Monthly Prescribing Reference

First TENS Device for Migraine Prevention Approved

First TENS Device for Migraine Prevention Cefaly Technology has received FDA marketing approval for Cefaly, the first TENS device for the preventative treatment of migraine headaches. Cefaly ...
Hackaday

Building A Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Device In A Weekend

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a technique that applies electrical current to nerves and muscles for the relief of pain. Before you ask, yes, some of these devices are FDA ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

TENS Device Highly Effective for Migraine Relief in Study

First TENS Device for Migraine Prevention Cefaly transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) device provided relief to 81 percent of migraine sufferers who used it, according to results of a ...

Get this dual-channel TENS muscle stimulator for just $22.79

This post is brought to you in paid partnership with AUVON. If muscle tension is something you deal with regularly—whether it ...
UPI

Nerve stimulation device might ease symptoms of long COVID

A painless nerve-zapping device called Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) has long been used to ease arthritis, back pain and other ailments. Now, researchers say TENS might also work ...
WebMD

TENS for Back Pain

TENS, or transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, is a pain relief method that uses mild electrical currents to block pain signals or change how you perceive them. It's used for back pain and for ...
The Verge

Can you use electricity to trick your brain into not feeling pain?

Can you trick your brain into not feeling pain — without medication? We’ve used electricity to do that for centuries, but this method is newly popular again. Transcutaneous electrical nerve ...
Business Insider

I tried electrocuting my pelvis to help my severe period cramps, and found its excellent short-term relief wasn't enough for me to pay $200

I tried a wellness tech device that uses shock therapy to help with period pain. PowerDot is a $200 device that sends low-voltage shocks to nerves that may release endorphins. Research is inconclusive ...
The Verge

Cur is crowdfunding a medical device that isn’t cleared by the FDA, and that’s a problem

"Sounds pretty illegal to me." “Sounds pretty illegal to me,” says Diana Zuckerman, president of the National Center for Health Research, a nonprofit that analyzes medical treatments in order to see ...
Fast Company

With An Electric Zap, This Bandage-Sized Wearable Provides Instant Pain Relief

Soothe your sore muscles with a simple new device that gives a treatment you used to have to see a doctor to get. When Shaun Rahimi was in college, he experienced something that’s disturbingly common: ...
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My menstrual cramps were unbearable. Could this new device help the pain?

Most months my menstrual periods are beyond painful. I can't walk, my lower back is wracked with unbearable pain and my pelvic area feels like it's on fire. I've tried everything from Percocet to ...