Muscle Pain and Using a “TENS” Unit
Original Post: I had a bad flair up and all my muscles are hard and like a brick almost as if they are all the same. A friend of mine brought me over a TENS Unit to use and I have it set on 2 and my whole muscle by my shoulder blade has been in an off and on spasm, not a little but it must be the whole muscle. Is this a good or bad thing that it is doing it and should I take the unit off or leave it work that area? It is helping with the pain right now.
Dr. Bruno’s Response: In general, TENS not a good idea. Often they are hyper sensitive to the vibration.
There is one significant reason we never recommended it: Polio survivors should listen to their bodies and stop before they have pain and treat the causes of pain, therefore, they should not use TENS units or any medication to block out their body's telling them to stop doing what they're doing!