Current Solutions InTENSity Select Combo, Instruction Manual, Page: 4 / 44

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1. Safety information
1.1 General
Combo is a portable electrotherapy device
featuring four therapeutic modes : Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve
Stimulation (T
pain relief and electrical muscle stimulation. The stimulator sends
gentle electrical current to underlying nerves and muscle groups
via electrodes applied on the skin. The parameters of the device
are controlled by the buttons on the front panel. The intensity level is
adjustable according to the needs of patients.
1.2 Medical background
EXPLANATION OF PAIN
Pain is a warning system and the body’s method of telling us that
something is wrong. Pain is important; without it abnormal
conditions may go undetected, causing damage or injury to vital
parts of our bodies. Even though pain is a necessary warning
signal of trauma or malfunction in the body, nature may have gone
too far in its design.
Aside from its value in diagnosis, long-lasting persistent pain
serves no useful purpose. Pain does not begin until the coded
message travels to the brain where it is decoded, analyzed, and
then reacted to. The pain message travels from the injured area
along the small nerves leading to the spinal cord. Here the
message is switched to different nerves that travel up the spinal
cord to the brain. The pain message is then interpreted, referred
back and the pain is felt.
EXPLANATION OF TENS
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is a non-
invasive, drug free method of controlling pain. TENS uses tiny
electrical impulses sent through the skin to nerves to modify your
pain perception. TENS does not cure any physiological problem; it
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