Anyone ever use a tens or ems masaager
before. I have had lower back pain for a
while. I have been to 2 chiro's and 2
physical therapists. I was told many
different things of why I have this pain
including a bulging disk. Exercise does
help but I cant seem to make a full
recovery. My back mucsles get very stiff.
I also somtimes have upper back pain and
pain or numbness in my leg. I was doing
research on the internet and came across
a tens massager and also ems massager. It
is my under standing a tens massager is
suppose to relax the nerve and a ems
massger is suppose to be for muscle
recovery and stregth. Both seem very
benifical. Any opinions on this?
Mark
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 12-17-05 10:29am
Both are very helpful, if you can get your
insurance company to allow you to have one
or the other it will be very good for you.
You should also be given a prescription
muscle relaxer to assist the tens or ems
in the job it is trying to do. There are
many different muscle relaxers our there,
I have used the majority and now I am back
with the old flexeril because it seems to
be decent.
If the doc prescribes something like soma
(carisopridol) it is an excellent medicine
but do not under any circumstance try to
drive or work until you get used to the
affects of the medicine, I am a drummer
and the first time I took soma, the band
was just staing at me tring to figure out
what was wrong with me. It is a great med
but man it will really scare you because
it makes you feel totally out of control
for about 30 mins.
Good luck,
-brian
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bluefastback
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Nov 2005 Posts: 18
Posted: 12-17-05 11:56am
I dont have insurance right now. I lost
my job 3 months ago. I have taken muscle
relaxers in the past but never noticed any
real gains with them. I have seen
machines that are tens and ems combo
machines but not sure how well they work.
They seem like a good idea to be but
looking for someone that has experience
with either machine. Thanks for the
reply.
Mark
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 12-17-05 12:12pm
I have used the tens and muscle relaxers
alone and combined. When used together
they are an excellent combination. When
used alone, most of the time neither will
be very helpful.
Good luck
brian
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aliards
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 4 Location: Northern Ireland
Posted: 12-23-05 17:49pm
I have had a tens machine for about 4
years now & find that it sometimes
works for me - & sometimes it dosen't.
Sorry to be so vague but I find it is
very hit or miss. It seems to work when
i'm not at my worst or if my sciatica is
playing up - but on really bad days it can
make me feel a little sick. The first
time I ever heard of one was when a physio
"plugged" me in. Might be worth trying
to see if you can find a physio etc. Who
uses them & trying one before buying.
Hope this helps & good luck. Ali.
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614troom
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 2
Back Pain And Muscle Spasms Posted: 01-03-06 12:59pm
I got low back pain but for now its under
control but sometimes it just pops up to
make me uncomfortable. I do get neck pain
sometime but if I keep doing mhy excercies
they seem to be ok. Right now I get a
muscle spasms, or muscle pulls and I feel
my back muscles are quite weak . Will
using a ems help my back muscles to relax
and regain stregth ?.
I see a no of people in thie forum posted
that they use ems. I would like to know
what brands models etc is being used so I
can look for htem in the market. When I
search for ems I see anywere from 50$
that runs on batteries to 400$ or so, I
dont know which ones are good, which is
recommended etc. Can those who have give
me me some names, models etc ?
Thanks
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614troom
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 2
Ems Posted: 01-03-06 13:05pm
Also one more question on ems. The only
place I have seen a ems is with my chiro.
Otherwise I am not able to goto a shop to
see the box, read abt it etc. Is there
any shop that sells ems so I cna go take a
look etc, ? So far I can only seem them
in internet shops which shows pictures,
but I dont know how big ,small or
effective they are ?. Also is there ones
like that can be directly plugged to the
wall, instead of batteries etc ?
Rgds
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SHORTY1980
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 08 Jan 2006 Posts: 14 Location: ILLINOIS
Posted: 01-09-06 23:52pm
I have a tens unit at home I first used a
ems tens combo machine at physical
therapy. It would give me relief while it
was on and for only about i5 minutes
after. There machine was really powerful
and the had to turn it up pretty high for
me they also use the same machine for
muscles that have atrophied. Anyway I
talked to my general practioner and he
gave me a perscription for one. In the
town I live in our hospital has a seperate
store for health care products.You can
check with your local hospitals to see if
they have one where you can check one out
in person. The one I have at home does
not help me very much though it is by
rehabilicare maxima 2 that is the only one
my insurance would cover hope this helps
some oh and mine is a tens ems is for
muscle.
