Anybody know what the zappy twitchy thing is?
Electrical stimulation therapy is the process. I've never thought of the machine as anything other than a stimulator.
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§ ita § - Feb 22, 2005 9:18:52 am PST #9893 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Feb 22, 2005 9:19:34 am PST #9894 of 10002
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Then she did my shoulder with the zappy electric thing: tape on electrodes, put an ice bag, walk away and leave me to twitch for 15 minutes. Anybody know what the zappy twitchy thing is? She calls it "ice and stim", if that helps.
My mom had it done (several times) after her car accident, but I forget what it's called.
P.M. Marc - Feb 22, 2005 9:20:19 am PST #9895 of 10002
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Then she did my shoulder with the zappy electric thing: tape on electrodes, put an ice bag, walk away and leave me to twitch for 15 minutes. Anybody know what the zappy twitchy thing is? She calls it "ice and stim", if that helps.
Sounds like she was using an EMS unit.
Kat - Feb 22, 2005 9:21:22 am PST #9896 of 10002
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the machine as anything other than a stimulator.
A TENS machine?
Betsy HP - Feb 22, 2005 9:22:15 am PST #9897 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
No, not TENS; I asked. "Electrical stimulation therapy" worked in a Google; I couldn't find the thing before, and now I can. Thanks, all.
P.M. Marc - Feb 22, 2005 9:22:40 am PST #9898 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Betsy, was the stimulation for pain relief, or for muscle work?
The former would call for TENS, the latter for EMS.
§ ita § - Feb 22, 2005 9:22:50 am PST #9899 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's a PT mainstay, in my experience (or at least for my sorts of injuries) -- even my chiro uses it. My current PT leaves it on micro levels -- he uses it to reduce inflammation post-work. The other uses have been to exercise a muscle I can't use properly myself, or as a part of the warmup.
tommyrot - Feb 22, 2005 9:24:44 am PST #9900 of 10002
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They did it to me when I had a busted ankle. I think it was to reduce swelling.
P.M. Marc - Feb 22, 2005 9:26:21 am PST #9901 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I've only used them recreationally.
(There was one in the house of a gal I was dating... and it was perfectly innocent recreational use. I was being shown how it worked.)
Betsy HP - Feb 22, 2005 9:26:24 am PST #9902 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Muscle work, so it's definitely EMS.