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Tendon injuries

Tendon injuries

Ultrasound and Percutaneous Electrolysis

Tendonitis can occur in many different areas of the body. However, they are most common in the:

  • Shoulders: tendon disorders of the muscle groups in the shoulder
  • Elbows: for example, tennis elbow or golfer’s elbow
  • Knees: common tendon disorders in the knee include jumping knee or runner’s knee/jumper’s knee
  • Lower legs/feet: you can think, for example, of an injury to the Achilles tendon or the tendon plate under the heel (plantar facitis/heel spur)

Tendon injuries

Percutaneous electrolysis

Percutaneous electrolysis therapy (such as PNE, EPTE and EPI) is a light-invasive treatment method used for short and long-term complaints of tendons, muscles and joints. Under ultrasound guidance, a thin needle is carefully inserted into the affected structure, after which a galvanic current is administered. This creates locally an electrolytic effect that triggers various physiological inflammatory responses necessary for the generation of new, healthy tissue.

  • PH value increases
  • Acidity normalizes
  • Blood circulation improves
  • Migration of metabolic substances into the lesion is stimulated
  • Tenocytes are prompted to produce new, tensile collagenous fibers in affected area
  • A favorable environment is created for the synthesis of tendon tissue
  • Plantar fascia
  • Achilles tendon
  • Patella tendon
  • Common extensors lateral epicondyle art. cubiti
  • Common flexors medial epicondyle art. cubiti
  • Supraspinatus tendon

In addition, percutaneous electrolysis is also effective in bursitides, capsulo- and ligamentous complaints, entrapment neuropathies and acute myogenic complaints.

  • High demonstrated effectiveness in long-term chronic complaints
  • Combines well with other forms of active therapy
  • Local treatment directly on affected tissue, or in its immediate vicinity
  • No impairment of healthy tissue
  • Very good treatment results for long-term chronic complaints
  • Treatment under ultrasound monitoring
  • The chance of recurrence is minimal
  • Efficient, short-term and fast

Tendon injuries

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