Day 84 ~ A Real Zinger

 

Day 84 ~ A Real Zinger 

Mar 25, 2014 

My first: I performed TENS Therapy on myself and my daughter Robin.

My daughter Robin was in pain with a horrible stiff neck. She was on her second day of missing work because of it! I had just gotten this Tens (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) therapy unit from my daughter-in-law’s brother Brett. He comes to all of my Christmases and has become a wonderful family friend. He is a tennis coach at a local gym so he understands the aches and pains that come from muscle strain and repetitive motion. He wanted me to have this unit to thank me for all the fun-filled moments he has had at my home at Christmas time.

Since Robin was having such a bad time with her neck pain, I decided to take the TENS unit to her house so we could both try it out for the first time…I with my sprained wrist and she with her stiff neck. I proceeded to hook up the electrodes to the pads and then attach the sticky pads to our achy-breaky body parts. I adjusted the dial to increase or decrease the intensity of the low-voltage electrical current. We allowed 20 minutes for the unit to do “its thing”. We had a fun time over all and enjoyed yet another bonding experience. My grandson Tyler came home and we attached it to the bottom of his foot for about 2 seconds. It was too much for him or at least his foot!

Neither one of us felt different right after the treatment, but Robin went back to work the next day feeling better (not perfect). My wrist started feeling noticeably better as well, enough to be able to do a small job I had scheduled. We really don't know if this sped up our recovery time because the body DOES “heal thine self” sometimes, you know. I guess time will tell with more guinea pig experiments!

I have since lent it to my friend Kelly who has had an ongoing muscle pain issue in her right forearm. I told her I want it back when she is done with it because I do believe this type of therapy holds some merit and, after all, I’m not getting any younger.