EMS (electronic muscle stimulator) description:
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator, more commonly referred to as a TENS unit and pronounced tens, is an electronic device that produces electrical signals used to stimulate nerves through unbroken skin. The name was coined by Dr. Charles Burton. The unit is usually connected to the skin using two or more electrodes. A typical battery-operated TENS unit consists of a pulse generator, small transformer, frequency and intensity controls, and a number of electrodes. Uses of TENSTENS is considered a method of pain relief, and has a wide following for use in obstetric care, particularly labour. In palliative care and pain medicine, TENS units are sometimes used in an attempt to alleviate neuropathic pain (pain due to nerve damage).
EMS (electronic muscle stimulator) therapeutic Principle:
The gate control theory of pain was put forward by Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall in 1965. They proposed that there was a "gate" mechanism in the central nervous system that opened to allow pain messages through to the brain and closed to prevent them getting through.
When we feel pain, such as when we touch a hot stove, sensory receptors in our skin send a message via nerve fibres (A-delta fibres and C fibres) to the spinal cord and brainstem and then onto the brain where the sensation of pain is registered, the information is processed and the pain is perceived.
The gate theory says that as these pain messages come into the spinal cord and the central nervous system (before they even get to the brain), they can be amplified, turned down or even blocked out. There are many accounts of how people injured on the battlefield or in sports games don't feel any pain from their injuries until afterwards. This has to do with the brain being busy doing other things and shutting the gate until it can pay attention to the messages.
EMS (electronic muscle stimulator) Applications:
1. Relaxation of Muscle spasm.
2. Prevention or Retardation of disuse atrophy.
3. Increasing local blood circulation.
4. Muscle re-education.
5. Immediate post-surgical stimulation of calf muscles to
6. Prevent venous thrombosis.
7. Maintaining or increasing range of motion.
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator, more commonly referred to as a TENS unit and pronounced tens, is an electronic device that produces electrical signals used to stimulate nerves through unbroken skin. The name was coined by Dr. Charles Burton. The unit is usually connected to the skin using two or more electrodes. A typical battery-operated TENS unit consists of a pulse generator, small transformer, frequency and intensity controls, and a number of electrodes. Uses of TENSTENS is considered a method of pain relief, and has a wide following for use in obstetric care, particularly labour. In palliative care and pain medicine, TENS units are sometimes used in an attempt to alleviate neuropathic pain (pain due to nerve damage).
EMS (electronic muscle stimulator) therapeutic Principle:
The gate control theory of pain was put forward by Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall in 1965. They proposed that there was a "gate" mechanism in the central nervous system that opened to allow pain messages through to the brain and closed to prevent them getting through.
When we feel pain, such as when we touch a hot stove, sensory receptors in our skin send a message via nerve fibres (A-delta fibres and C fibres) to the spinal cord and brainstem and then onto the brain where the sensation of pain is registered, the information is processed and the pain is perceived.
The gate theory says that as these pain messages come into the spinal cord and the central nervous system (before they even get to the brain), they can be amplified, turned down or even blocked out. There are many accounts of how people injured on the battlefield or in sports games don't feel any pain from their injuries until afterwards. This has to do with the brain being busy doing other things and shutting the gate until it can pay attention to the messages.
EMS (electronic muscle stimulator) Applications:
1. Relaxation of Muscle spasm.
2. Prevention or Retardation of disuse atrophy.
3. Increasing local blood circulation.
4. Muscle re-education.
5. Immediate post-surgical stimulation of calf muscles to
6. Prevent venous thrombosis.
7. Maintaining or increasing range of motion.