What is Phonophoresis?

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What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
- Anatomy of the hand/wrist

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Symptoms:
- Sleep pain in hand and wrist
- Sleep interruption from numb hands
- Hands falling asleep
- Pain radiating up the forearm
- Loss of feeling in hand
- Poor Circulation in Hand
- Clumsiness of the hand
- Loss of grip strength
- Atrophy
- Depression

Carpal Tunnel Causes:
- Repetitive Strain/Stress
- Tendonitis
- Tenosynovitis
- Trauma

Carpal Tunnel Treatments:
- Braces/Wraps
- Ultrasound
- Infrared Heat Therapy

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Exercises/Prevention:
- Diagnosis and Testing
- Rehab and Preventative Exercise

Repetitive Strain Injury

What is Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome?
- Anatomy of the foot/ankle

Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Symptoms:
- Itching, burning, numbing pain (paresthesias)
- Sharp nerve pain
- Surface numbness
- Weakened muscles/Atrophy

Tarsal Tunnel Treatments:
- Conservative
- Surgery

Once one or more tendons in the hand/wrist are injured it becomes very difficult to recover 100%. It is almost impossible to keep from re-straining them because it can be extremely difficult to keep from stressing the joint (even when sleeping). It's just not possible to stop everything and rest your wrists and hands properly. Everyone has demands that make them keep going and in the process we increase the carpal injury further, leading to increased swelling, lack of blood flow, loss of feeling and even loss of finger control. What ends up happening is we slowly give up the ability to use the wrist and hands, slowly eradicating the active life we once led.

If you have a carpal tunnel injury, it's very important to heal it quickly and completely. If you don't, it may plague you forever. As Carpal Tunnel sufferers will tell you, a month of rest and proper therapy is much better than a lifetime of debilitating pain. If you have ever spoken with past Carpal Tunnel sufferers who have had surgery, you know you need to start an active CTS treatment plan and avoid surgery!

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So, even though your Carpal Tunnel can be treated, you aren't getting the therapy you need. With ultrasound from MendMeShop you can get that Ultrasound Therapy in your own home and give your Tarsal Tunnel the treatment it needs to properly heal.

What is Phonophoresis?

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Phonophoresis is the use of ultrasound to enhance the delivery of topically applied drugs. Effectively, medicines contained within or under the ultrasound gel are pushed by the sound waves of the ultrasound and driven deep below the skin. Phonophoretically administered medications can penetrate the body to a much deeper level than those massaged by hand over the surface of the skin.

Not all medications can be delivered phonophoretically. The process is dependant on many, many factors. For example, the type of drug and molecule size are critical. The drug molecule has to be just the right size to be picked up by the ultrasound waves and the right size to pass through the body tissue. As well, the medicinal molecule can't react with the ultrasound gel. It must also be able to survive the thermal and vibrational effects of the ultrasound. The delivery of medications via ultrasound is truly a science unto its own.

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The duration of the treatment and the need to specifically adhere to a specific dose size is also a large consideration. Obviously, the longer ultrasound is used over a topical phonophoretic drug, the more the medication is delivered and the deeper it goes. Drugs that require very exact dosing, like insulin for example, cannot be controlled accurately enough to be delivered via Phonophoresis. Many natural analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs though are excellent candidates for phonophoretic application.

One of the greatest benefits to delivering medications via phonophoresis is that the medication can be delivered locally to a desired area. Oral pain killers and anti-inflamatory drugs are introduced to the entire body in equal amounts. Even if you only need pain relief in your tennis elbow or an anti-inflammatory in your swollen bursa, with oral medications you end up drugging your entire body - your brain, your heart, your lungs even if they might not need the drug. With phonophoresis, the part of the body that receives the medication is the part of your body that needs it.

Where is Phonophoresis Typically Used?

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Phonophoresis is most commonly used by Physical Therapists and Chiropractors for the treatment of localized physical injuries. As a very cutting edge technology, phonophoresis is currently being studied for the use of a vast array of medications

Articles on Phonophoresis

APTA Research Report (pdf)
BioMechanics Magazine Article

Conditions Treated With Phonophoresis:

post-injury conditions (dislocations, distortions of joints, inflammation of muscles, tendons, etc)
pain in rheumatic diseases
low-back pain of neurological origin (e.g. root pain, discopathies, sciatica)
Bursitis and similar inflammatory ailments
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Foot/Toe Sprains/Achilles Sprains and Strains
Ankle/Knee/Calf/Neck Sprains and Strains
Hip Sprains, Thigh Sprains/Strains
Ligament Strains
OsteoArthritis
Post - Exercise Recovery (when the workout goes a bit too far)
Plantar Fascitis (Heel Spurs)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Shoulder Capulitis
Supraspinatus / Infraspinatus
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
Tendonitis (acute or chronic)
Tennis Elbow, Golfers Elbow,
Tension Headaches
Upper and Lower Back Strains
Wrist/ Hand/Elbow/Shoulder Sprains and Strains

Letters From Our Customers:

I developed tendonitis in my left wrist back in 6/07. I had a cortisone injection which only lasted 2 months. Then I had physical therapy for 2 months and it helped but I still had limited use and still felt a considerable amount of pain in my wrist. In December, I decided to try acupuncture. I finally started to find some relief but the she told me that it would be helpful if I applied some heat in order to increase the blood flow to the wrist. So I started to look in the internet and came upon your website. I purchased the left CTS infrared device and started using it in February. I can honestly say that now I currently have full mobility of my left wrist and no pain. I would say that it took approximately a month and half to feel complete relief and I am grateful.

- Nancee Capote, NJ

I treated my left hand/wrist several times for carpal tunnel syndrome according to instructions. After suffering for months with this condition with literally no use of my left hand, it is now at least 80-90% better than it was. I can now pick things up and bend my hand backwards without pain or spasm up my forearm. I am impressed. Thanks for a great product.

- Robert Molzahn

Thank you you for your great customer service. Your product is excellent and your quick response to my requests is outstanding. I hope other people take advantage of your ultrasound since it compliments physical therapy and gives quicker results.

- Kathryn Hallock

As a CPGA Class "A" golf professional with a focus on golf specific conditioning I have found the Thermotex to be an effective tool in the management of recovery and recuperation from golf and training. The Thermotex is portable and effective. It can provide benefit to virtually any golfer, recreational or professional.

- Kendal Yonomoto, CPGA Class "A" Professional, Vancouver