With increased worries about the adverse effects of pain drugs and surgeries, there has been an increase in demand for non-invasive pain treatment methods like TENS, which is driving the global TENS ...

As much as we’d like to tell you that pain is just the French word for bread, we know that chronic pain conditions are nothing to joke about. From slipped discs to autoimmune diseases which cause ...

The best TENS machines use mild electrical currents applied by electrodes in pads placed on your back to stimulate your nerves with the aim of relieving pain during birth. The electrodes are connected ...

A machine commonly used for pain relief has shown to improve breathing in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea, a clinical trial has found. Results of the TESLA trial, published today in eClinical ...

If you’ve been on social media recently you might have noticed sponsored posts and ads for a variety of small, portable electrical devices. These claim to manage period or endometriosis pain safely ...

The idea of shocking yourself to get rid of pain might sound strange, but that’s what this little gadget is designed to do. Livia is a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) machine — a ...

Using a Tens machine – a portable device that stimulate nerves with tiny pulses of electricity – will not help back pain, doctors warn. Although widely used for pain relief, there is a lack of good ...

With TENS the electrical stimulus is felt by the subject and so carries a strong suggestion that it will be effective, as placebo. Sham TENS procedures also carry a positive suggestion. Some years ago ...