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Product information
Today, electrical nerve stimulation has a secure place
as a recognised therapeutic method for relieving pain.
Without doubt, it represents a supplement and an al-
ternative to conventional pharmacological and neuro-
surgical pain therapy.
Successes in many areas of pain relief — both with
chronic and acute pain — is resulting in an increasing
number of doctors and therapists using this method.
This treatment method is gentle on the body and has
no side-effects. The pain is soothed by the transfer of
electrical pulses to the nerve fibres, which function as
conductors for pain. Muscle fibres can also be relie-
ved.
The electrical nerve stimulator acts via two different me-
chanisms:
• The electrical pulse acts on the nerve fibres and can
prevent pain signals from being sent on to the brain.
• The body's pain suppression system is stimulated to
produce its own pain-soothing substances (endor-
phins) and release them into the bloodstream.
This results in pain being relieved effectively, naturally
and without recourse to medicines. A successful thera-
py program, based on co-operation between the user
and the doctor, and effective treatment with the electri-
cal nerve stimulator.
Therapy with the electrical nerve stimulator has proven
particularly successful against muscular pain, joint
pain, neuralgia and amputation pain.
The unit can be used for the following indications (also
see the Appendix "Doctor's setting recommendations"):
• Neck, chest and lumbar vertebrae syndrome
• Intercostal neuralgia
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