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Old 08-05-2008, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Raglet View Post
if you can, borrow or hire one and try it out. I didn't find TENS very useful, so I was glad that I hadn't purchased one. My physio lent me one for a couple of weeks to see if it would be useful. I just had too many areas widely separated areas of severe pain for a TENS machine to deal with it. But, it's been 10 years since I tried it, so maybe they have solved this drawback. These days I am numb rather than in pain, which brings a different set of problems.

hth

raglet
Thanks, Raglet, that's a good tip. I see by the way that the new generation of TENS is called TSE and uses pads on the spine rather than e.g. footbaths.. will try to get one to try out - and will report back.

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