TENS and EMS

• Transcutaneous – means through the skin.
• Electrical – TENS machines deliver small electrical pulses to the body via electrodes placed on the skin. TENS machines block thegateway of pain signals which are sent to the brain.
• Nerve – pain signals reach the brain via nerves and the spinal cord.
• Stimulation – if pain signals can be blocked by the tiny electrical shocks from the TENS machine, then the brain will receive fewer signals from the source of the pain.

TENS units may help treat the following symptoms:

• Period Pain
• labor pain
• postoperative pain
• joint pain
• neck and back pain
• Headaches

They may also alleviate pain that results from the following conditions:

• Endometriosis
• Arthritis
• sports injuries
• Multiple sclerosis
• Fibromyalgia
• Painful diabetic neuropathy
• Spinal cord injury

A TENS unit has controls that allow people to administer an appropriate level of pain relief. People can achieve this by altering the following aspects of the electrical current: