What Conditions Diathermy Helps Treat

Diathermy is a treatment that stimulates the generation of heat within the body tissues using a high-frequency current of electricity. Usually, diathermy is used therapeutically to treat joint and muscle conditions. The electrical current is able to effectively produce heat up to two inches underneath the surface of the skin into the targeted tissue. Diathermy does not involve the application of heat to the body, but it does give the body the ability to generate its own heat inside of the targeted tissue.