Tens Machine For Menstrual Cramps

Severe cramps can be so painful they interfere with a woman s regular activities for several days.

Tens machine for menstrual cramps.

In secondary dysmenorrhea some underlying abnormal condition usually involving a woman s reproductive system contributes to the menstrual pain. Tens uses soothing pulses that are sent via the pads through the skin and along the nerve fibres. Measuring just 3 8 cm x 6 5 cm the ova s discreet portable design provides drug free relief from period pain wherever you are with a convenient rechargeable battery via usb. Tens also encourages the body to produce higher levels of its own natural pain killing chemicals ie endorphins and encephalins nbsp.

The pulses suppress menstrual pain signals to the brain. In the touch of a button the wearable device stimulates nerves to block pain. Period pains of some degree affect more than an estimated 50 of women and among these up to 15 would describe their symptoms as severe. A bunch of studies such as this one this one and this one show that tens therapy can ease the pain of menstrual cramps.

By howard smith md and vian younan md. Menstrual pains can range from mild to quite severe. Tens treatments can also be used to treat these cramps and it is suggested that pain control begin before the cramps become too painful to handle. There are portable tens units you can use right at home like the wireless icy hot smart relief available at drugstores and amazon and the trumedic and santamedical handheld tens units.