Check With Your Physician About A TENS Unit For Easing Back Pain
Whether at work, at home or enjoying recreational activities, a back injury can place a huge damper on fun. Even after applying ice and heat, the painful muscle is still telling you loudly that it is still there. Your doctor is the place to go for further treatment options, when your home remedies don’t fix the problem. He may suggest physical therapy, where a TENS unit may be used.
TENS is an acronym for an electrical treatment which sound much scarier than it really is. With TENS, sticky tabs are placed on the skin around the painful area. When the device is switched on, it applies a slight bit of electricity through the electrodes to the skin and the area just under the skin. Using TENS feels tingly. It is a weird sensation. The intensity can be set high enough to make a muscle twitch.
This brings a mix-up for some. There is also a machine that is used for avoiding muscle atrophy in those unable to go much. This is not to be confused with the TENS device, which just disrupts pain cycles and is quite gentle.
It is possible, to buy home units for more continuous therapy. Not only can you attend therapy treatments at the clinic, but at home you can continue this treatment. Whatever you are doing, you can attach the electrodes appropriately and wear the small zapper for many hours, if necessary. Making you feel excellent, and free from muscle distress in between PT visits, is the purpose of home units. Feel-excellent endorphins, which are neurotransmitters, or small, protein molecules produced by cells in your nervous system, are released also.
Though there are no side-effects found in the use of this device. But, there are a few precautions to be followed. If you are with child, fore-go this method. Hearts with pacemakers would also avoid using TENS units. The electrodes should not be placed over the heart or breast tissue.
Because they are so simple to use, the units can be bought online. Of course, you must first see your doctor for a prescription, if he determines that you really would benefit from it. A physical therapist can determine for you the right setting that will help you the most, and be safe. Trying out a few settings around that which is determined by your health professional, is often desired.
No one goes out of their way to become injured. Accidents do happen, though, and once done, it may take the work of a physical therapist to get you out of pain. Those people who insist on starting their new exercise routine with high activity will often find themselves in torment. Start slowly and work up to a sensible level. Athletes commonly sustain hurt muscles during games or practice.
Start with a visit to your doctor, when you have strained a muscle and are in severe distress. Upon your doctor’s advice, seeking the use of a TENS unit from a physical therapist would be beneficial to your healing.
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