The Fisiocomputer USF1 is a medical device for physical therapy designed to match the delivery of ultrasound therapy at 1 MHz and cryotherapy (up to -9,9°C).

The synergy of the two therapeutic techniques eliminates the contraindication of the ultrasound in acute and sub-acute traumas and in acute and sub-acute inflammatory states. The head of the cooled ultrasound, placed in correspondence of the lesion to be treated, causes an initial dermal vasoconstriction followed by a strong vasodilation, while in depth a circulatory decrease (hemostasis process) occurs.

The decrease in temperature in the deep tissue also creates an increase in the density of the fabric itself, with an increase in the mechanical effect of ultrasound and with a completely canceled thermal effect. In the lesions and inflammation of the musculoskeletal system of the musculoskeletal system, the healing process is accelerated, with a faster recovery of the movement due to the rupture of the pain-inactivity spasm cycle.
Therefore this technique is particularly indicated in sports rehabilitation, where the rapid recovery of an injured athlete is made possible because the USF1 allows to treat immediately both a recent trauma and an acute and subacute inflammatory state.

How does work Cryoultrasoundtherapy?

The anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-edema is expressed due to various factors: the mechanical factor, represented by the “set in vibration” by the ultrasonic cells of the treated tissue, thus determining a sort of “micro” in depth, and the thermal factor: the temperature increase induced by the ultrasound promotes vascularization and the elimination of the molecules responsible for inflammation (toxic metabolites), however the temperature increase occurs only at the surface level, thus removing the blood to the muscles and thereby obtaining hemostatic action, (ie stop the leakage of blood), very useful after trauma; the other hand, the action of cold, (which first causes vasoconstriction immediate, but then vasodilation by “vasoparalisis“), is represented essentially of an analgesic effect and relaxant; the chemical factor: ultrasound accelerate the scrapping of toxic metabolites responsible for inflammation; also applying an ointment anti-inflammatory ultrasound facilitate its penetration in the tissues, (thereby increasing the effectiveness), with a technique called “sonophoresys”.

The ultrasound emission from the head may be continuous or intermittent; likewise, the operator/dating, use the handle in a circular motion or keep him still.

This device is particularly suitable for sports rehabilitation, where the rapid recovery of an injured athlete is made possible as the USF1 allows you to immediately treat both a recent trauma and an acute and sub-acute inflammatory state.