IFT: treating injured muscles

If you have ever been the victim of muscle injury, you would know what pain means.

So any form of therapy that can relieve pain is most welcome.

I was recently introduced to Interferential Therapy. Interferential therapy was developed by Dr. Hans Nemec in the early 1950s. It crosses two medium-frequency currents through the tissue that is hurting.

By creating a beat deep inside the muscle, it loosens the muscles, reducing the pain without medicines. Think of it as internal massage made of electricity.

The electric signal pulses at between 1-150 Hz which triggers the release of endorphins. Your nerves are calmed and tight muscles relax.

The signal itself is applied by putting a patch on your skin, which can then send the signal deep into the muscle.

I can vouch for the relief, as I have had it used on me these past few weeks.

You can feel the flow of blood improve, which brings fresh nutrients helping the area heal. When you get up after the treatment, at least for some time, you feel like new.

The treatment is used for a wide variety of conditions. Some of these include delayed muscle soreness, surgery and in my case for an injured back.

Ideally, you would combine the protocol with muscle-strengthening exercises for that area.

I know most of do not enjoy symptoms. Pain, coughing, itching. It is irritating to say the least. However your real problem is not the pain, which is in itself merely a signal.

What you need is a cure for the underlying problem.

In my case, a weak core muscles. I have been training every single to strengthen my muscles, by far the best long term cure for an injured, hurt or aching back.

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