TensCare Sports TENS 2, Instructions For Use Manual

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TENS is clinically tested and
approved for many applications including the following:
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Back pain, and lumbar and cervical spine problems
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Joint pain (e.g. knee joint, hip joint, shoulder)
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Neuralgia • Headaches • Women's period pains
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Pain after injuries to musculoskeletal system
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Pain with circulatory problems
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Chronic pain through various causes
4 E.M.S.: WHAT IT IS AND HOW IT WORKS
EMS stands for Electrical Muscle Stimulation and is a widespread and generally recognized method
that has been used for years in sports and rehabilitation medicine.
In the sports and fitness field, one of the uses of EMS is as a supplement to conventional muscle
training, in order to increase the efficiency of muscle groups and adapt physical proportions to the
desired aesthetic results.
EMS has two main applications. Firstly, a targeted strengthening of musculature can be produced
(Activating application) and secondly a relaxing, resting effect can also be achieved (Relaxing
application).
4.1 EMS successfully rebuilds and tones muscles .
Different levels of muscle contraction are achieved by sending electrical impulses of various types,
depending on the programme selected, into the body. These muscle contractions retrain the muscles,
increase their effectiveness and improve their condition. This is beneficial where muscles - for
whatever reason - have not been in regular use and have lost condition (muscle atrophy). For sports,
the benefit is to increase the effect of training and enhance performance. Typical uses are: -
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Muscle training to improve endurance performance
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Muscle training to support the strengthening of certain muscles or muscle groups in order
to achieve desired changes to body proportions.
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Sports training, covering - warm-up, strength, speed, power, resistance, endurance and
recovery
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Rehabilitation in relation to sports injury.
The effect on muscle tone of electrical stimulation (EMS) is generally only noticeable after regularly
repeated application. Electrical stimulation does not replace regular exercising of the muscle, but is
able to reasonably supplement it.
Muscle wastage : EMS is used in the treatment of medical conditions involving muscle wastage
including: Neuromuscular facilitation - Muscle reeducation - Muscle training - Prevention/slowing of
atrophy/hypotrophy - Preventing postoperative muscle weakness - Reduction of spasticity -
Maintaining or increasing range of motion - Training of partial peripheral nerve damage with signs of
re-innervation - Treatment of scoliosis.