Found this while searching on what heat does to ligaments: http://www.hopkinsortho.org/thermalcapsularshift.html
Thought you guys would find it interesting...made me rethink using heat for pe.
"The interesting thing about this is that the tip of the probe does not get hot like you would expect, but rather it heats the tissue by exciting the molecules themselves in the tissue. The molecules in the ligament (called "collagen molecules") essentially vibrate; giving off energy which is expressed as heat. This causes the tissue to heat and shrink
Recently a new technique of heating the ligaments to make them shorten and tighten was devised using a different type of energy than laser energy. These techniques are called "thermal capsular shifts" since they are a way to "shift" or "tighten" the ligaments by using heat.
The surgeon then directs the end of the probe to the ligaments where it touches them and causes them to heat and then shrink."
Thought you guys would find it interesting...made me rethink using heat for pe.
"The interesting thing about this is that the tip of the probe does not get hot like you would expect, but rather it heats the tissue by exciting the molecules themselves in the tissue. The molecules in the ligament (called "collagen molecules") essentially vibrate; giving off energy which is expressed as heat. This causes the tissue to heat and shrink
Recently a new technique of heating the ligaments to make them shorten and tighten was devised using a different type of energy than laser energy. These techniques are called "thermal capsular shifts" since they are a way to "shift" or "tighten" the ligaments by using heat.
The surgeon then directs the end of the probe to the ligaments where it touches them and causes them to heat and then shrink."
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