{"id":1361,"date":"2025-08-30T13:44:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T11:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ergotherapiepraxis-schmidt-staub.de\/tdcs-transcranial-direct-current-stimulation\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T12:48:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:48:31","slug":"tdcs-transcranial-direct-current-stimulation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/therapy-methods\/tdcs-transcranial-direct-current-stimulation\/","title":{"rendered":"tDCS = Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_467058191\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tDCS-Transcranial-Direct-Current-Stimulation-Schmidt-Staub.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"tDCS = Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation or Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation is a gentle, drug-free therapy method\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-center\" id=\"row-982936099\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1048918973\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\" data-animate=\"blurIn\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center dark\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-940927310\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 200%;\">tDCS = Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-940927310 {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n#text-940927310 > * {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"text-4111963188\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p>tDCS or tran\u00ads\u00adcra\u00adni\u00adal direct cur\u00adrent sti\u00admu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon is a gent\u00adle, drug-free the\u00adra\u00adpy method with a las\u00adting effect.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4111963188 {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n#text-4111963188 > * {\n  color: rgb(88, 67, 130);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_467058191 {\n  padding-top: 100px;\n  padding-bottom: 100px;\n  min-height: 450px;\n}\n#section_467058191 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(237, 233, 225, 0.762);\n}\n#section_467058191 .section-bg img {\n  object-position: 61% 34%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_467058191 {\n    padding-top: 30px;\n    padding-bottom: 30px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_61703524\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large content-row-1\" id=\"row-729524000\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-514129598\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\" data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3298229443\" class=\"text span-headline-1\">\n\t\t\n<p><span>What is tDCS?<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div>\n<p>tDCS, or tran\u00ads\u00adcra\u00adni\u00adal direct cur\u00adrent sti\u00admu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon, is a gent\u00adle, drug-free the\u00adra\u00adpy method with a las\u00adting effect. During the tre\u00adat\u00adment, small elec\u00adtro\u00addes are posi\u00adtio\u00adned on the scalp through which a weak elec\u00adtri\u00adcal impul\u00adse is sent. This imper\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble tre\u00adat\u00adment step sti\u00admu\u00adla\u00adtes spe\u00adci\u00adfic are\u00adas of the brain to beco\u00adme acti\u00adve or to redu\u00adce over\u00adac\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty. The alte\u00adred exci\u00adta\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of the ner\u00adve cells can be used to tre\u00adat spe\u00adci\u00adfic con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons such as depres\u00adsi\u00adon or migrai\u00adnes.   <\/p>\n<p>The exci\u00adta\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and sen\u00adsi\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty in the cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00adding are\u00adas can be nor\u00adma\u00adli\u00adzed and impro\u00adved in the long term. The inten\u00adsi\u00adty and dura\u00adti\u00adon of the appli\u00aded cur\u00adrent, tog\u00ade\u00adther with the opti\u00admal posi\u00adtio\u00adning of the elec\u00adtro\u00addes, deter\u00admi\u00adne the suc\u00adcess of the tre\u00adat\u00adment. The\u00adse are defi\u00adned in the so-cal\u00adled sti\u00admu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon pro\u00adto\u00adcol and con\u00adti\u00adnuous\u00adly opti\u00admi\u00adzed during the\u00adra\u00adpy. We sel\u00adect the appro\u00adpria\u00adte pro\u00adto\u00adcols based on the latest rese\u00adarch results and the latest sci\u00aden\u00adti\u00adfic fin\u00addings.   <\/p>\n<p>We use tDCS for chro\u00adnic pain and men\u00adtal ill\u00adness, e.g. in pati\u00adents with depres\u00adsi\u00adon. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, tDCS is sui\u00adta\u00adble as a side-effect-free alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adve to drug the\u00adra\u00adpy for migrai\u00adne pro\u00adphy\u00adla\u00adxis. In the field of neu\u00adro\u00adlo\u00adgy, suc\u00adcess can also be achie\u00adved in the tre\u00adat\u00adment of epi\u00adle\u00adpsy, Par\u00adkin\u00adson\u2019s dise\u00ada\u00adse, mul\u00adti\u00adple scle\u00adro\u00adsis, fibro\u00admy\u00adal\u00adgia or spas\u00adti\u00adci\u00adty as well as memo\u00adry and con\u00adcen\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon dis\u00ador\u00adders.  <\/p>\n<p>The tre\u00adat\u00adment can influence the func\u00adtio\u00adning (exci\u00adta\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty) of the brain and can be used to redu\u00adce impai\u00adred ever\u00ady\u00adday acti\u00advi\u00adties and func\u00adtions after strokes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"text-3670910983\" class=\"text span-headline-1\">\n\t\t\n<p><span>Is tDCS tre\u00adat\u00adment cover\u00aded by sta\u00adtu\u00adto\u00adry health insu\u00adrance?<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div>\n<p>This is an indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal health ser\u00advice. An addi\u00adtio\u00adnal ser\u00advice that is not cover\u00aded by sta\u00adtu\u00adto\u00adry health insu\u00adrance as an \u201cIGeL\u201d or \u201cself-pay\u00ader ser\u00advice\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-729524000 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 40px 0px 0px 25px;\n  background-color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_61703524 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 247, 237);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1244,"parent":1449,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1361","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1361"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2521,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1361\/revisions\/2521"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.praxis-schmidt-staub.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}