How Is NeuroMD Different From TENS And Will It Work For You?

NeuroMD is different because it utilizes clinically studied NMES parameters that relieves back pain by improving lower back health.

Often confused with other types of electrotherapy such as Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) which targets sensory nerves, NeuroMuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) targets motor nerves. The sensory and motor nerves are recruited with different electrical parameters, which is why NMES and TENS affect the body differently. Let’s take a look at the uses and differences between NMES and TENS.

It’s important to understand that not all TENS units are the same, nor are all NMES devices the same. The various parameters affect many aspects of the stimulation such as the electrical currents penetration depth into the body, comfort, muscle recruitment, and muscle fatigue.

It’s also important to understand how different parameters such as waveform and frequency can greatly affect treatment results.  

Below are parameters used in electrotherapy:

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•   1. Frequency - dictates the nerves recruited motor nerves vs sensory nerves and elicits a strong muscular contraction without excessive muscular fatigue. If you use too high a frequency, the muscles can become over fatigued and possibly weaken.
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•   2. Waveform - improves patient comfort while delivering efficient muscle recruitment/contraction.
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•   3. Pulse Duration - targets deep, secondary spinal stabilizing muscles.
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•   4. Amplitude - Increases intensity of the stimulation.
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•   5. On:OFF ratio (Duty Cycle) - A ratio of the ON time of each cycle to the OFF time (e.g., ON:OFF 10:30 s=1:3 ratio). Higher ratios (1:5) have more rest time between muscle contractions and cause less muscle fatigue.

Will NeuroMD Work For Me?

Back and leg pain is complex. However, NeuroMD is unique as it works for the majority of people because it improves musculoskeletal function and health. By healing damaged tissues, reducing inflammation, and strengthening spinal stabilizing muscles, pain will diminish. Remember you can try NeuroMD risk-free with the 60 Day Home Trial Program.

NMES

Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation, or NMES, targets motor nerves. The stimulation is delivered to the body through adhesive hydrogel electrodes that transfer electrical impulses deep into the muscles, thus causing the muscles to contract. NMES helps to increase muscle strength, blood circulation, and range of motion and to lessen muscle spasms.

Uses for NMES vary and have been used In sports medicine for muscle strengthening, maintenance of muscle mass and strength during prolonged periods of immobilisation, selective muscle retraining, and the control of oedema.

Another use for NMES has been in  total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and have shown improvements in strength and function. NMES has also provided positive results for dysphagia. Recent studies reported significantly greater improvement for stroke patients in the NMES group compared with other therapeutic methods. Back pain is another ailment NMES can assist with and can greatly improve the back. NMES training results in enhanced activation of spinal stabilizing muscles during spinal loading and improvements in pain ratings. Other uses include sciatica, si joint pain, arthritis, muscle spasms, fatigue or weakness in muscles, stroke rehabilitation, and musculoskeletal conditions.

NeuroMD has released the NeuroMD Corrective Therapy Device, with clinically researched parameters designed to relieve back pain as well as other ailments listed previously. So far, the results have been positive for many verified customers where their pain has diminished or is no longer existent. NeuroMD provides lasting pain relief because it restores back health by healing, strengthening, and stabilizing the lower back.

TENS

Both TENS and NMES therapies use electrodes with adhesive gel that send electrical impulses to nerves. The key difference is the types of nerves they target. Previously, we mentioned NMES targets motor nerves with impulses that travel deep into the muscle tissue. TENS units use electrical impulses that target sensory nerves, which floods the nervous system, reducing its ability to transmit pain signals to the spinal cord and brain. This type of electrotherapy is only temporary and simply masks the pain as it tricks the brain into believing there is no pain at all.

Uses for TENS units help to temporarily relieve pain from period pain, labor pain, postoperative pain, joint pain, neck and back pain, sports injuries, osteoarthritis, postoperative pain, painful diabetic neuropathy and some acute pain conditions

Although TENS has been used to treat osteoarthritis and still is, studies have shown that “osteoarthritis pain similar to the reviews of acute pain and low back pain, a recent Cochrane systematic review showed that TENS was not effective for knee osteoarthritis(OA) pain”. However, some patients still use TENS units alothough the relief is temporary.

Electrotherapy has come a long way where clinical studies continue to test the various methods and benefits it has on our health and in the treatments of various ailments. Benefits are tenfold and are used in alternatives to surgery and the use of opioids. Now that you know the differences between NMES and TENS, yo can make an informed decision on which one is best for you.

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