A TENS therapy session at the Padda Institute in St. Louis lasts about fifteen minutes: sticky pads on the skin send a mild electrical tingle that turns down the pain signal. It is how a physiotherapy visit winds down.
This is one station in our physician-directed physiotherapy program. It runs only on your physician’s written order, at the strength your physician sets.
TENS stands for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. Pads on your skin deliver a light electrical tingle. It closes out the visit. Our electroanalgesia (TENS and PENS) page explains how electrical stimulation treats nerve pain.
The tingle travels the very nerves that carry pain and dials the pain message down. Many people feel relief during the session and for a while after.
A strong tingle that stays comfortable and never hurts. You hold a call button, and your technician looks in at the five-minute mark.
Each visit opens with spoken safety questions. If something has changed since last time, such as a new medicine, a new symptom or a procedure this week, the physician decides before anything starts. Say stop at any moment and it stops.
About fifteen minutes.
Show us you have it: Point to where the pads may go and where they never go. If any part is unclear, ask, and we will walk through it again at your next visit.
Related reading: the home TENS unit.
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