Help fix my husband's bad back

shandypants5

I got a TENS machine from boots, and it is great for back pain.

Mine cost about £40 and has been worth every penny.

MrsE_2

pageee2004 wrote: »

Hi
My DH has suffered for years with his back and swears by his Tens Machine, only thing that gives him some relief, and you can move around with it on.....
Definately will help....

shandypants5 wrote: »

I got a TENS machine from boots, and it is great for back pain.

Mine cost about £40 and has beeen wirth every penny.

Sounds worth a try.

Can you wear it driving?

Could you put it on & go off to work wearing it?
Would the pulses be distracting?

taplady

we aren't supposed really to offer medical advice on the forum but I second what the others have said re the TENS machine. My DH swears by his and he has several prolapsed discs in his spine.

shiningdove

To be completley honest, after spending my whole life with troubles with my back, the car seat is the perfect place - it sculpes round your back perfectly

MrsE_2

taplady wrote: »

we aren't supposed really to offer medical advice on the forum but I second what the others have said re the TENS machine. My DH swears by his and he has several prolapsed discs in his spine.

Brilliant:D

Its not really medical advice anyway is it, its not medicine. Its more coping with pain.

Thank you

MrsE_2

shiningdove wrote: »

To be completley honest, after spending my whole life with troubles with my back, the car seat is the perfect place - it sculpes round your back perfectly

But you can wear the pads on your back & sit in the car?
I wondered it would squash them:o

shandypants5

MrsE wrote: »

Sounds worth a try.

Can you wear it driving?

Could you put it on & go off to work wearing it?
Would the pulses be distracting?

Your not supposed to wear it while driving, but you can, and its quite comfortable.

I keep mine in the car so that if I am a long way from home and my back hurts, then it allows me to drive home relatively pain free. ( I drive hundreds of miles a week).

MrsE_2

shandypants5 wrote: »

Your not supposed to wear it while driving, but you can, and its quite comfortable.

I keep mine in the car so that if I am a long way from home and my back hurts, then it allows me to drive home relatively pain free. ( I drive hundreds of miles a week).

Thank you, so does DH, hes a cab driver.

ETA, they don't do ones that work from car cigarette lighter sockets do they?

Paulie'sGirl

Hi,

I have degenerative discs, as does OH (what a pair) and we both swear by ours. I keep mine in my handbag at all times, its the size of a small matchbox. The pads can't be squished, they're millimeters thick with a sort of sticky gel on the skin side.

Mine runs on large watch batteries, and I get a lot of time from them.

There's next to nothing you can't do with it on, just keep moving the pads from time to time (it irritates my skin after a long time)

You can get ones with dual ports, so there are 4 pads instead of two, and each set of two pads can be set independantly.

A real godsend.

PGxx

ariba10

It only goes to show what Diving of the wardrobe can do to you.