Tens Muscle Stimulator

Tens Muscle Stimulators are portable electrical devices to help control pain. About the size of a pack of cards, these muscle stimulators can effectively relieve muscle pain after an injury, over exertion or between therapy or chiropractics sessions. The devices typically use a 9v battery to emit an electrical charge into the affected muscle causing the muscle to calm down.

Chiropractors, physicians and therapists often prescribe tens electrical muscle stimulators for their patients to receive the benefits of muscle stimulation without being in the office every day. Home therapy using a tens unit is cost effective and can accelerate your healing by applying a few treatments each day between visits.

Tens muscle stimulators are safe and can be carried just about anywhere. Simply clip the unit to your belt, pull your shirt over it and nobody will be able to tell you are having a muscle therapy treatment while you shop, walk, or socialize with friends.

Tens Muscle Stimulators are often used for many painful conditions. Most people and even doctors only think to use them for chronic pain such as nerve injury and arthritis for which there may not be an actual cure, but treatment is merely supportive.

An often overlooked use of tens muscle stimulators is for acute injuries such as muscle strains. Immediately after a strain from yard work, sports, a car accident, a work injury, or any other strenuous activity your tens muscle stimulator may be applied. Most electrical simulators have variable settings for acute vs. chronic conditions. Set your unit to acute settings and apply at an intensity that is just noticeable and leave on for 15 -30 mins. An ice pack over the area for 10-12 minutes will greatly enhance the pain relief effects. This combination will also assist in the early healing of the strained muscle.

A common use for electrical muscle stimulators is for neck pain. Besides lower back pain, neck pain is one the most common ailmets in adults.

Causes of neck pain...

• Arthritis of the joints
• Degenerative disc disease
• Herniated disc
• Bulging disc
• Whiplash from car accidents
  
• Strains from sports, recreation,work
• Chronic postural stress from computer use, driving, etc

The most effective tens muscle stimulator therapy set up is to place the pads on either side of the neck right over the muscles. Set the unit parameters depending on the condition: acute or chronic. Treatment intensity and duration also depends on the condition. For acute injuries run the electrical stimulator at a level just barely noticeable for 10-15 minute. For chronic injuries, run the unit at a strong but comfortable intensity for upwards of 30 minutes.