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STORTFORD GRANGE
Physiotherapy Centre
Jenkins Lane Hallingbury Road
Bishops Stortford Herts CM22 7QL
01279 654020
INTERFERENTIAL THERAPY (IFT)
Interferential therapy (IFT) has been the electrotherapy treatment of choice for the last 28 years.
Wendy Emberson was closely involved with the development of the first British designed equipment in the late 1970’s when she was Superintendent Physiotherapist at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. Since that time she has carried out more than 60,000 treatments where IFT forms an essential component of the overall treatment programme.
Treatment with IFT involves using a current that produces a gentle tingling sensation
only and lasts on average 20 -
We usually use IFT in conjunction with steam packs which serve to reduce the resistance of the skin, as well as increasing the blood supply to the area. The IFT and packs also provide a comforting, relaxing time following any manipulation or other manual therapy. Such relaxation time is an essential part of the treatment and helps to calm both patient and condition!
For more detailed information about IFT please click this link to Wendy’s IFT website
Some of the conditions that we can treat using IFT
1. Any condition where we want to increase the INFLAMMATORY/HEALING RATE. This includes all soft tissue injuries, arthritis and post trauma and surgery.
2. FRACTURES: The research work was carried out in the mid 1980’s by Prof Lilyana
Nikolova. There has been extensive work in this area by other specialist physiotherapists
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3. ASTHMA, HAYFEVER, SINUSITIS: Two undergraduate research projects have been carried
out at Stortford Grange demonstrating that IFT is a better broncho-
Physiotherapists have been treating hayfever and sinusitis for many decades using a range of electrotherapies, but we have found that IFT is the most effective.
4.ONYCHOLYSIS: This is a condition where the nails separate from the nailbed underneath. Current medical treatment is limited in it’s effect, but we have treated 2 patients successfully where the nails returned to normal.
5. CIRCULATORY CONDITIONS: such as Raynaud’s disease, wounds and ulcers. Using IFT on certain frequencies will increase the deep circulation and affect the autonomic control of the blood vessels.
6. IRRITABLE BOWEL, SPASTIC COLON AND COLITIS:
The initial work in this area was carried out at St Mark’s Hospital London, and forms the foundation of our treatments here.
7. SKIN CONDITIONS: Conditions such as psoriasis and acne and eczema may also be helped depending on the severity.