12
13
BENEFITS OF ELECTROSTIMULATION
Electrostimulation is a very effective way to make your muscles work:
• With significant improvement of different muscular qualities
• Without cardio-vascular or mental fatigue
• With limited stress on the joints and tendons. Electrostimulation thus allows a greater
quantity of work by the muscles compared with voluntary activity.
To be effective, this work must involve the greatest possible number of muscular fibers.
The number of fibers working depends on the stimulation energy. The maximum tolerable
energy should therefore be used. The user controls this aspect of stimulation. The higher the
stimulation energy, the greater the number of muscular fibers that are working and, therefore,
the more significant the progress achieved. To maximize results, DJO, LLC recommends that
you complement your electrostimulation sessions with other efforts, such as:
• Regular exercise
• Proper and healthy nutrition
TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION (TENS)
Pain, whether chronic (long-term) or acute (short-term), can be relieved through a variety of
methods, including drugs, topical ointments, surgery, and electrical stimulation. TENS devices
deliver electrical pulses through the skin to the cutaneous (surface) and afferent (deep) nerves to
control pain. Unlike drugs and topical ointments, TENS does not have any systemic side effects.
HOW DOES TENS CONTROL PAIN
TENS provides pain relief in two ways. One is the gate control mechanism. When the body is
injured, both pain and non-pain impulses are sent to the brain from the nervous system. These
pulses travel through nerves in your skin to deeper nerves, and then to the spinal cord and brain.
Along the path are many areas referred to as “gates”. These gates determine which impulses are
allowed to continue to the brain. The gates prevent the brain from receiving too much information
too quickly.
Since the same nerve cannot carry a pain and a non-pain impulse at the same time, the stronger,
non-pain impulse from the TENS device “controls the gate”.
The other mechanism of pain control is endorphin release. The TENS device can trigger the
body’s natural pain killers, called endorphins. These chemicals interact with receptors, blocking
the perception of pain. This is similar to the way the pharmaceutical drug, morphine works, but
without morphine’s side effects.
SAFETY GUIDE
WHO SHOULD NOT USE THE COMPEX® WIRED 3.0
If you answer “Yes”, or “Maybe”, or “I don’t know” to one or more questions, do not use the device
and contact DJO, LLC for more information.
If you have 15 “No” answers, you can use the Compex® Wired 3.0.
DJO, LLC
Toll free: 1-877-266-7398 (877-COMPEX8)
QUESTIONS
YES/NO
1
Do you have a cardiac pacemaker, implanted defibrillator, or other
implanted metallic or electronic devices?
2
Do you have suspected or diagnosed epilepsy?
3
Have you recently been victim of an acute trauma (less than 6 months)?
4
Have you recently been subject to a surgical procedure (less than 6
months)?
5
Do you have blood flow deficiency in your lower limbs?
6
Do you have an abdominal or inguinal hernia?
7
Do you suffer from cancer?
8
Are you pregnant?
9
Do you have suspected or diagnosed heart problems or disease?
10
Do you have painful or afflicted joints?
11
Do you have muscle spasms?
12
Do you have atrophied muscles?
14
Do you need muscle reeducation?
15
Do you have any joint showing a decrease in its range of motion?
16
Do you have a tendency to bleed internally, such as following an injury
or fracture?
17
Are you in the presence of electric monitoring equipment (e.g., cardiac
monitors, ECG alarms)?
18
Are you an adult (21 years of age or older)?
