'Why We Fight'
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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.
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.
the machine as anything other than a stimulator.
A TENS machine?
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.
Betsy, was the stimulation for pain relief, or for muscle work?
The former would call for TENS, the latter for EMS.
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.
They did it to me when I had a busted ankle. I think it was to reduce swelling.
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.)
Muscle work, so it's definitely EMS.
It's a PT mainstay, in my experience
Yup, mine too, as is ultrasound.