I just want to share what happened yesterday. My lovely sister in law bought a Smart Relief Tens Unit (the one that Shaquille O'Neal demonstrates in his videos). My husband and I both have arthritis, sciatica (he has bad PN too). So it arrived yesterday. It is so small and easy to use, I took one look at this little gadget and said out loud "this little thing isn't going to do anything"

You stick on the electrode gizmo to the pad. You peel off the backing. You just press the thing anyplace where you have pain. Obviously not the face, or heart or directly on the spine, but on the sciactic part going down the butt, or on the knees.

I tried it on my husband first. Stupid me forgot to pull out the little plastic strip that prevents the battery from being used before the first time it's supposed to be used. Once I realized this, I simply slipped the little plastic thing that was between the battery and the unit, pressed the on button, the little green light came on and I put it on Alan's back (off to the side). This little thing has 63 variations of intensity. He felt nothing. I was doing everything right. He felt nothing. I then took it off and put it on my back. Once it's off, and you turn it on, you just keep hitting the PLUS button and then BINGO, you feel exactly as if you are in a therapist's office and they are doing their own tens unit on you. It goes off by itself after 30 minutes.

So I then took it off and put it on my knee (which is bad). Pressed the on button and BAM, this little thing started doing it's thing. So while it did nothing for Alan (and I have no idea why), it is PERFECT for me, my back and my knees. I'll make a video and post it here.

Melody