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Pain Relief Without Drugs

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

More and more people are turning to small compact electronic devices like TENs machines to bring them pain relief without having to depend on drugs that can often have unwanted side effects. These small digital machines can be worn unobtrusively while carrying out normal day to day activities.
What is TENs, how does it work and what sort of pain relief can it be used for?
TENs stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation where transcutaneous means through the skin. A TENs machine produces small electrical impulses which are transmitted from the machine through the skin by means of a wire connected to a small conductive patch which is placed on the skin.
TENs machines are believed to work in a two ways. (Read the full post about ‘Pain Relief Without Drugs’…)