Is MicroVas Treatment Right for Me?
Our staff at Northeast Spine and Sports Medicine will perform a thorough exam using digital imaging, asking questions about your symptoms, and reviewing your medical records to determine if MicroVas treatment is right for you.
How Does MicroVas Therapy Work?
Once your doctor determines it’s a good choice, we’ll have you take a seat near our MicroVas machine, which is generally connected to your thigh, calf, ankle and/or foot for each treatment.
Frequently asked questions
MicroVas therapy is a painless process, though patients do commonly report feeling a tingling sensation in their feet after a session. This is normal, and tends to dissipate soon after tMicroVas therapy is a painless process, though patients do commonly report feeling a tingling sensation in their feet after a session.
Ankle & Foot Specialist of N.J
People with diabetic and non-diabetic peripheral neuropathy experience numbness, burning, and pain in their feet. MicroVas® treatment is an effective physical therapy treatment to alleviate this pain and increase circulation.
How does MicroVas work?
MicroVas is a pulsating electromagnetic field treatment. The energy from MicroVas, consisting of biphasic faradic square and ionic waves, stimulates blood circulation by raising tissue oxygen levels. It creates deep muscle contractions to repair tissue damage.
Who is a candidate for MicroVas?
People with diabetes aren’t the only patients who benefit from MicroVas treatments. People with the following may also have poor circulation and benefit:
What happens during MicroVas treatment?
When you come in for a MicroVas session, the technician places pads 180 degrees from one another in groups, directly onto your feet and lower legs. The ionic impulses pass through the lower body, which stimulates your neuromuscular system and triggers the venous muscle pump.
What results can I expect from MicroVas?
The doctors at Ankle & Foot Specialist of N.J. recommend between a total of 20-36 sessions. These are delivered twice per week in sessions lasting about 45 minutes. Men and women typically experience improvements in their neuropathy symptoms for 6-8 months following MicroVas treatment.
What is MicroVas Therapy?
Performance Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine offers non-surgical orthopedic solutions and has invested in MicroVas Therapy, the most advanced conservative treatment option available for patients who are suffering from all types of neuropathies. We have treated thousands of cases of neuropathy using MicroVas Therapy, with excellent results.
Common Neuropathy Symptoms
Regardless of how you acquired neuropathy, the symptoms are due largely to damage to the motor (muscle strength) and/or sensory component of the affected nerve. The patient will perceive nerve damage as:
MicroVas Therapy: How does it work?
MicroVas Therapy is an FDA cleared technology that has effectively treated neuropathy for over a decade. MicroVas works by causing gentle passive muscle contraction and relaxation cycles to the muscles of the affected limb (s), via electronic muscle stimulation.
New Jersey Neuropathy Management with MicroVas
MicroVas Therapy is administered 3x a week for a 4-week period. Each MicroVas session is 45 minutes, performed in a comfortable and relaxing environment. After 12 treatments, your condition will be reevaluated and medical necessity for continued care will be assessed.
