Debbie, Do you know anything about Alpha-Stim to treat neuropathy--how it compares to TENS or EMS?
Are you able to be weight bearing and move? Thanks, Carolyn [TMIC] TENS Unit Deborah Nord Capen Thu, 07 May 2009 08:10:11 -0700 Hello All, I thought I might mention this regarding the TENS unit. If you are going to be investing in this, you might want to consider the EMS unit instead. A TENS unit is for "nerve stimulation" to help with pain. The EMS unit is a "muscle stimulator", used to waken up sleeping muscles or prevent atrophy from paralysis. It has a different "wave"; however, the EMS unit can be used as both the EMS and the TENS. The TENS can only be used as a TENS, so if you get the EMS you are getting double the bang for your buck. I just got the EMS unit and it is too soon to tell, but I think that it is going to be of some benefit. (I was totally paralyzed from the waist down 12 years ago on December 30, 1996, but did get a lot of recovery.) Take care, Debbie
