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Thread #77142   Message #1374001
Posted By: Amos
07-Jan-05 - 05:01 PM
Thread Name: BS: Fact vs. Factoid: What to believe??
Subject: RE: BS: Fact vs. Factoid: What to believe??
DougR:

Is your condemnation of TENS therapy as "Voodoo" based on any facts? Or are you just holding up a cross and waving your arms around? Do you have any statistics on successful versus failed applications of it?

I have had it applied in conjunction with physical adjustment to a number of ailments(sprung joints or twisted discs or whatever) and in each instance a recovery ensued; of course it might have ensued without the TENS as well.

Given that all the communications across muscle tissues is electrical first, and only secondly chemical, it seems to me that TENS is a reasonable approach. What do you actually know about it? And I hacve never heard a chiropractor claim to be able to cure anything. It would be foolish. The most they can claim, as with almost any medical procedure, is a rate of past success. There are too many variables to claim more than that even for antibiotics, for example, given the hardiness and adaptability of some bacteria.

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Amos