INDIBA

INDIBA ACTIVE

The PROIONIC 448 kHz System.

Indiba is an innovative, groundbreaking device that operates on a constant radio frequency of 448 KHz.

Indications for INDIBA treatment within pelvic physiotherapy

scars (after cesarean section but also in case of a persistently painful vaginal cut during childbirth)

overactive pelvic floor
persistent tailbone pain
abdominal pain - groin pain

The INDIBA should not be used during pregnancy and in patients wearing pacemakers for heart disease

The cellular therapy of INDIBA activ is based on the Proionic system. The unique and patented

Proionic system activates intra- and extracellular ion movement, increases membrane permeability

and cellular metabolism. Restarting cellular exchanges and restoring the electrical balance improve

the natural processes of wound healing and tissue regeneration.

EFFECTS OF TECAR THERAPY

reduces pain
improves superficial and deep blood circulation
improves tissue regeneration
stimulates venous and lymphatic drainage
affects the restoration of metabolic balance activity

What is tecar therapy?

Diathermy, better known as Tecar therapy (an acronym for Capacitive and Resistive Energy Transfer), is

a therapeutic technique that uses an electric current with frequencies in the MF (Medium Frequencies) radio

band. It transfers energy in depth, through the tissues of the human body, triggering a biostimulating effect.
This is a therapy that is carried out in a medical practice, usually by a physiotherapist, on patients with a

variety of pathologies, requiring rehabilitation, sports and also aesthetic treatment.

The very first applications of diathermy, limited to the development of endogenous heat, date back to 1939,

when William Beaumont developed the first instrument capable of generating heat endogenously, thus coining

the term “diathermy”. The name has Greek origins, literally meaning “heat through”.
Tecar therapy specifically, and diathermy in its broadest and technically correct sense, was patented in 1995.

This year represents a milestone in the study and application of this technique in the therapeutic field.

Tecar therapy: how it works

The physical principle on which diathermy is based is that of the capacitor.

The capacitor consists of two conductive armatures separated by an insulator and connected to an electric

generator that creates a potential difference between the two plates.
This causes electrical charges to attract and repel each other concentrating near the two elements ,

increasing the density of positive charge in one plate and negative charge in the other.

In the case of a diathermy device, the armatures are represented by the handpiece (capacitive or resistive)

and the return plate, while high-strength body tissue constitutes the insulation.

The current generator works in the long-wave radio frequency range and with a variable power in W.

In this way, there is no emission of external energy, but only a development of endogenous or internal energy

at the level of the biological tissue, produced by the movement of ions and electrolytes, induced by the forces

of attraction and repulsion generated between the two capacitor plates.
The ability to generate a current flow through an insulator, and to exploit tissues as focal elements of the

therapeutic effect, is a differentiating feature of tecar therapy when compared with other techniques. Diathermy,

in fact, is also extremely effective in depth, where other exogenous instrumental physical therapies lose

their effectiveness.

Treatment modes: differences between capacitive and resistive
Diathermy has two different treatment techniques:

• Resistive technique. In this mode, the concentration of charges, and thus the biological effect, occurs

in the tissues with the highest resistance, which are interposed between the mobile electrode and the return plate.
Resistive contact transfer occurs by means of a non-isolated electrode that mobilises the charges so

that they are concentrated in the areas of greatest depth and resistivity, i.e. in tissues such as bone,

cartilage, tendons and deep muscles.

• Capacitive technique. With this mode, there will be an increase in charge density near the area

below the mobile electrode and especially at the level of the superficial soft tissues (vascular and

lymphatic circulatory system, adipose tissue and superficial muscles). Capacitive contact transfer

is performed through an electrode treated with an insulating coating that mobilises ionic charges

in the subcutaneous tissue.