There are various types of TENS machines, these can be broadly organised into the following categories:
- Combination TENS
- Hand-held TENS
- Minature TENS
- TENS with Needle Acupuncture
Combination TENS
This machine has a wide selection of wavforms and is used for acue and chronic pain syndromes which have been accomdated to the continous square-wave form of the conventional TENS. Pain relief will usually last longer due to he regenerative effect of the burst of modulated waveforms whave on the endogenous opiate system.
Hand Held TENS
Hand-held low frequency stimulators are extreamly simple to use, easy to manage, and very effective for arthritic-type pains. Due to the low frequencies of between 1-30 p.p.s – pulses per second they are best suited to the treatment of chronic pain.
Minature TENS
Due to the ease of use and slow pulse rated (1-4 pulses per seoncd) this machine is especially suitable for tinnitus, sinus, RSI, tennis elbow, neck, shoulder and joint pain. The readily available 9 volt battery lasts for approximately 9 hours.
TENS with needle acupuncture
TENS with needle acupuncture – TENS combined with needle acupuncture stimulation has provided good results with enalgesia, pain relief, healing and homeostasis. Most modern day acupuncture clincs use electrical needlestimulation, This is achieved by attaching alligator clips to the needles and adjusting the frequency contrl to suit the condition to e treated.
Because of the long history of acupuncture, there is a wealth of precise and readily available information in the form of clinical literature – books and charts. Acupuncture today requires very little modification due to tried, tested and proven results which have been documented over a thousand years.
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