Dealing with Chronic Pain

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For those of you who own or have access to a TENS unit, the settings used to help relieve/manage chronic pain are RATE: 80, and WIDTH: 100. MODE is either modulation (M) or Burst (B). The AMPLITUDE, or intensity, is to comfort "tingling". Wear for 30 minutes to 2 hours, and leave the unit off for 2 hours before reapplying.

And just so no one does anything stupid and blames me, DO NOT USE if you are pregnant, or have a cardiac pacemaker. Do not use on the eyelids, front of the neck, temples, genitalia, directly over the spine ( 1 inch away is ok), or over open wounds.

Please consult your doctor or PT before using a TENS unit for the first time, to make sure it is appropriate for your specific condition, and for proper pad placement.

I'm wearing mine right now, and its just lovely...so I thought I'd share :)

I was just given one by my Dr. and I cannot wait to try it.

I guess I have to plug it in to charge it.

Mine uses a 9 volt battery, no charging required. But, there's a lot of different unit styles out there! Hope you get some nice relief :)

small print on the label:

Do not operate heavy machinery or drive until you know what effect the Tens unit will have on you. Do not feed the animals. Keep off the grass. No fightin', cussin' or messin' with the wenches unless the wenches approve. For external use only. Keep out of reach of children, Not for use when mountain climbing. May interfere with communication with the mother ship from the planet: Zphormplmplbtttt*ping*kachunka chunka chunka fweeeeeeee.., May cause unexpected pregnancy in labratory animals. Side effect may include but are not limited to driving while asleep, attracting pigeons, sneezing, belching, breaking wind in church, rude noises in movie theaters, an odd desire to chew unsalted soup crackers while playing the harmonica, mismatched stockings, red watery eyes, runny nose, trench foot, athletes foot, club foot, big foot, foot-long garlic and sourkraut inspired halitosis, green furry teeth, terrets syndrome, lepracy, constipation, diarreah, horn like growths on the forehead, red skin, hooves for feet, a pitch fork in your hand and a pointed bifracated tail, the tune to "Bridge over river Kwai" looping in your head over and over and over.., four out of five dentists to disagree, hemmeroids, unusual hair growth on the tonsils, a craving for Slim Whitman music, an odd attraction to that "guy" at the bus stop that always makes that "SNXXKT" noise then picks his nose, dropsy, abrupt desire to moon the mailman, cathedral organ music mysteriously playing in the background as you walk around, the urge to say "mmmwa-ha-ha-ha-ha" at passing police officers, cancerous growths in mice, hair loss, weight loss, weight gain, pale skin, internal sunburn, leisions on your teeth and hammer toe. Although these symptoms are quite rare in people from Northern China, Texas and Samolia everyone else should under no circumstance take this treatment unless they have signed, notarized and displayed the disclaimer provided by the afore mentioned unnamed entity, that one would most likely like to sue, if you knew who they were, so you don't.

Other than that - Hey, this works great!

Thank you for this information - I was also wondering if it is ok to wear all day long?

It is recommended to only keep the unit on for up to two hours at a time, and then take a 2 hour break. However, you can keep the electrodes (sticky pads) on your body the whole day...just be sure to turn the power off on the unit every once in a while. I doubt it will actually hurt you to keep the unit all the whole day, but that's the recommendation.

OMG. Genitalia? Someone put a TENS unit on their genitalia? OMG... It boggles the mind.

Someone must have done it though, or they wouldn't have thought it necessary to warn against it. Would they?

I mean, that's just sick! And I'm sure it boggled more than that person's mind...

Genitalia... mutter, mutter... Someone put a TENS on their... Sheesh...

I know things seem impossible, but when I worked at the hospital we had to be sure and tell people to unwrap the suppositorys before they inserted them. Or that certain kinds of jellys weren't for your toast. Ok sorry too much information, love grama deb

It's like the bag's of peanuts that they used to give away on airplanes...."allergy warning, this product contains peanuts"....I've got a whole list of stupid warnings because of things people have done...I'll try and find it, it's worth sharing!

Some of these are hilarious! Some are repeats, but there are pages and pages of these things...and likely what Dan said that someone had to try it for them to need to write the warning label....like don't attempt to stop this chainsaw with your hands, or a pepperspray label that says don't spray in your own eyes.

There's some other more subtle ones, like "for indoor use only"...on outdoor christmas lights. Or "do not use if pregnant or breastfeeding"...on infant drops. Doh!

I once had an ashtray that I HAD to take from a hotel room.... because it said non-smoking room..... on the ashtray.... but someone stole it from me....karma I guess

I personally don't know the effects of a TENS unit on the genitalia; even though a drunk buddie suggested the idea one afternoon. I told him I'd give him the TENS unit and a fresh pair of electrodes if he wanted to try it though; he chickened out in the end. On the other hand I have seen the effects of somone urinating on an electric fence used to keep cows in the pasture and it wans't pretty either.

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