Level III Hockey Coaching Course

Karnataka State Hockey Association, Bangalore
Conducted from April 16, 2003 to June 28, 2003

Class 1	Class 2	Class 4		Class 4	Class 5	Class 6
Physiotherapy By T. Bhattacharya				Shri T. Bhattacharya is with the Sports Authority of India, Bangalore.
Class 7	Class 8	Class 9		Class 10	Class 11	Class 12

ELECTROTHERAPY

Role of Electrotherapy

• Sports injuries rehabilitation
• Application of correct electrotherapeutic modalities
• Proper line of treatment
• To maintain cardio-respiratory fitness and muscle strength, flexibility and balance
• Alongside analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs

Different Electro-therapeutic Modalities and Progress

• Dialups -36% of injuries treated
• Drum shape treatment head
• High frequency pulsed electromagnetic energy
• 600 or 400 pulses per second involving swelling, haematoma
• Average recovery 7 days

Ultrasound

• 12% of injuries treated
• Basic intensities 1W/CM2 and 3W/CM2 pulsed and continuous mode
• Treatment for tendon, ligament, bursae and fascia
• US combination and topical application
• Anti inflammatory cream

Galvanic Current

• Low frequency current
• Constant and direct current
• Long lasting and deep penetration
• Limit of therapeutic dosages
• Resulting decrease in pain is due to the raised pain threshold of sensitive nerve fibber’s, which are assumed to register pain

Faradic Currents

• A series of impulses
• Triangular impulses
• Impulse length 1 millisecond interruption of 20 ms
• Effective for acute to chronic muscle strain, pulled muscle

High Frequency Therapy Shortwave Diathermy

• Capacitor field/coil field/radiation
• Large are to be covered
• Good depth of penetration
• Treated for chronic disorders
• Remedial treatment of athletic injuries
• Short length of treatment
• Proper administration of treatment and individual reaction to the patient
• To carry the electrical devices along on trips to the site of the competition speedy recovery for injured athlete
• Beneficial healing process for most athletic injuries

Diadynamic Currents

• A half sinusoidal alternating current created one way DC converter of 50 Hz
• A long period current, MF current mixed modulated
• Basically for analgesic and hypereemic

Recovery

• Passive recovery important aspect of training
• To adopt organism complete recovery is required
• To regularize overloading and conditioning
• Jogging, interval training cool down are the active process of recovery

PHSYIOTHERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES USED (%) FOR TISSUE INJURIES