TENS (TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL STIMULATION) :-

• It is applied by electrodes attached to stimulator.
• The actual painful sites are to be identified then the electrodes are placed.

It Helps By -

• • Blocking the gate for pain sensation at brain level
• Causing release of pain killers in brain
• Increasing blood circulation
• Giving massaging effect.

Duration -

Varies, depending on the condition

Benefits -

Electrical stimulation is used to activate and train a muscle, which has lost its action or in training a muscle which has lost or ‘forgotten’ its action after an injury / surgery.