Ultrasound uses a round-headed transducer probe to produce sound waves that enter the body. Transducers can both send and receive sound waves.

Diagnostic ultrasound utilizes sound waves to produce images doctors can use for patient assessment. Therapeutic ultrasound uses sound waves to interact with body tissue and modify it in some way, such as:

• pushing or moving tissue

• heating tissue

• dissolving clots

• delivering medication to precise locations in the body

 

Therapeutic ultrasound is a noninvasive procedure that can take place in a clinical setting such as a doctor’s or therapist’s office.

In addition to relieving pain, ultrasound therapy can also:

• increase blood flowTrusted Source

• promote tissue healingTrusted Source

• improve collagen alignment

• increase cell proliferation

• improve tissue biomechanics

• increase elasticity