TENS Pain Relief Unit Reviews

How can I review this? I hired it twice for my wife's birth, and even tried it myself. Basically these are a lot like those electric muscle building pads. They work by releasing an electric current across a pad and that is supposed to release endorphins, relax muscles and relieve pain. Their major use is in labour, but they can be used for any ...  Read the complete review

TENS machines come in all sorts of different shapes and sizes but they all do the same thing and that is to use electrical pulses to trick your mind into believing that the pain you are experiencing isn't as bad as it really is. They are great for labour and I have also heard of them being used for back pain too. You can buy them but I ...  Read the complete review

When I was pregnant with my son I decided I wanted to try and have as natural delivery as I could manage. It was my first pregnancy and I was realistic enough to know that I would not be able to cope with no pain relief at all. I therefore hired the mama-tens TENS machine from Mothercare at £29.99 for four weeks. Luckily they offered a free 2 week ...  Read the complete review

This review is about a TENS pain relief Unit though not the model as pictured. When the Dooyou team provide the correct link, I'll have it transferred over. A photo of the unit covered here can be found at www.lloydspharmacy.co.uk I'd always associated TENS with drug free pain relief in pregnancy and then I saw an advert on TV with ...  Read the complete review

About six years ago, I fell down a stairwell onto a concrete floor and damaged my spine permanently. I have had endless treatment, although I believe that over the years, back pain is one thing that never really goes away. I also believe that having suffered a serious injury to the back, the problems of age do exaggerate back problems, and over ...  Read the complete review

I used the Tens machine for the labour of my first child and i have to say i was unimpressed. It works by simulating your nerves with electrical pulses using four sticky pads placed on certain parts of your back. In the instructions it advices to put the pads on as soon as you feel that you are in labour, adjust the power at ...  Read the complete review

Until a couple of weeks ago I did not know what Tens was. Now I am a different person thanks to Tens. Nearly two years ago I had a major operation on my lungs - no not through smoking. The operation was a success but like with a lot of operations I was left with a pain similar between broken ribs and back ache. Anyway after a ...  Read the complete review

For all three of my pregnancies I hired a TENS machine from Natures Gate. I found the service I recieved to be excellent. The staff were friendly and helpful. The machine arrived on time. The instructions were clear and comprehensive. The machine seemed to be of good quality and was easy to use. The electrodes (the sticky pads you ...  Read the complete review

I was unfortunate enough to be involved in 3 car crashes in the last 5 years (none of them my fault), suffering whiplash on each occasion. The last 2 were a year apart, so I had not recovered from one before having another! After much physiotherapy, I was loaned a Tens Pain Relief unit by my physiotherapist, to see if it would be effective, before ...  Read the complete review

Tens machines are offered as a natural pain relief for a range of ills - I know of several people who use them for muscular pain. They are available for relief during labour, which is the capacity in which I encountered them. You can hire Tens machines from your hospital/midwife centre or from Boots. You can also buy them. If you are in ...  Read the complete review

When your in pain what do you do? Reach for the pill bottle? Say “Pain, pain go away”? Or do you reach for the Tens machine? I’ve done all three in my time, and believe me the simple talking doesn’t work. Pills relieve some of the pain but not necessarily all. In May 1998 I was admitted to ...  Read the complete review

I heard of the Tens machine when i was looking into natural pain relief whilst pregnant with my daughter. (A Tens machine gives out little pulses of electrical energy.) Being as my family call me a bit of a 'Hippie Chick' (err how naff) I was looking for something that would not harm my baby, as I had heard bad things about ...  Read the complete review

I felt it may be of use to move this opinion up so that those that did not read it first time round can do so now. Following surgery to replace my implanted system, because the batteries had died, I was reminded of just how much benefit can be gained by the correct use of this equipment. My new implanted system failed to activate ...  Read the complete review

Nothing is so delightful as to be able to walk down the street, feeling the pleasurable ‘tingle’ from my battery operated buddy and not a soul in the world knows apart from me! I can well imagine what kind of ‘battery operated buddy’ a lot of you are thinking about, well stop it now! My new battery operated ...  Read the complete review

I think one thing that worries dad's is finding themselves useless in the delivery room, it certainly bothered my partner. He was concerned that he would become distressed that he could not do anything to help me while I was in pain, and as it was a new experience he would not know what to do and end up getting in the way. During the ...  Read the complete review

As I had both my children, George 2 years old and Angel 3 months, at home I was very limited as to what pain relief I could have. The only pain relief that the midwife was allowed to bring was gas and air. Apparently the main reason for people being transferred to hospital during a homebirth is due to not being able to cope with the pain. ...  Read the complete review

This tens machine is specially designed for all three stages of motherhood. This is not a product that you can hire; this has to be purchased due to the three uses of the machine. It can help you during pregnancy to ease back pain, during childbirth for drug free pain control and afterwards to help tone abdominal muscles back into their ...  Read the complete review

I'm not sure if a male voice will be welcome here, but I am writing this on behalf on my wife, so maybe I can be excused! Like kymm63 my wife was involved in a car accident about 12 years ago (no, it wasn't me driving - nor her, actually). She suffered whip-lash injuries to the upper spine and osteopathy was no use as actual ...  Read the complete review

80% of people suffer with back problems at some time in their lives caused by injury, accidents, disease and stress and it has become a very common problem that for many back pain stops them from working, exersizing and doing the normal things in life. I for one have been suffering with neck/spine and associated referred pain for nearly a ...  Read the complete review

When we were expecting our first baby, I wanted as natural a labour as possibly, without drugs, so I opted for the Boots TENS machine to help me along. It costs £25.00 to hire it for a month, and if baby is late you can keep it for longer without having to pay any extra - you just ring them up to let them know. You need to book it in ...  Read the complete review