Therapy Care

 Multifunctional Therapy Unit

ARB Systems presents a multifunctional piece of equipment  capable of performing:

• Cold only treatments (Cryotherapy)
• Heat only treatments (Thermotherapy)
• Rapid Thermal Contrast Therapy RCT (in less than 1 minute)
• Intermittent Pneumatic Compression therapy

Thanks to an intuitive touch screen interface, Therapy Care users can easily toggle and mix between four therapeutic modalities, as well as control, adjust and monitor treatment times, temperature ranges and compression settings.

We act significantly accelerating recovery processes

Therapy Care is an essential tool for physiotherapists, sports trainers, rehabilitators and users in general, offering comprehensive, flexible and clinically proven treatments for various injuries, postoperative recovery and different stages of rehabilitation.

FEATURES:

• 2 fluid outlets: (2 treatment zones, in one or two users).
• Contrasts hot / cold (in less than 1 minute).
• 6 levels of active hydraulic compression, (adjustable both in pressure and frequency).
• Regulation of the number of heat/cold contrast cycles.
• Hot fluid temperature regulation from 20ºC to 45ºC.
• Cold fluid temperature regulation from 20ºC to -5ºC.
• Regulation of the duration of the treatment of 1 min. at 59 min.

Cold Therapy

The analgesic, relaxing and anti-inflammatory properties of cold are well known, since it slows down nerve transmission. The discontinuous and intermittent application of cold, immediately after an injury or surgery, (especially in acute injuries), reduces the effects of inflammation and tearing of muscle fibers.

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To summarize, we will say that cryotherapy generates a vasoconstriction that reduces blood flow, decreases metabolic demand, reduces pain, inflammation and edema, improves lymphatic function, stimulates cellular oxygen supply, decreases muscle spasms and causes the recovery of tissues in a natural way.

Heat Therapy

The heat increases the elasticity of the tissue, notably increases blood circulation, which produces a significant increase in metabolism in the treated area. The application of heat accelerates the healing of tissues in the treatment of injuries such as sprains, muscle contusions, tendinitis, ligament injuries, etc... and is very effective in increasing mobility and elasticity in the joints.

The biological effects derived from the application of heat include an increase in oxygenation in the tissues, a reduction in nervous excitability, a myorelaxant effect, a drop in blood pressure, as well as an increase in sweating. It is known that heat increases the distensibility of collagen tissues, decreases joint stiffness,...

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In general we can say that the heat acts mainly producing three actions, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic.

The applications of thermal contrasts, passing from hot to cold and vice versa, in less than a minute, have extraordinary power by generating vascular gymnastics that notably increases blood flow in the treated area...

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Heat/Cold contrast applications have much more profound effects than heat-only or cold-only applications on pain-causing factors.

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The great contribution of blood flow produced by thermal contrasts at all levels, notably increases the level of cellular oxygenation, the regeneration of damaged tissues, cellular nutrition and the strengthening of tissues, muscles, as well as the elimination of pathogenic elements, (with which we obtain a cleaning of the tissues and in general of the entire blood flow), activates tissue proliferation and restoration and reduces inflammation and muscle spasm and has a very important bactericidal action produced especially by heat applications,...

Sequential active hydraulic compression therapy helps reduce edema and acute inflammation, increases blood flow and cellular oxygenation and nutrition of the treated area with increased blood supply, increases lymphatic flow and drainage, and helps adapt the exchanger to the treated area increasing contact and providing even pressure around the injured area.