Tens unit for back pain
[DOC File]Treatment of Low Back Pain - MedEx, LLC
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TENS may relieve pain by sending small electrical impulses to your nerves through electrodes placed on the skin. The electrical impulses block pain. Usually you wear a small, lightweight box, referred to as a TENS unit, at your waist. The box generates the electrical impulses. You may use the TENS unit for weeks or months.
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TENS unit. Traction. Specific back exercises (maybe) Educational Pamphlets. Lifestyle Modifications. Physical Therapy. Work Hardening - questionable benefit. Chiropractic. As effective as any other modality for the treatment of acute low back pain for 30 days or 9 visits. Conservative Treatment: Questionable Benefit. Massage. Acupuncture. Biofeedback. Physical agents and passive modalities ...
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Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. What is the original use of the TENS? To relieve back pain. What are some considerations for using a TENS unit? Keep your electrode pads below the waist . Never set up a path that can travel through the brain or heart. Make sure the electrodes make good contact. Poor contact causes burns . Some electrodes are insertable, good for single use players ...
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The amount of caffeine in 2 cups of coffee makes a TENS unit ineffective. Caffeine is a diuretic; it causes dehydration. Dehydration causes the body's electrical functions to fail. Electricity will not travel through dry tissue. Pain medication actually works against connecting the …
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The TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) unit is non-invasive form of treatment that is thought to be medically helpful for certain conditions, mainly chronic pain. In a recent article that I discovered there was a double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled trial to determine whether the TENS unit is effect toward a number of different conditions such as nerve injury ...
[DOC File]WHAT IS PAIN
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ACPWH guidance on the safe use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for musculoskeletal pain during pregnancy. 1.0. Introduction . Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) has been used by pregnant women for many years without any reported side effects for either mother or baby. In fact, it has been suggested that TENS enhances placental blood flow …
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A TENS Unit is covered for the treatment of acute post-operative pain or chronic, intractable pain. ACUTE POSTOPERATIVE PAIN: Coverage limited to 30 days from surgery date . There must be documentation in the patient medical record of: 1.Date and Nature of Surgery. 2. Location and severity of pain. CHRONIC, INTRACTABLE PAIN: does NOT include low back pain, headache, abdominal/pelvic pain…
[DOC File]ACPWH GUIDANCE - Electrotherapy
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Coverage is limited to 30 days (one month's rental) from the day of surgery. Payment will be made only as a rental. A TENS unit will be denied as not reasonable and necessary for acute pain (less than three months duration) other than for post-operative pain. Or.. II. Chronic Pain Other than Low Back Pain TENS is covered for chronic, intractable pain other than chronic low back pain when all ...
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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a relatively inexpensive and non-invasive form of electrotherapy which uses a low frequency current (1-3). For centuries, electrical stimulation has been reputedly used for pain relief and now many health care professionals are trained in the appropriate use of TENS machines. The intention of this excerpt is to provide you with the ...
Back Pain TENS Treatment: TENS Belt Benefits
TENS Unit Order Requirements. To Qualify: TENS is covered for chronic, intractable pain other than chronic low back pain (Medicare Plans) when all of the following criteria must be met: The presumed etiology of the pain must be a type that is accepted as responding to TENS therapy. Examples of conditions for which TENS therapy is not considered to be reasonable and necessary are (not all ...
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