What is Kinesiology Taping? Kinesiology Tape or Therapeutic Taple is also known as Kinesio tape is actually a Tex based non-latex tape with adhesive on a single side used in physiotherapy to treat a variety of orthopedic, neuromuscular, neurological and other medical conditions affecting the body’s muscles and joints. The tape is cut in a […]

What is Electrotherapy Electrotherapy describes the use of electrical current to create an stimulative effect in the body. Physiotherapists use electrical currents at low levels to reduce the sensation of pain. It may work either by “scrambling” pain signals to mask feelings of pain or by causing the body to produce natural pain-killers called endorphins. […]

Introducing Therapeutic Ultrasound Therapeutic Ultrasound therapy is most often employed in sports medicine to stimulate cell growth and accelerate the healing process. It’s even useful for helping along fractured bones. Therapeutic Ultrasound has a frequency range of 0.75–3 MHz, at a frequency of 1 MHz is absorbed primarily by tissues at a depth of 3–5cm and is […]

Background of Traditional Chinese Medicine Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is one of the world’s oldest medical systems still widely practiced today. It is a unique and independent medical system which originated in China and developed through the centuries, imbued with the spirit of Chinese civilization and culture. For thousands of years, TCM has played a […]

Background of Scraping Therapy Scraping Therapy (GUA SHA) is an ancient healing technique that origins from China thousands years ago. “Gua” means to scrape or rub. “Sha” is a reddish, elevated patch of skin. It involves palpation and cutaneous stimulation where the skin is pressured, in strokes, by a round-edged instrument, such as a ceramic […]

What is Cupping Therapy? Cupping Therapy is an ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine in which a cup is applied to the skin and the pressure in the cup is reduced (either by heat or suction) in order to draw and hold skin and superficial muscles inside the cup. Sometimes, while the suction is active, the cup […]