Apparatus Physiotherapy

Apparatus physiotherapy is a supporting part of the rehabilitation programme. On its own it does not replace therapy sessions, but it helps prepare the muscles for work and sustain progress: easing excessive tension, supporting weakened muscles, improving local circulation. Every procedure is prescribed by a doctor after an examination.

Working with increased muscle tone

Low-frequency pulsed currents act on muscles held in a state of increased tone. Stimulating receptors in the tendons triggers a reflex response that helps reduce spasticity and widen the available range of movement. Spasticity is a state of raised muscle tension that makes movement difficult and can cause discomfort.

Medium-frequency electrotherapy

Medium-frequency currents act in several ways: they widen the vessels and increase local blood flow, help reduce pain and swelling, improve the elasticity of scar tissue, stimulate muscle contraction and help maintain muscle volume when mobility is limited.

It is used for weakness of the neck, limb, back and abdominal muscles, for both increased and reduced tone, for flaccid paresis, and after muscle strains and injuries.

Meridian electrostimulation

This method draws on the principles of traditional Chinese medicine: weak electrical impulses are applied to active points along the body's meridians. It is used to support nerve fibre conduction, ease pain associated with nerve damage, work with muscle tone and improve local circulation.

Cerebellar stimulation

Weak bioelectrical impulses are delivered through electrodes placed on the skin over the cerebellum. The cerebellum is responsible for movement coordination, balance and muscle tone. The method is used after birth trauma and hypoxia, after traumatic brain injury, in speech, intellectual and motor developmental delay, and where there are difficulties with memory and attention.

Sound frequency resonance therapy

The method uses sound waves of a particular frequency directed at the structures of the inner ear. It is applied to support microcirculation in the auditory system and improve hearing perception in children with reduced hearing. It is prescribed by an ENT specialist or the treating doctor following examination.

Physiotherapy for nerve damage

A dedicated device is used in partial denervation, muscle atrophy and other conditions linked to peripheral nerve damage — neuritis, plexitis, radiculitis.

UHF therapy

Ultra-high frequency therapy is used for inflammatory processes — for example neuritis or soft tissue inflammation — strictly as prescribed by a doctor.

Multifunctional limb stimulation

Low-frequency pulsed current acts on different muscle groups in a set sequence, imitating natural movement. This helps work on movement patterns in rigidity of the lower limbs, equinus foot, hemiplegia and paraplegia, and after nerve damage.

Procedure schedule

Most methods last around 20 minutes and run daily, in a 20-day course. Two methods have their own schedule: infrared heat therapy — 10 minutes, usually after pharmacopuncture or PIMS; extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) — 5–10 minutes, twice a week, over a 4-week course.

What parents should know

Procedures are spread through the day between physical, occupational and speech therapy so the child does not become overtired. If a procedure causes the child noticeable discomfort, tell the specialist straight away — the settings can be adjusted or the method changed.