforms:
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Pain relief of chronic intractable pain
•
Pain associated with post-traumatic or
postoperative conditions
•
Relaxation of muscle spasms
•
Prevention or retardation of disuse
atrophy
•
Increase local blood circulation
•
Muscle re-education
•
Maintaining or increasing range of motion
•
Immediate post-surgical stimulation
of calf muscles to prevent venous
thrombosis (
DO NOT
stimulate both calf
muscles simultaneously)
CONTRAINDICATIONS
•
This device should not be used for
symptomatic pain relief unless etiology is
established or unless a pain syndrome has
been diagnosed.
•
This device should not be used on patients
with demand-type cardiac pacemakers.
•
This device should not be used over
cancerous lesions.
•
Electrode placements that apply current
to the carotid sinus region (anterior neck)
must be avoided.
•
Electrode placements that apply current
transcerebrally (through the head) must
be avoided.
•
Electrode placements that apply current
transthoracically (the introduction of
electrical current into the heart may cause
cardiac arrhythmias) must be avoided.
•
Stimulation should not be applied over
swollen, infected, inflamed area or skin
eruptions (e.g. phlebitis, thrombophlebitis,
varicose veins, etc.).
•
Other contraindications are patients
suspected of carrying serious infectious
disease and/or disease where it is
advisable, for general medical purposes, to
suppress heat or fevers.
•
Safety has not been established for the
use of therapeutic electrical stimulation
during pregnancy.
ULTRASOUND INDICATIONS* &
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Indications for Ultrasound
•
Relief of pain, muscle spasms and joint
contractures that may be associated with:
a.
Adhesive capsulitis
b.
Bursitis with slight calcification
c.
Myositis
d.
Soft tissue injuries
e.
Shortened tendons due to past
injuries and scar tissues
•
Relief of sub-chronic, chronic pain and
joint contractures resulting from:
a.
Capsular tightness
b.
Capsular scarring
* Ultrasound indications are applicable to the
TheraTouch CX2/CX4 devices only.
Contraindications
The established contraindications to heat
therapy itself, for example:
•
In an area of the body where a
malignancy is known to be present
•
Over or near bone growth centers until
bone growth is complete
•
Over the thoracic area at all
•
This device should not be used over a
healing fracture
•
In the presence of metal implants of any
type
•
Patients with sensory loss on the area to
be treated
•
Therapeutic ultrasound should not be
applied over the pregnant or potentially
pregnant uterus. Therefore, therapeutic
ultrasound should not be applied over the
uterus unless specific assurance can be
attained from the patient that she is not
pregnant.
•
Areas of thrombophlebitis should not
be treated with therapeutic ultrasound
due to the increased possibility of
clotting or dislodging a thrombus.
Conditions where this might occur are
deep vein thrombosis, emboli and severe
atherosclerosis.
•
Tissues previously treated by deep x–ray
or other radiation should not be exposed
to therapeutic ultrasound.
•
Ultrasonic treatment over the stellate
ganglion, the spinal cord after
laminectomy, subcutaneous major nerves
and the cranium should be avoided.
INTENDED USE
