Guest guest Posted December 15, 2001 Report Share Posted December 15, 2001 Hi Tania, The electrical pads are nuts. I have seen them on tv before, but never even thought to buy them, just a fad...... But i think they do help. I had 15 mins or so on low, just to relax the muscles, then 10 mins on a little higher. Its a strange sensation, did you ever put a 9volt, square battery on your toungue when you were a kid? It feels like that, but much more mild. Obviously the more intense you turn it up, the more intense the electrical pulses. After using it the first time, i feel much better about using it. I would not buy one myself, as i am a little sceptical about the long term use, maybe it has an effect on the muscle if you used it every day for months and months. But for my physio, i think its cool, and gives you the feeling of exercising, but without getting tired or working against gravity. Try it, and see wjhat you think. As for the normal exercises, YES... they do help, at leats for me anyway. After just 3 days of physio, i can do things with my leg that i couldn't do just 10 days ago. If i stand, i had a massive range of motion in my leg, but if i laid down, i couldn't even lift my leg off the floor. Already i have gone from doing the sets of 'leg in the air' exercises with just 5 repetitions each, to 20 reps each.......hehe, in just 3 days. I feel much better, less stiff, and more flexible. Egen my walking is better ( although the first day after physio i couldn't walk properly). I hope to have the strength to loose the crutches on the 6 week mark ( in 2 weeks). hope that helped, good luck, and don't over do it, richie _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 16, 2001 Report Share Posted December 16, 2001 You would be surprised about medical uses of those electrical pads. They actually use them for women during childbirth to ease the pain. Four pads are attached, two to the lower back and two to the buttocks. In addition to the normal current, the ladies also have a booster button for when contractions hit... The device is called a TENS Machine and is quite well accepted here in the UK for those women who still want to go through labour without other forms of pain killers. My wife used them last year when she gave birth to our first child. God bless her, she didn't use any other pain killer for the 9-hour labour ! However, for this reason she has little simpathy for my hip pain !!!! Richie, knowing you you may be tempted to try other uses... I would be very careful about how creative however...... Cheers C. In a message dated 15/12/2001 08:44:31 GMT Standard Time, srichierich@... writes: > Subj: TANIA.... electrical pads > Date:15/12/2001 08:44:31 GMT Standard Time > From:<A HREF= " mailto:srichierich@... " >srichierich@...</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF= " mailto:surfacehippy " >surfacehippy </A> > To:<A HREF= " mailto:surfacehippy " >surfacehippy </A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > Hi Tania, > > The electrical pads are nuts. I have seen them on tv before, but never even > > thought to buy them, just a fad...... > > But i think they do help. I had 15 mins or so on low, just to relax the > muscles, then 10 mins on a little higher. Its a strange sensation, did you > ever put a 9volt, square battery on your toungue when you were a kid? > > It feels like that, but much more mild. Obviously the more intense you turn > > it up, the more intense the electrical pulses. > > After using it the first time, i feel much better about using it. I would > not buy one myself, as i am a little sceptical about the long term use, > maybe it has an effect on the muscle if you used it every day for months > and > months. > > But for my physio, i think its cool, and gives you the feeling of > exercising, but without getting tired or working against gravity. Try it, > and see wjhat you think. > > As for the normal exercises, YES... they do help, at leats for me anyway. > After just 3 days of physio, i can do things with my leg that i couldn't do > > just 10 days ago. > > If i stand, i had a massive range of motion in my leg, but if i laid down, > i > couldn't even lift my leg off the floor. Already i have gone from doing the > > sets of 'leg in the air' exercises with just 5 repetitions each, to 20 reps > > each.......hehe, in just 3 days. > > I feel much better, less stiff, and more flexible. Egen my walking is > better > ( although the first day after physio i couldn't walk properly). I hope to > have the strength to loose the crutches on the 6 week mark ( in 2 weeks). > > hope that helped, > good luck, and don't over do it, > richie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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