TENS is done with a small, battery-powered machine about the size of a pocket radio. Usually two electrodes, wires that conduct electrical current, are connected from the machine to the skin. The electrodes are often placed on the area of pain or at a pressure point, creating a circuit of electrical impulses that travels along nerve fibers.

The machine can be set for different wavelength frequency, such as a steady flow of electrical current or a burst of electrical current, and for intensity of electrical current. These settings are usually determined by your physical therapist or doctor.

After an introduction to and instruction in this therapy, TENS can be done at home.

TENS is generally considered safe, although the machine could harm an adult or child if misused. Have your physical therapist or doctor show you the proper way to use the machine, and follow these instructions carefully. 

Operation Instruction

TENS Treatment

1.) Relax before therapy.

2.) Put the pole plugs into two pole window patching (and also the slippers) and turn on the switch.

3.) Put the pole window patching on the part to receive therapy. Put on the slippers.

4.) During treatment, the feet and the part that the pole window patching touches will gradually feel the librations of the frequency wave. Then turn the treatment knob to the strength that one can afford. It's normal that the left and the right wave may be different.

5.) 15-30 minutes in each part of the body. 1 ~ 2 times a day. 10 days forms 1 treatment period.