Tdcs Therapy And Its Importance Today

By Della Monroe


The transcranial direct stimulation therapy is a process that has been used to treat patients with brain injuries like stroke. This therapy is quite simple and can be carried out at a health unit or even the home of a patient. It involves the stimulation of brain neurons with some electric current which is passed through the head from one point to another point in the opposite direction. Tdcs is a critical process and requires professionalism in its undertaking. It should therefore be carried out by an expert with the experience on how the therapy works.

Apart from helping with brain injuries like strokes, the therapy has been advanced to help with other problems affecting individuals. The process can be used to help improve the attention span, reduce memory losses and improve problem solving skills among more. All these can be achieved by having the electric current passed through the head of a patient from different points. This ensures that specific head neurons are stimulated to attain a certain effect on a patient.

Electric current can be passed through the brain in two different modes. Each mode brings about a different desired result. Current may be passed from the positively charged electrode which is the anode towards the negatively charged electrode which is the cathode. It can also be passed in the opposite direction which is from the cathode towards the anode.

Electric current is used to cause an excitement of neurons in the brain. This is done by either increasing their excitement or reducing it. When the current flows from the positively charged electrode towards the negatively charged electrode, the resulting effect is an increase in the excitement of neurons. If the current flows from the negatively charged electrode towards the positive electrode, the resulting effect is a reduction in the excitement of neurons. The different resulting effects lead to different behaviors shown by the patient.

This procedure requires you to have a powered device and electrodes to pass the current through the head of a patient. The power source should be able to supply constant direct current during the exercise. Traditional methods have been using only two electrodes for the process. However, modern therapy has adopted the use of more than two electrodes to achieve higher levels of a certain effect.

The process starts with cleaning and preparing the skin on the scalp where the electrodes will be placed. This ensures that there will be a strong connection created between the skin and the electrodes. The electrodes are then attached carefully and current passed through.

Turn the power device on to generate and pass direct current through the head of the patient. The current is allowed to pass on gradually. It can be increased or decreased gradually as the therapist desires.

As technology advances, modern transcranial simulation continues to grow. There are new methods of conducting the stimulation to ensure the patient receives maximum effects from the process. This includes using many smaller electrodes to increase the level of a desired effect.




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