Therapeutic Ultrasound

The sound waves produced by a therapeutic ultrasound (US) creates continuous flow of small gas bubbles in the tissue that dissolve where the head of the probe is applied. This current is what lets the body know that it needs to send more healing properties to the area, to be able to influence the collagen within the scar tissue. Non-scared tissue is made up of collagen type I, which is flexible and all aligned in the optimal pattern. When a scar occurs the body converts collagen to type III, this is not very flexible, as the fibres are aligned really poorly. Ultrasound is able to target the collagen top be able to convert it back to collagen type I, so that the scar is more function.