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Heat therapy, also called thermotherapy, is the use of heat in therapy, such as for pain relief and health. It can take the form of a hot cloth, hot water bottle, ultrasound, heating pad, hydrocollator packs, whirlpool baths, cordless FIR heat therapy wraps, and others.
The goal of thermotherapy is to alter tissue temperature in a targeted region over time for the purpose of inducing a desired biological response. The majority of thermotherapies are designed to deliver the thermal therapy to a target tissue volume with minimal impact on intervening or surrounding tissues.
1 Ιουν 2021 · One such therapy is “heat therapy,” or chronic, repeated use of hot baths or saunas. Although using heat exposure to improve health is not a new concept, it has received renewed attention in recent years as a growing number of studies have demonstrated robust and widespread beneficial effects of heat therapy on cardiovascular health.
1 Δεκ 2020 · Heat therapy has been independently shown to reduce whole body insulin resistance, improve vascular function, activate interorgan cross talk via endocytic vesicles, and activate HSPs to improve mitochondrial function and proteostasis in a variety of tissues.
28 Σεπ 2022 · Treatment includes rapid cooling, rehydration, and management of potential end-organ damage. •. Heat-related illness is preventable. Clinicians have a role in identifying patients at risk ...
13 Δεκ 2022 · The most common indications for radiant heat therapy (conversion heating) include muscle spasms from underlying joint/skeletal conditions, rheumatic joints in which direct heating of the...
In physical therapy, locally applied heating modalities are used to promote relaxation, provide pain relief, increase blood flow, facilitate tissue healing, decrease muscle spasm, decrease tissue tightness and joint stiffness, and prepare stiff joints and tight muscles for exercise. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24 ...
