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This is another common condition where TENS machines can help with pain control and in addition help to return the range of the stiff neck back to normality. The aim of TENS machines is to reduce the intensity of pain at rest or on movement, reduce the inflammation and promote a gradual return to normal function.The first step is to place one set of electrodes over the neck as shown in chart 1 on page 8 of our Easy Guide to TENS Pain Relief, taking care not to place them on the front or side of … read more

This is another common condition where TENS machines can be used to help with pain control and to return the range of elbow movement back to normality. The aim of TENS machines is to reduce the intensity of pain at rest or on movement, reduce the inflammation and promote a gradual return to normal function.The first step is to place one of the electrodes over the outer aspect of the elbow over the most painful area, if known, and the second one opposite on the inner aspect of the elbow. This ca … read more

We and other TENS machine providers state that one shouldn't use a TENS machine with a pacemaker. This is a precaution just in case the TENS machine stimulation affects the functioning of the pacemaker and provokes an irregular heart action.Medical literature does not show this having been tested (or experienced before). There is nothing in the literature to confirm this might be a problem, but we nevertheless suggest if you have a pacemaker and want to use TENS machine, that you contact your c … read more

It was going to be our first birth. When we saw those two little lines appear on the pregnancy test we were thrilled as we had been trying for just under a year to conceive, yet it didn't start to feel real until we saw that little heartbeat on our first scan. Then with the first few kicks things got much more real but it wasn't until our birth classes that we really felt that the big day was close.In the classes they went through all the things one may experience in the hospital and all the p … read more

If you have already had a child and had the privilege of using a Babycare TENS machine then you need not read further. If this is your first time using a TENS then you won't know how it works and how the different options feel."Many studies have revealed that a sense of control is a major contributing factor to a woman's birth experience and her subsequent well-being." PubMed, 2003.It has been discovered that women who feel more in control in labour are calmer, less tense and therefore more com … read more