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TENS & EMS Guides
Easy Guides to TENS & EMS
Easy Guides to TENS & EMS Electrotherapy
Guides to TENS & EMS by Dr Gordon Gadsby
Dr Gadsby is a leading clinical specialist in electrotherapy treatments, such as neuro-electric acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) with many years of experience in the NHS and private healthcare sector.
Dr Gadsby is an expert on therapeutic applications of electrotherapy and electroanalgesia. He shares his extensive expertise in his illustrated and informative easy guides that guide you through electrotherapy applications for the best pain relief and muscle toning as well as offering the best advice for women prior, during and after childbirth.
- An Easy Guide to TENS Pain Relief
- An Easy Guide to EMS
- A Woman's Guide to Drug Free Pain Relief - before, during and after the birth
Buy Easy Guides to Electrotherapy by Dr Gadsby
A comprehensive but easy to follow guide on the best use of TENS machines, this book guides you through conditions that respond to TENS therapy as well as skin electrode placements for the best outcomes.
The TENS guide is illustrated with numerous charts that aid understanding and make skin electrodes placing in appropriate places an easy task. Each chart identifies the pain zone and where to place the skin electrodes - either one or two pairs - for best outcomes.
The list of illustrated charts is as follows:
- Back Pain: Low back pain; Upper back pain; Back pain with sciatica; Ankylosing spondylitis
- Neck & Shoulder Pain: Neck pain and whiplash; Shoulder pain and frozen shoulder
- Leg Pain: Hip pain; Knee pain; Ankle pain; Achilles tendon problem; Foot pain; Phantom limb pain both below and above the knee
- Arm and Shoulder Pain: Tennis elbow; Golfer's elbow; Wrist pain and carpal tunnel syndrome; Hand and finger pain; Phantom limb pain both below and above the elbow
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Abdominal Pain: Period pain and dysmenorrhea; Irritable bowel syndrome
- Headache & Migraine: Classical migraine, headache, stress, insomnia; Pre-menstrual migraine and tension (PMT)
- Neuralgia Pain: Trigeminal neuralgia; Post shingles neuralgia (ophthalmic shingles) pain; Post shingles pain; Post operative neuralgia
- Nausea & Vomiting: Nausea associated with pregnancy, chemotherapy, travel sickness, etc.
- Labour & Delivery: Labour pains
- Peripheral Neuropathy: Peripheral neuropathy associated with chemotherapy and diabetes
- Wound Healing & Leg Ulcers: Wound healing associated with diabetes, varicose, ulcer, post operative pain, etc.
Total pages: 28
Published in February 2008
An Easy Guide to TENS Pain Relief by Dr Gordon Gadsby costs £5.99 
* VAT is not charged on books.
An Easy Guide to EMS is a simple, yet comprehensive and essential guide to Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS). This guide takes you through basic understanding of electrical muscle stimulation to its medical (i.e. muscle reconditioning and strengthening, post injury recovery), athletic (i.e. muscle toning and building up) and aesthetic (i.e. muscle lifting, firming and tightening) reasons for EMS applications, helping you to get the best and fastest results from your EMS machine.
The EMS guide is illustrated with numerous charts that aid understanding and make skin electrodes placing in appropriate places an easy task. Each chart identifies the stimulation zone and suggests where to place the skin electrodes - up to four pairs - for best outcomes.
The list of illustrated charts is as follows:
- Neck and Shoulders: Neck; Shoulders; Deltoids
- Chest: Men only - pectorals
- Back: Upper back; Side of back; Middle of back; Waist; Buttocks
Abdomen (abs): Abdominals 1 & 2; Waist; Central Abdomen, Upper Abdomen; Lower Abdomen
- Arms: Upper arms; Biceps; Triceps; Lower arms; Wrists
- Legs: Women - upper thighs and hips; Men - thighs; Men - upper legs / quadriceps; Knees; Men - back / upper legs; Calves; Ankles; feet; Men - outer muscles / peroneals
- Special applications: Facial lifting and strengthening; Post operative strengthening and muscle re-education; Sports injuries - lower limb; Sports injuries - knee; Sports injuries - thigh / groin / shoulder; Sports injuries - upper limb; Back pain - strengthening spinal muscles and pain management; Pelvic floor - strengthening and toning for incontinence; Post delivery abdominal toning and weight loss toning
Total pages: 28
Published in March 2008
An Easy Guide to EMS by Dr Gordon Gadsby costs £5.99
* VAT is not charged on books.
This essential guide to drug free pain relief has been especially written to assist women prior, during and after childbirth.
The guide has 3 main sections:
1. Before birth
2. During birth
3. After your baby's birth
Each section contains illustrations and instructions to help you combat pain and relieve uncomfortable sensations using different treatment techniques, such as acupressure, electro-acupuncture and TENS. You will be able to use any of these pain relief techniques independently or in combination. Additionally - the guide also includes helpful advice how your birthing partner can help with pain relief.
Content of the sections:
- Before birth (Ante natal - During Pregnancy): Relaxation treatment; Back pain; Nausea or sickness; Addiction (i.e. nicotine, alcohol)
During birth (Labour and Delivery): Using TENS; Guide for the Birthing Partner: Relaxation for the Mother; Pain relief at the start and through labour; Stimulation of contractions
- After the birth (Post natal - After delivery): Shoulder pain; Perineal and after pain; Anxiety and depression; Period pain - dysmenorrhoea; Pre-menstrual stress and headaches; Back pain. Pelvic floor / Incontinence treatment; Caesarean Delivery Incision Pain
Total pages: 24
Published in September 2009
A Woman's Guide to Drug Free Pain Relief - before, during and after the birth - by Dr Gordon Gadsby costs £5.99
* VAT is not charged on books.
Refer to Pain Relief page for information about different drug free pain relief methods.
For information about muscle assessment and rehabilitation, visit Muscle Assessment and Rehab page.
Refer to Neuromuscular Stimulation Electrodes page for superior range of Neuromuscular Stimulation skin electrodes and TENS therapy skin electrodes.
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