This could be a bit controversial, but according to this article by Rosemary Frei in painmedicinenews.com research by the American Academy of Neurology’s Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee shows that:“the use of transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) for pain in neurologic disorders has concluded the modality does not work for chronic low back pain”
I don’t know if any of you are using TENS therapy for anything. I have friends who swear by it. Never having tried it myself I cannot comment. But I reckon we will see more on this story.
To read the full article use this link. You do need to register on this site to read the articles, but it’s free, and there is a tremendous amount of interesting stuff here.
Another study by neurologist Richard M Dubinsky, MD, MPH of Kansa University Medical Center
seems to back this view up. You can read a review of his study on the effectiveness of TENS as a treatment for chronic back pain here.
This one is going to run as they say. If any readers have experience of this they wish to pass on, email me at thebackman@live.com to let me know.
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