MODERN DIRECTIONS OF PHISIOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT

Absract. Having analyzed the data of scientific and methodological literature, information was presented on the status and topical trends in the development of physiotherapy. The principle of action, the effect on the human body, the main indications and contraindications of various methods of physiotherapy are considered. Nowadays, interest in methods of exposure to physical factors is growing significantly. This is due to the safety and availability of non-drug treatments. Of course, the importance of drug therapy cannot be denied. However, there are many contraindications to the use of drugs, including allergies and drug intolerances. In such cases physiotherapy as a method becomes one of the most important. The article presents data on the principle of magnetic stimulation, in particular transcranial magnetic stimulation, magnetic therapy and functional magnetic stimulation. Transcranial magnetic stimulation allows non-invasive action on the cerebral cortex with short-term magnetic impulses. The method of magnetic therapy is based on the effect of a magnetic field (constant or variable) on the human body. Using this technique it is possible to achieve analgesic, anti-inflammatory and anti-edematous effect. Functional magnetic stimulation is a unique method of nerve myostimulation that allows to affect the deepest muscles, inaccessible to other forms of action in the patient's body. Also TEСAR-therapy is considered: an approach that stimulates the regeneration and recovery of muscles with high-frequency electric stream that penetrates the tissues with electromagnetic waves and generates heat. The principle of action on the human body of the most common electrophysical device, therapeutic ultrasound, was analyzed. Ultrasound therapy can affect almost all body systems and has physicochemical, mechanical and thermal effects. Vibrotraction therapy (traction, spinal traction), which has an instant analgesic and long-term therapeutic effect on areas of spinal lesions, also has been analysed. In addition, the article concludes on the viability of physiotherapy techniques and the need for their improvement.