Anyone using TENS therapy should be initially assessed by a medical practitioner who will refer them for a number of sessions.
Alternatively, the recommendation may be to hire a unit at the approximate cost of $55 to $85 a month for a sophisticated TENS machine prior to purchasing a unit.
Questions most commonly asked about TENS include: /. How recent is the use of electricity to control pain? In the year 54 AD the Romans are reported to have used electric eels for the treatment of headaches and arthritis. There is also even earlier evidence that the ancient Egyptians used the torpedo fish to produce an electric charge to ease pain. For several centuries electricity generated by animals was used in many places throughout the world. However, such treatment then lapsed into disuse for a long time. Electric stimulation regained popularity in modern times when electricity became more readily available.
About one hundred years ago, the use of electricity was very much in vogue for treating almost every kind of complaint. In the 1920′s and 1930′s very crude TENS machines were sold by a number of companies. The subject of TENS then came under the scrutiny of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Because of the many unfounded claims of benefits to be derived from electrical therapy, its use was stopped.
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