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http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl Cluster Headache Help and Support >> Medications, Treatments, Therapies >> Tens Unit http://www.clusterheadaches.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1248797262 Message started by Byrnie on Jul 28^th, 2009 at 12:07pm

Title: Tens Unit
Post by Byrnie on Jul 28^th, 2009 at 12:07pm

Has anyone tried a tens unit for ch relief? My thought is many of us pull on our neck and rub our temples so if the pads were placed on the back of the neck or temple perhaps it would stimulate the nerve endings and give relief during a bout. Sound waco? let me know what your thoughts are.

Title: Re: Tens Unit
Post by campergal on Jul 28^th, 2009 at 2:44pm

I tried the tens and it did nothing for me. It might for you. (?)

I tend to think I want something to calm the nerve.

I think it's used to try to confuse the nerve, or at least that is what I think they told me. (?) That was many yrs ago.

Title: Re: Tens Unit
Post by 1968eric on Jul 28^th, 2009 at 8:14pm

I heard some very secondhand information about someone who went to the Mayo Clinic and ended up on a Tens unit and it worked. This person was supposed to put me in email contact with the person so I could verify the person in question was indeed a CH sufferer and all but that never came to pass. I'm curious about it as well.

Title: Re: Tens Unit
Post by Bob_Johnson on Jul 29^th, 2009 at 9:09am

Not getting much attention. A search of PubMed had this abstract--most recent--and then only 3 others back to 1990. Other forms of neurological surgery are showing promise and are gaining support.
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Title: Re: Tens Unit
Post by Barry_T_Coles on Jul 29^th, 2009 at 7:24pm

G’day Byrnie & Welcome

I’ve had a TENS machine for some years now & have used it to reduce the ganglion in my neck with reasonable effect but only when I’m on a low level, there’s no way I could keep still enough anything above a KIP 8 to keep the pads in place.

It certainly won’t stop the CH but it appears to reduce the duration by relaxing the lump and the area around it.

Make sure you use plenty of the gel on the pads so that you get the full benefit, if you don’t you can give yourself burns.

I wouldn’t recommend using it anywhere else on your head as they really are only designed for muscle relaxing and stimulation & to increase circulation in damaged tissue.

Cheers
Barry