An

Easy Guide to
TENS Pain Relief

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 LOW BACK PAIN

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 HIP NEURALGIA

Alternate Placement
Primary Placement

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PHANTOM LIMB, LOWER EXTREMITY

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 SCIATICA

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 BICIPITAL TENDONITIS

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 TEMPORAL MANDIBULAR JOINT PAIN (TMJ)

Primary Placement

Alternate Placement

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 SHOULDER PAIN

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 CERVICAL PAIN

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 CHRONIC CERVICAL STRAIN

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 CHRONIC CERVICAL SPINE PAIN (Postlaminectomy)

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 CERVICAL OSTEOARTHRITIS

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 UNILATERAL CERVICAL SPINE PAIN

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 MASECTOMY – RIGHT SIDE

Primary Placement

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DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS: CERVICAL AND LUMBAR

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 LATERAL RIB CAGE PAIN

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 CHRONIC HIP PAIN

Primary Placement

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 HERPES ZOSTER NEURALGIA

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 ACUTE MUSCLE AND LIGAMENT TEAR - ANKLE

Primary Placement

Place one set of electrodes on medial side and

one set on lateral side

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 POST-PODIATRIC SURGERY (involving lateral toes)

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 KNEE PAIN – POST-OP

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 DEGENERATIVE ARTHRITIS - KNEE PAIN

Primary Placement

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RECURRENT PATELLAR SUBLAXATION

Primary Placement

Place one set of electrodes on medial side and

one set on lateral side

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LOW EXTREMITY PAIN (REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY)

Primary Placement
Alternate Placement
Place one set on each side of leg.

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 LOWER LEG PAIN (DIABETIC NEUROPATHY)

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

Primary Placement

Alternate Placement

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 WRIST PAIN

Alternate Placement
Primary Placement

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 ELBOW & FOREARM PAIN

Primary Placement

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 UPPER EXTREMITY PAIN
(REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY)

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 ULNAR NERVE LESION

Primary Placement

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 ATYPICAL FACIAL PAIN

Primary Placement Alternate Placement

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 Electrode Placement and Charts Low Back Pain
Hip Neuralgia
The importance of accurate electrode placement Phantom Limb, lower extremity
Sciatica
Proper electrode placement is vital to obtain the best Bicipital Tendonitis
results from your TENS unit. Please see the following Temporal Mandibular Joint Pain (TMJ)
charts which have been specially prepared to help you. Shoulder Pain
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
The most important aspect of TENS electrode placement Trigeminal Neuralgia
is to position them so that the current passes through the Cervical Pain
painful area, or along the nerves leading from the pain. Chronic Cervical Strain
Chronic Cervical Spine Pain (Postlaminectomy)
Cervical Osteoarthritis
How to use the electrode placement charts Unilateral Cervical Spine Pain
Masectomy – Right side
Check the index on the opposite page for the chart most Degenerative Arthritis: Cervical and Lumbar
applicable to the pain problem. We have selected the easiest Lateral Rib Cage Pain
and most frequently used electrode placement positions Chronic Hip Pain
and settings. Note: These are suggested settings. There Herpes Zoster Neuralgia
are alternative settings and all settings should be Acute Muscle and Ligament Tear – Ankle
instructed by a medical practitioner. Post Podiatric Surgery (involving lateral toes)
Knee Pain (Post-op)
Degenerative Arthritis – Knee Pain
Recurrent Patellar Sublaxation
Low Extremity Pain (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy)
Lower Leg Pain (Diabetic Neuropathy)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Wrist Pain
Elbow & Forearm Pain
Upper Extremity Pain (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy)
Ulnar Nerve Lesion
Atypical Facial Pain
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