Name: Areesha Zubair

Registration no: 70110133

Subject: Physical Agents and
Electrotherapy 2
Class: DPT-C 6th Semester
Submitted to: Dr. Kanwal Arshad

Assignment No 1
Topic:
Briefly describe one of the methods of application of Ultrasound.

Introduction:
• Ultrasound physical therapy is a branch of ultrasound, alongside diagnostic ultrasound and
pregnancy imaging.
• It is used to detect and treat various musculoskeletal issues you may have including pain,
tissue injury, and muscle spasms.

Uses of Ultrasound Therapy:

If you have a problem that requires physical therapy, your physical therapist may choose to use
various treatments and therapeutic modalities to help decrease pain, improve mobility, and
improve function. Ultrasound is one treatment that is used to help provide deep heating to soft
tissue structures in the body.1

If you have tendonitis, bursitis, or tight muscles or joints, ultrasound may be used to help improve
the mobility and healing in these body parts.
 Direct Contact Ultrasound

Direct contact is the most common method that your physical therapist applies ultrasound.1 In this
method, your physical therapist puts a small amount of gel or cream on your body part that is being
treated. Then an ultrasound sound head (also known as a transducer) is pressed gently into the gel
and against your body. The sound head is moved in a small circular direction over your body.
Sometimes, a small amount of anti-inflammatory medication may be used in the ultrasound gel,
and is called phonophoresis.

The typical treatment time for ultrasound is five to eight minutes.

Normally when you receive ultrasound, you will not feel anything happening. Occasionally you
may feel some gentle warming or tingling under the sound head. If you feel any pain or sharp,
burning sensations, let your physical therapist know immediately.

Reference:

https://www.verywellhealth.com/