Electrotherapy is treatment of disease by means of electricity. Medical therapy using electric currents. It has been used to help professional athletes and weekend warriors recover from strains, sprains, pain, and injuries. Today, that same sports medicine branch of medicine is being offered to seniors.

Electrical stimulation, ultrasound, and short-wave diathermy machines can help reduce swelling and pain, and increase circulation, which stimulates the cells to heal damaged tissue.

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The point that you make – that medication should only be used along with therapy – often gets missed I think and leads to problems along the way. If we don’t use the medication, the therapy can only take one so far and not using therapy, the medication will only get one so far. Often there’s a reduction of symptoms using either option. However, if one is going to have to deal with pain over the long haul, therapy is going to have to be in my bag of tricks. Therapy helped me to develop my bag of tricks. It definitely has helped me in maximizing and maintaining my tricks.

Therapy will be a tool I can use for the rest of my life. So will the relaxation exercises, supportive friends, looking for beauty and humorous movies. I have hobbies and meaningful work even if at least some of it is volunteer.

Therapy and medication have made possible a quality of life I did not have before and I am very grateful. I encourage others not to be embarrassed or ashamed. Try new things. Go after the help you need and utilize many avenues as tools to getting to a better life.