Tens machines

Question from a member: Has anyone tried a tens machine please? I am looking for drug free ways to manage my pain?

• I've had a TENS for years, it works on more specific pain and takes a lot of use to build up but generally it does not help my flares.

  
  
• I love my tens machine, helps my back pain enormously and other pain too xxx
• I personally don't find them very helpful. I find those massage chair covers a lot better. xxx

  
  
• The best thing I ever bought is still my electric heat pad with settings x
•  i love my tens machine, but also love my neck and shoulder heat pad

  
  
• It helps me a little.

  
  
• Wasn't any good for me. Heated car seat is my weapon of choice when my backs really painful.
•  It depends on the type of unit. The type of pulse is different on each of them. I get better results from a scaldingly hot bath....
• Not to seem like too much of a freak, but have you tried cannabis? I am convinced that cannabinoid replacement therapy is the best treatment for autoimmune disorders. You should investigate that option (if you haven't already)....
• I hated it!! Did not like the feeling at all!!

  
  
• Never heard of a tens machine....what is it......
•  I didn't like it. It made me feel irritable... Sort of like when there is a noise and you feel yourself getting irritated and then someone stop that noise or turns it off. Tens felt like that noise.

  
  
• you have to be careful. i turned it up too much which caused my back to go into major spasms.
   it's a temporary fix! it feels good while you have it on, just don't turn it up too high...
  
  

  • It is just a distraction, and only works for the moment.

     
  • I have used this device with good results as it help the muscles to heal and regenerate with some relief from pain. It's important to find the correct spots to place the pads and be careful not to have the electrical current cross your heart, ie putting the pads on the left and right side of your body at the same time as it can & will interfere with your heart beat & could possibly stop it. Common sense should always prevail when using any kind of electrical device goes without saying, but worth repeating. I hope this helps. :)

     
  • For muscle spasms I used a product called Fibrosense and what this product does is it replenishes the body with minerals which our fibro bodies don't retain like other peoples do without F.M.S. I used this product for 4 months have noticed a reduction in spasms which literally crippled me with pain to the point of not being able to breath with the exception of tiny gasps of air. Cheers.

    
    
  • didnt work for me at all hospital lent me one for just over a month, was too awkward for me to get the pads in the right position which kept coming off as they caught on my hair, do not ever touch the pads whilst unit is switched on , I did twice by accident when pads fell off, almost shot through the roof, and I dropped unit down toilet twice !!!! not for me I prefer heat pads

     
  •  At times it worked and others no

    
    
  • Massage therapy has worked well for me. (I haven't tried the tens mach.) I try to go once a week to a local massage school where they charge only $25/hr instead of the typical $55+. Some weeks they have specials of 2 for $25.

     
  • Yes I have one and it helps.