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Back pain can be tackled in many ways. You can
not depend upon the merit of any one type of treatment, to get rid of
back pain. When you have back pain and when it does not subside for days
together, you are so confused you are willing to follow any type of
therapy that offers you hope of relief.
Well, it
is the machine again that has come to the rescue of the humanity. For
taking care of the lower back pain TENS machine (Transcutaneous
Electrical Nerve Stimulation) is used with much benefit. Powered by the
batteries that send mild electric pulse through the nerves, to block the
pain signals is transmitted to the brain. The pressure felt in the
affected area where the pain was located is relaxed. But the cost of
such treatments is on the high side, which bars many from availing the
treatment.
It is not that the TENS machine is the panacea for
your back pain and once you have availed the services of this machine,
you are free from your back pain for ever. Proper lifestyle and taking
care of little things, which you consider as insignificant, is the
indirect part of your treatment.
Be disciplined when you sit,
stand or lift things. Don't do things casually, without paying proper
attention. If you sit on a properly non-aligned chair that could itself
be the cause of your back pain. While picking up anything from the
ground, bend from the knees in a relaxed manner, and not the stiff bend
by just using the back. Do not put stress on the lower muscles of your
back.
If the popularity of the machine is any indication, the
TENS machine has done well. To many it has given total relief, to some
partial. And as it is a case with all other therapies to treat back
pain, to some there is no relief at all. Nevertheless, this TENS
treatment has caught the imagination of the sufferers.
Even if
one man is treated, it is one less patient of back pain! Further
research is being carried out to judge the effectiveness of the machine,
as part of the modern day medicine. At the existing level, the relief in
pain provided by the machine varies from person to person.
The
TENS machine works in two ways. The machine will trigger the pain gate
to close when it is set on a high pulse rate of 90-130 Hz which it is
believed, will block the pain nerve path to the brain. This can be said
to be its normal functioning. When the machine is set on a low pulse
rate, 2-5 Hz, it will cause the body to make its own pain easing
chemicals called endorphins.
The main advantage of using the TENS
machine is that, that there are no side effects. But this treatment is
strictly to be taken under the guidance and supervision of the physician
only.
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