Nerve inflammation, neuralgia, migraine, phantom pain, muscle paresis, disorders of neuromuscular coordination, flaccid paralysis, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy in children.

Treatment process in neuromuscular coordination disorders and cerebral palsy involves, among other things, specially developed swimming pool exercises that help attune coordination, as well as passive exercises, where a change of a limb position, and thus stretching of joint capsules, stimulates the central nervous system. The exercises also develop locomotor memory. Moreover, tonolysis procedure acts to normalise coordination and reduces spasticity.

Pareses are treated by, among other methods, medium-frequency pulse electrostimulation, which is able to stimulate muscles to act. Moreover, diadynamic current (DDC) therapy is used, which consists of a combination of alternating and direct currents and is effective in treating peripheral nervous system disorders and pain.

Beneficial effects may be also gained with the use of systemic cryotherapy. The treatment involves subjecting the body to extremely low temperatures (below -150ºC). I is primarily used in multiple sclerosis. Cryotherapy enhances the efficiency of muscles and inhibits the ageing processes.

Interference currents (IC) act on the autonomous nervous system, reducing tension from the sympathetic system, and, thus, relieving neuralgia and migraine.

Treatment of nervous system disorders also includes TENS currents and Terapuls (pulse diathermy) therapies, which stimulates regeneration of damaged nerve fibres. It has pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory effects.

Galvanisation reduces sensitivity of nerve endings; thus, it is used as pain-relieving treatment. It is also used, together with sulfide/hydrogen sulfide baths, in treatment of flaccid paresis and nerve inflammation. Ion sulphate easily seeps into and permeates the skin. Sulphur is equally absorbed by the respiratory tract with the inhalation of air. As a strong antioxidant, it works to prevent tissue deterioration linked to nerve inflammation.

Spas offer a very wide range of treatments for neuralgia and migraines. Both peat pack and sulphide/hydrogen sulphide baths boast high success rates. Peat is made up of the undecomposed debris from plant and minerals. The therapeutic effects of peat treatments depend on the high content of particular biologically active compounds. Peat has a strong therapeutic effect in bacterial, viral and fungal infections. Therapeutic components of peat penetrate the skin and are absorbed by the body. Simultaneously, peat absorbs harmful substances and exudates from the body, as well as reduces pain, regenerates, improves blood supply and reduces muscle tonus.

All the massage types, i.e. classical, underwater and whirlpool massage are of significant efficacy. All forms of massages essentially involve the manipulation of the patient’s tissues, which work to benefit the body’s health. Massage helps to relieve the undesired consequences of some diseases - regenerates tissues damaged by the disease and reduces pain.

Neuralgias may be treated by at least several of the many physical therapy procedures, such as interference currents, exposure to magnetic fields, diadynamic currents, TENS currents, ultrasound waves, laser, UV lamp, IR lamp or the Bioptron lamp.
Magnetic field treatments are commonly used: cyclic changes in magnetic fields act on the patient’s body resulting hyperpolarisation of cellular membrane, stimulation of the intracellular processes, improvements in the oxygen absorption by body cells, accelerated regeneration of body tissues and relief from inflammatory conditions. Moreover, it has pain-killing effects in some ailments.

Ultrasound treatment involves subjecting the body’s tissues to high frequency ultrasound waves. The procedure causes the rhythmical vibration of the tissues and removal of negative effects of the disease. The ultrasonic waves also inhibit inflammatory processes, accelerate absorption within tissues and release histamine-like substances.

Laser support the regeneration processes by providing the affected tissues with additional energy and by stimulation of the oxygen metabolism – besides also having some pain-relieving properties.

The Bioptron lamp generates polarised light, which enhances the energetic activity of cellular membranes and stimulates the regeneration processes.

A IR lamp relieves chronic inflammatory conditions.

In general, all the above-mentioned procedures boast a high success ratio; possible differences in their efficacy result from the individuality of cases, i.e. a procedure with limited efficacy in one patient may demonstrably benefit another.

There are also many other treatments available.