Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) vs Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) / Powered Muscle Stimulation (PMS)… What is difference? TENS is a completely safe, non-invasive, drug-free methods of pain management. By sending small electrical impulses...
TENS stands for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and is a bio-electrical muscle stimulator used by doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, sports therapists, and even neurosurgeons! It treats any kind of pain including back pain, shoulder pain, joint...
General Overview Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is the most common injury in patients seeking medical attention for elbow pain. Exactly what causes tennis elbow is unknown, but it is thought to be due to small tears of the tendons that attach forearm muscles...
Overview Tendons are cords of tough, fibrous connective tissue that attach muscles to bones. Tendinitis is an inflammation of the tendon. The condition may also involve the tendon sheath, usually close to where the tendon joins the muscle. Tendinitis is also...
Overview Pain that radiates from your lower (lumbar) spine to your buttock and down the back of your leg is the hallmark of sciatica. You may feel the discomfort almost anywhere along the nerve pathway, but it’s especially likely to follow a path from your low...
Are you amongst the running wounded? You’re likely suffering from one of these annoying injuries. As mindful runners, we can take all the proper precautions to make sure that we’ll never have to worry about hurting ourselves, but the reality is that no one is immune...
