{"id":122794,"date":"2017-10-18T12:09:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T12:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tpgold.com\/?p=122794"},"modified":"2017-10-17T03:43:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T03:43:53","slug":"how-to-use-a-tens-unit-to-relieve-muscle-and-joint-pain-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/?p=122794","title":{"rendered":"How to Use a TENS Unit to Relieve Muscle and Joint Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A TENS unit (Trans-cutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator) is a small device about the size of a deck of cards that can be used for managing sub acute or chronic pain.  It works by &quot;interfering&quot; with pain signals to the  brain, by flooding the pain-generating tissues with small, electrical currents that are thought to &quot;compete&quot; with the pain signals traveling to the brain, resulting in reduced perception of pain.  It does not do anything to cure the inured site.<\/p>\n<p>TENS units can be helpful by precluding the need for drugs that might be harmful to the user.  It is also faster acting than ice and topical pain products.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, I demonstrate how to operate a typical TENS unit, and strategies for placing the electrodes to achieve maximum benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to this channel to get more free tips on self-managing pain.<\/p>\n<p>Visit my sites for free tips on managing musculoskeletal pain, and for achieving optimal health.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/PainandInjuryDoctor.com<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/OptimalBodySystem.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"ytg-video-url\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Use a TENS Unit to Relieve Muscle and Joint Pain\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eYquxPVE_MI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A TENS unit (Trans-cutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator) is a small device about the size of a deck of cards that can be used for managing sub acute or chronic pain. It works by &quot;interfering&quot; with pain signals to the brain, by flooding the pain-generating tissues with small, electrical currents that are thought to &quot;compete&quot; with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/?p=122794\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Use a TENS Unit to Relieve Muscle and Joint Pain<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[640,1220,1709,5161,5162,616,237,2523,969,2542],"class_list":["post-122794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-back-pain","tag-herniated-disc","tag-joint-pain-symptom","tag-muscle-anatomical-structure","tag-muscle-stim","tag-pain-symptom","tag-pain-management","tag-tens-unit","tag-therapy","tag-transcutaneous-electrical-nerve-stimulation-invention","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122795,"href":"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122794\/revisions\/122795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/122796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tpgold.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}