Posts Tagged ‘womans guide to pain relief’

Babycare TENS – still great to use after the birth!

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Before 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;
Perineal and after pain;Anxiety and Depression;
Dysmenorrhoea – period pain;
Pre-menstrual stress and headaches;
Residual back pain;
Pelvic floor weakness and incontinence; and
Post Caesarean delivery incision pain

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

Babycare TENS drives away your period pain!

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

The aim of TENS machine is to reduce the intensity of period pains whilst allowing you to remain alert and in control. It also has the added bonus of promoting a feeling of wellbeing. Babycare TENS machines are excellent for this purpose.

The first step is to place two pairs of electrodes on the lower front and back of your abdomen as shown in the diagrams and instructions within page 17 of our booklet – “A Women’s Guide to Drug Free Pain Relief”. Set the treatment length and use the techniques as described there. The ear points can also be treated with your Stimplus or with acupressure as described at the bottom of page 17.

If you have a Stimplus unit you can also treat the body points as shown in the Stimplus Manual at Chart I ‘Menstrual Pain’ for 30 seconds on each point – don’t forget the hand points on the web space between the first finger and thumb.

Recent Research: Tugay N, et al. (2007) Effectiveness of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
and interferential current in primary dysmenorrhea. Pain Med. 2007 May-Jun;8(4):295-300.
CONCLUSION: Both transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and interferential current appear to
be effective in primary dysmenorrhea.

Babycare TENS – also good for pre-menstrual tension and headaches!

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

The aim of a TENS machine is to reduce the intensity of pe-menstrual tension, and associated headaches whilst remaining alert and in control.andd also promoting a feeling of general wellbeing.  Babycare TENS machines are also excellent for this purpose.

The first step is to place two pairs of TENS  electrodes on back of the neck as shown in the diagrams and instructions within our booklet “A Women’s Guide to Drug Free Pain Relief” on page 18. Set the treatment length and use the techniques as described there.

An alternative is to use two electrodes on the point ST36 as shown on page 7 but you need to sit or lie down for this one. The ear points and hand points can also be treated with your Stimplus or with acupressure and this is also described at the bottom of page 18.

If you have a Stimplus unit you can also treat the body points as shown in the Stimplus Manual at Charts H and I ‘Headache, Migraine and Menstrual pain’ for 30 seconds on each point – don’t forget the hand points between the finger and thumb and also don’t forget that you can do this at anytime of the day/night.

Recent Research:Vernon H, McDermaid CS, Hagino C (1999)  Systematic review of randomized
clinical trials of complementary/alternative. Complement Ther Med. 1999 Sep;7(3):142-55.
Evidence from a sub-set of high quality studies indicates that some CAM therapies may be useful
in the treatment of these common forms of headache.