Introduction To Tens - Tens Hi-Dow Instructions & User's Manual

What is TENS?
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation is a pain control treatment. It is often
called TENS for short.
A TENS unit is a portable, pocket-sized, battery-powered device.
The TENS unit uses mild, safe electrical signals to help control pain and delivers
How does TENS work?
the electrical signal to the body through a connection of a lead wire and self
adhesive conductive electrode.
The most common TENS programs use
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high-frequency stimulation, which is the first
choice for both acute and chronic pain.
High-frequency stimulation sends impulses
to the nervous system's own pain-inhibiting
mechanisms, which block the pain.You can
use it as often and as long as you like, but
each treatment should last at least 1 hour.

INTRODUCTION TO TENS

Another type of TENS is low-frequency
stimulation. Low-frequency TENS treatment
can alleviate pain by stimulating muscles to
release the body's own morphine-like
substances, endorphins.
Place the electrodes on a muscle in the
painful area so that a visible contraction
occurs.
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NERVE
MUSCLE
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