Hi Bob,
Getting old is hell, doubled and redoubled and going down. I have just added a ReBuilder to my routine, an TENS-EMS combo that can help nerves, pain and keep muscles from atrophy. This is my third one in 15 + years. It takes another 90 minutes out of my life as I set up the water bathes for my feet or hands, much better than sticky electrodes, 30 minutes daily for feet and 30 minutes for hands, and everything in between. I would have to say it works pretty well but the first couple of weeks can be painful as the body accommodates. Then there is 15+ minutes setting up and cleaning up.
It's different from your ordinary TENS or EMS unit. It has a custom TENS wave form and frequency paired with a specific EMS pulse. It comes with a 60 day money back guarantee of satisfaction and sometimes your insurance might pay some of it. It is more expensive than the ordinary TENS. I also tried one of those years ago and it was worthless. for my problems.
By now all the taking care of the parts that are still left and working takes me 2-3 hours a day. Then helping my partner with her hour of treatments (similar problems from different causes, damaged nerves and pain, takes more time. If it works for a person it can be a life changer. It's non-surgical and non-invasive. Good luck.
Good day my old friend, in the higher elevation area of this great country!
I have a regular tens unit from the VA and it feels good maybe 1 time in 5 that I use it, but my dad loved his!
It would be interesting to put yours on the oscilloscope and compare the wave forms it puts out to the regular tens unit. I put mine on the scope to show Debbie how it worked and the difference in all the settings makes, she was very impressed at the way you could see it on the scope!
I've looked at some new thing being advertised that you put on your knee area and it helps your entire body that works on the tens idea, but I'm not going to spend the money on it!
Here in Minnesota pot has been approved for chronic pain, but it's in pill or vapor form. I'm hoping that the VA will adapt the use of it, even though I never smoked it I'm more then willing to give it a try as all the regular meds don't work for me.
Hi Bob,
They have a picture of the 7.83 hz wave form for the nerves so you can compare, somewhere on the site. I found it one time. Others have asked the same questions.. There is also the EMS mode combined signal (or as separates).
http://www.rebuildermedical.com/different-than-tens.phpHow is this different from TENS?
TENS stands for
Transcutaneous
Electronic
Nerve
Stimulation. Simply put, an electric signal applied to the nerves across the surface of the skin. Typically this is a foreign (
to the nerves) square wave signal delivered at a high frequency to incapacitate the nerves, or to inhibit nerve function by over-stimulating them. Although some TENS devices are adjustable in terms of frequency or amplitude, once set, the outgoing signal would be the same for each user for the entire duration of treatment. A standard TENS machine sends its signal from one electrode to another placed in close proximity, usually 6-8" apart. This creates an
electric analgesic effect; as it numbs the small treatment area. While this may offer some degree of temporary, localized pain relief, disrupting nerve function is no solution and usually exacerbates (
or causes) numbness issues. these "toys" are factory permanently set to deliver their coarse signals via 2" x2" conductive electrodes and are not adjustable to the different impedance when different application methods are used such as conductive garments, etc. Thus they can cause great harm. Repeated use of a standard TENS can cause permanent numbness..
The ReBuilder
® also sends electrical signals to the nerves across the surface of the skin, and therefore by FDA definition is also a TENS, but it is a very specialized and vastly more precisely controlled version of nerve stimulation, unlike anything you have ever seen before. The ReBuilder's intelligence incorporates 3 microprocessors to control its sophisticated biofeedback circuitry and at the same time, provides a muscle stimulus component to its output. This allows the ReBuilder to be used in a unique way and provides an altogether-different patient experience and treatment outcome. You see, it is not just
that you stimulate the nerves, but more importantly,
how you stimulate them.
With a money back guarantee of satisfaction it might me worth trying. It is very different from a TENS. The ReBuilder uses feedback from your nerves to adjust the signal. which makes it unique. It's helping my partner's spinal injury affected peripheral nerves pain and appears to be relieve the muscle pains as well. I use it with the footbath method. They also have conductive socks and gloves. This allows all the nerves to feet or hands to be treated from the extremities to the spinal cord and back. The paste on electrodes can work but not nearly as well and don't cover the shear number of nerves treating the entire legs and feet at a time. The first week or two can be more painful then it starts feeling better.
In Colorado, where I spend part of the summer, cannabis is allowed in various forms. As the old advertising jingle goes "A little dab will do you".
"Dab" is basically an extracted hash as it might have been called. It is far more efficient than smoking the vegetable stuff and is a form of vaping but takes a little skill to do easily.
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