TENS Unit for Pain

With my back pain, I try various ways to help it. I have minimal medications, so I try to use other ways to help with the pain. One tool is using a TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) unit. It sends electric stimulation safely onto the skin then goes further to stimulate nerves that may block some pain.

The TENS unit sends an electrical pulse to the affected area and can loosen tight muscles or help with pain receptors.

The TENS unit has various adjustments to get a pulse, or rhythm, or intensity, etc. to your liking and for best effect. It can help with various types of pain. Make the adjustments that feel helpful. Only creep up on the intensity, increasing it after a while when you really can’t feel it much anymore.

For me it helps for a while then not so much, so I stop using it for a few days and then start up again. Somehow my system needs a reset period, but not all people do. Figure out what works best for you.

It is possible that TENS does not go far enough in your structure to help – like the multifidus muscle is too deep in your spine area and the TENS cannot affect it to help it. It might help mask the pain for a bit but will not help you heal if the issue is deep.

When I went to a chiropractor, he used a TENS unit to help my back loosen up to help make the adjustments easier.

TENS can work on many areas of the body – so it would be sufficient for many areas, even if not for the back. There are different types of pads that fit other areas better.

It might or might not work for you – it is worth trying.

PR