MODALITIES

4. the use of extreme cold to freeze and remove abnormal tissue
8. a medical and surgical technique involving the production of heat in a part of the body by high-frequency electric currents, to stimulate the circulation, relieve pain, destroy unhealthy tissue, or cause bleeding vessels to clot.
10. heating transferred through waves or rays
11. heating directly through contact
12. type of aerosol spray product containing a liquified gas used for rapidly cooling surfaces, in medical and industrial applications
13. heating through other forms of energy
14. uses high-frequency to heat body tissues

1. the rubbing and kneading of muscles and joints of the body with the hands, especially to relieve tension or pain.
2. the process of turning from liquid into vapor
3. high-intensity heat modality consisting of a dry whirlpool of finely divided solid particles suspended in a heated air stream
5. the application of any substance to the body that increases tissue temperature
6. uses electricity to drive medicine into superficial tissue
7. set of mechanisms for straightening broken bones or relieving pressure on the spine and skeletal system
9. electrodes placed on skin for pain control convection heating indirectly through air or space