LaserTouchOne
 

LaserTouchOne, has anybody tried it? If so, what is your take? Wondering if it is just a fancy more expensive TENS unit. It is advertised on late night TV. If you haven't seen it, you can Google it. Price quoted is just under $500.

I was actually looking for price info on a tDCS unit.

BTW cost for TENS unit at Amazon is typically under $100.

It looks to me like a fancy TENS unit...but it also uses laser therapy. I've heard people talk about that on here...only I can't remember what they say about it. But I bet if you do a search you can find some threads on it. If it works...may be worth a shot...but that's a lot of money.

Did you find what you were looking for about tDCS? Remember that the unit is not a tDCS machine but actually an iontophoresis unit and the most common one that I think most of us were using is the Activa Dose II. Some sites require a script from a doctor...others do not. The tDCS unit is the biggest cost...between $250-$300 usually...but you'll also need to get TENS wires and the sponge electrodes to convert it for tDCS therapy. All together it cost me about $300.

I would wonder if a combo unit this small would be very effective.:confused:

Usually a TENS needs to be used for 20 minutes or more, and that unit would need to be held on the area for a length of time..

The small surface of the laser would seem mainly helpful for very small areas of pain.

So, depending on how large or small your pain area is, and if it would be easy/comfortable to hold on that area for extended times...

If you haven't tried a TENS or laser yet, I'd find a chiropractor or PT that uses them and try them out that way before buying anything, it may or may not help for your pain.

I've tried a "cold laser" quite a few times with my Chiropractor on my CRPS. Didn't seem to help much, but I have had good luck with the cold laser for my knee pain and inflammation (not related to CRPS).

Those are all good points about the TENS part. One of the very best things about my TENS is that I can put it on my ankle, run the wires under my pants...and just go about my business. Couldn't do that with a hand held unit.

It does sound sort of like my ultrasound unit I got on amazon.com for $40 in the sense that I have to hold that, move it around, etc. I only do 10 minute treatments right after my baths...but you do have to sit and do the therapy for x amount of time where as with my TENS unit I just put it on, turn it on, and go. And the great thing about the TENS (besides the fact that it does help with the pain) is that I can turn it off and leave it in place until I want to do another treatment.

Have any of you tried an IF stim for your RSD pain?
(inferential stimulation) - it is much like a TENS unit, but is more for muscle stimulation/healing and pain relief.
If you have spasming muscles, cramps, etc, that are an issue , an IF stim might be more helpful than the pain blocking from a TENS.

Basically it has different frequencies so the unit can be turned up higher with no zapping, and it goes deeper into the tissue.

Many chiropractors and PT places usually have them to see it they would work at all for you or not.

I had an annoying pinching/catching in my low back for a week and then remembered my IF stim,:rolleyes: 1 hour and that pinching is gone.:)
I'll do a few more sessions with it to make sure it stays away..