Specialization
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
When EPTE?
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.
What does EPTE do?
- 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
For what complaints?
- 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.
Benefits of this treatment
- 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