Re: Re: Beyond Chiropractors

["Celia Krall" <celiak@pcrs.net>]

How can I get TENS treatment for me?  I would love to " deaden the
sensitivity of pain-conducting nerves"  here and there.

Cel

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> From: Tivers@aol.com
> To: kathy_mayeda@atce.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:  Re: Beyond Chiropractors
> Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 8:50 PM
> 
> In a message dated 9/12/00 6:51:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> kathy_mayeda@atce.com writes:
> 
> << Anyway, forgive me if you have already talked about it
>  someplace, but do you ever use ultrasound therapeutically?
>  Is this the same thing as TENS?  Is there a reference
>  source I can read to learn more about it?>
> 
> I've used ultrasound in several ways--most often to generate "deep heat"
in 
> sore muscles. You can also melt away bone spurs and splints with it, but
you 
> have to be very careful trying that. Finally, you can use it to drive
topical 
> treatments into the skin--sonophoresis. Never done that, but have read
the 
> literature on it.
> 
> TENS is Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. Used most often to 
> deaden the sensitivity of pain-conducting nerves. TENS also has an 
> anti-inflammatory effect, locally. Don't ask me why. We use TENS most
often 
> to treat bowed tendons by contracting the deep and superficial flexor
muscles 
> in the forelegs--the TENS will generate actual contractions of these
smaller 
> muscles and is cheaper by half than and EMS machine.  
>  
>  >What do you do when you have a large muscle spasm in 
>  the gluteals?  I've learned a few "voo-doo, Rev. Jones
>  bone rattling" therapies, but now that I hopefully
>  got your attention, maybe you could feed my mind a little
>  more constructively.>
> 
> Ultrasound will work to calm the muscle down, as will deep massage--a
Sears 
> reciprocal sander with sheepskin on the head is the best mode for that.
Once 
> calmed, the muscle can be treated with TENS or EMS to prevent and relieve

> inflammation. All the while, of course, you're seeking the cause.
> 
>  
>  Kathy >>
> 
> ti
> 
> 
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