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Archive for the ‘TENS Machines for Labour’ CategoryElle tens helped alot!!Tuesday, January 24th, 2012I finally gave birth the 4th January 2012 (1 week over due time) to a wonderful boy!
I used the Elle Tens from the outset, with the help of my husband who placed the electrodes for me!
After having used it for more than 1 hour, I wasn’t sure that it was really working, but once I took it off, I realised that Elle tens was helping a lot!!!!
Having tried the machine myself, I am confident to market this product in Denmark and to recommend it to other mothers to be.
This morning meets Loose Women in Czech… Elle TENS on TV!!Tuesday, January 10th, 2012This just in! Follow the link provided and look at the video from the 6th. The Elle TENS stuff starts at 8 minutes, you can see it on the table, they start picking it up at about 10 or 11 minutes in: http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1148499747-sama-doma/video/ Golden Belly Awards 2010… Winner: Elle TENS!!!Monday, February 7th, 2011We would like to inform You that the “Golden Belly Awards 2010″ contest has ended! Official results will be published in the April issue of “M jak Mama” (M for Mother) which will hit the stands on the 4th of March. By the end of the week we will post the results on the www.mjakmama24.pl forums. I am delighted to inform You that Your nominated product Elle Tens has won the “Golden Belly Award” of the M jak Mama magazine. M jak Mama team.” Take off the plastic!Tuesday, December 14th, 2010I just spoke to a lovely man whose wife was in labour because they thought that their obstetric TENS unit was not working because they could not feel any output. It turned out that they were testing it while leaving the electrode pads on their plastic backing. Don’t make the same mistake – take the pads off the plastic before putting them on your body or you won’t get your pain relief – OUCH! Babycare TENS – still great to use after the birth!Friday, July 23rd, 2010Before you had your baby, you might have heard of TENS machines. They can be used for a whole range of pain conditions. In particular, there are several post-delivery conditions, which might affect you and which can be helped with your amazing Babycare Tens machine! These sort of conditions that are common and are described on pages 14-21 of our booklet “a Women’s Guide to Drug Free Pain Relief”. There we set out both suggested body and ear point treatments, which are described in detail. The conditions include the following: Shoulder pain: – this is often associated with breast feeding; N.B. A combination of body and ear points are described for all the conditions listed above and these can be treated with your Babycare TENS machine and/or your Body clock Stimplus Unit together and or with ear acupressure if the use of a TENS machine is not convenient at the time Recent Research:Smith CM, Guralnick MS, Gelfand MM, Jeans ME.The effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on post-cesarean pain. Pain. 1986 Nov;27(2):181-93The results suggest that TENS was significantly more effective than placebo TENS in reducing cutaneous, movement-associated incisional pain Using your Babycare TENS after a Caesarean SectionThursday, July 15th, 2010
TENS machine is a popular and effective method of pain management used by women who have had a Caesarean Section. The aim of TENS machines is to reduce the intensity of the post-operative Caesarean abdominal pain and to help keep the mother alert, who is then able to attend to the newborn baby; avoiding the secondary effects of analgesic drugs over the mother-newborn relationship. Babycare TENS machines are specially designed for this purpose. The treatment could not be more simple – just place two pairs of electrodes on the abdominal wall on each side of the incision line or as shown in the diagrams and instructions on page 21within our booklet – “A Women’s Guide to drug free pain relief.” It is recommended that you use a dedicated Babycare TENS machine during this procedure. It is a safe product and is specially designed for this purpose. Babycare TENS machines can also be used in conjunction with other methods of pain control e.g. pethidine or other post-operative medication if needed. If you have a Body Clock Stimplus unit you or your partner can also use it on the recommended ear points to help manage pain control as show under the Ear Point treatment section or use acupressure on those points, as shown on page 21 of our Guide. Recent Research
Lantsev EA, Smirnov AA. The use of transcutaneous electric neurostimulation for postoperative analgesia in parturients undergoing caesarean section. Anesteziol Reanimatol. 1990 Nov-Dec;(6):66-9. The study was performed in 210 women with caesarean section. In 160 patients analgesia was performed with transcutaneous electrical neurostimulation and in 50 patients narcotic analgesics were used. It has been established that both techniques ensure adequate analgesic effect. At the same time transcutaneous electrical neurostimulation, ensuring good to excellent analgesia in 77.5% of women, has no negative effect on haemodynamics and respiratory function and accelerates rehabilitation processes. Navarro Nuñez C, Pacheco Carrasco M. Transcutaneous electric stimulation (TENS) to reduce pain after cesarean section. Ginecol Obstet Mex. 2000 Feb;68:60-3. This study supports previous findings reporting that transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation induces a decrement of 50% on the total amount of analgesic drugs employed. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation showed to effectively reduce the intensity and duration of pain of cutaneous origin, as well as to reduce pain associated with voluntary movements, in all patients. Our results are indicative that transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation constitutes an alternative treatment in order to reduce postoperative pain during the immediate period following cesarean birth; reduces the requirements of analgesic drugs; helps on keeping alert the mothers and therefore able to attend the newborn; and avoids secondary effects of analgesic drugs over mother-newborn relationship. 
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