Your Medical Need

The established principles of electrotherapy are followed throughout our educational information. In general this means:

  • TENS functions are used for pain relief and relaxation

    • Continuous pulses

    • Impacts sensory nerves

    • Choice of high, low or mixed frequencies

    • Option of 30 intensity settings

    • Extremely comfortable and comforting

  • ECS functions are for circulation and healing of damaged musculoskeletal tissue

    • Surging pulses

    • 6 seconds Contract, 12 seconds Off

    • Impacts cell membranes and circulatory systems

    • Low to medium frequencies

    • Low intensity

  • EMS functions are for rehabilitation and muscle strengthening

    • Surging pulses

    • 6 seconds Contract, 12 seconds Off

    • Impacts motor nerves, or can apply direct to muscle if nerves are damaged

    • Medium to high frequencies

    • Medium to high intensity

For your specific medical need, please choose one of these links or from the navigation drop-down menu at the top of the webpage.



 

We also offer information on 3 quite specific therapy applications:

  • Labour

    • Back, leg or other pain

    • Swollen ankles

    • Drug-free labour pain relief

    • Post-partum recovery

  • Menstruation

    • Period pain

    • Muscle cramps

    • PMS tension and headaches

    • Endometriosis relief

  • Incontinence

    • Light bladder leakage

    • Stress incontinence

    • Urge incontinence

    • Muscle tightening

 

Explaining TENS therapy

TENS is more than just a machine. It is a form of electrotherapy used by medical professionals since the early 1970s. Here we offer a summary of the key points of interest for those wishing to learn and understand more about the therapy.



TENS instructions

And for those who have already become clients of ActivLIfe, here is our full after-sales offering: