Magnetotherapy is a method of physiotherapeutic treatment, in which the impact on the human body turns out to be magnetic fields. Magnetotherapy sessions have a positive effect on the whole organism, and first of all on the nervous system.
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The concept of magnetotherapy
Magnetotherapy is an impact on the human body with magnetic fields in therapeutic and preventive purposes. Ancient doctors of India, China, Greece, Egypt successfully applied this method in their practice. Many wonderful healing properties were attributed to the magnet. But a lot of centuries passed before they were seriously interested in scientists, turning gradually magnetic therapy from the tested method of the method of traditional medicine into a scientific way of treatment.
The effect of this type of physiotherapy is impressive: relief feel up to 90% of its patients applying. This is largely due to the naturalness of the method, because within each of us there is a magnetic field, which is part of our body. His violation degrades the state of a person, and subsequently it can turn into a disease. The correction of the magnetic field and becomes the recharging, which gradually leads the body to normal or significantly improves the patient's condition.
Advantages of magnetic therapy
Magnetotherapy has a lot of advantages over other methods of treatment: it is well tolerated by patients, painless, has a rather wide list of indications, does not require special costs and applying complex equipment. Of all the physiotherapy methods, this is the most soft and gentle. It is well tolerated by those who other procedures due to age or health state are contraindicated - the elderly, weakened patients. In addition, since magnetic fields penetrate through any surface and medium, they are successfully used in the presence of gypsum, ointment overlays or any other medical devices.
Magnetic fields are provided as a general action (on the entire body as a whole) and local (for a separate organ). And affect the body in different ways: the constant magnetic field (the most soft) soothes, expands the vessels. A variable magnetic field is a good anti-edema, anesthetic and anti-inflammatory agent. The pulse field has a stimulating effect and has a trophic and anti-inflammatory effect.
Effect of magnetotherapy on the body
First of all, the nervous system reacts for magnetic fields. Then endocrine, immune, cardiovascular, muscular, digestive, separation, respiratory, bone system.
Magnetotherapy, as a rule, soothes the nervous system, improves sleep, reduces irritability, activates the work of endocrine organs: thyroid gland, adrenal glands, ovaries.
On the immune system, the magnetic field affects the immunocorrector: reduces increased activity, reduced - increases. In the cardiovascular system there is a decrease in the tone of arterial vessels, reducing blood clotting. In the digestive system, borter is normalized, brying, the microcirculation of the liver, the pancreas, as well as the motor function of the gastrointestinal tract. In the system of respiration, congestion decreases, the bronchial patency and the function of external breathing improves.
Indications for conducting magnetotherapy
The list of indications for the treatment of magnetic therapy is quite impressive, this list includes:
- Various diseases of the cardiovascular system (hypertension of I-II degree, ischemic heart disease, vegetative dystonia and others.)
- diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system (spinal injury, spinal cord; violation of the spinal circulation, osteochondrosis, neuritis, neuralgia, etc.)
- Pathology of the endocrine system
- Vascular diseases (obliterating atherosclerosis, endarterite, venous insufficiency, etc.)
- Diseases and damage to the musculoskeletal system (arthritis, polyarthritis, bruises, stretching, dislocation, etc.)
- Diseases of the broncho-pulmonary apparatus (chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma and others.)
- LOR-PATHOLOGY (sinusitis, chronic tonsillitis, otitis, pharyngitis, etc.)
- Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (ulcer of the stomach and 12-rosewood, chronic gastritis, cholecystitis, colitis, hepatitis, etc.)
- Diseases of the genitour system (cystitis, pyelonephritis, urethritis and others.)
Mechanism of the impact of magnetotherapy on the human body
It is worth saying that the body definctly responds to the magnetic field: large molecules (enzymes and others.) Change orientation in space and thereby affect biological, metabolic processes in the cell. The change in the potential of erythrocytes leads to an increase in cell biological activity.
Reducing the increased tone of vessels, both large and medium and small caliber, improves blood microcirculation, power and oxygen saturation in organs and tissues, and also speeds up the removal of toxins. As a result, the metabolism is improved, the inflammatory process is reduced, the swelling is absorbed, the affected body is gradually restored. Normal blood circulation makes the body resistant to disease.
Devices for magnetotherapy
Treatment is carried out with the help of equipment that includes special devices - inductors. They are installed on the body as close as possible to the patient. Depending on the diagnosis, different techniques are used: single-inductory (with a small hearth) or two-inductor. Two inductors are set either in the same plane, increasing the area of the magnet, either crossly from one and the other, increasing the depth of the magnetic field. But the most active is the technique of a rotating magnetic field: in this case, the patient is placed in a special apparatus, a magnetic field is created around it, which constantly changes its direction.
The dosage is selected individually. Of all the existing magnetic fields (ultraless, weak, medium and strong) in medicine, only weak are applied - from 0.5 to 50 militesl. On average, you need to go through a course from 10 to 15 procedures, daily or every other day. Session lasts 20-25 minutes. Most often, the course is repeated in a month and a half to secure the effect, then - in six months. Magnetotherapy is used in combination with drug therapy and in combination with other physiotherapeutic exposure methods.
