Gerald Mangona Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Could have posted this under "Equipment" but wasn't sure. Coach made a statement in a recent post that tendons take 10x longer to heal, which is what makes them prone to overuse. Does anyone have familiarity with electric muscle stimulators? Do they accelerate the healing process? How? Any inexpensive recommendations? or things to watch out for?Thanks,JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Mangona Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 ...and I just found Slizzardman had a post right here:viewtopic.php?f=17&t=4876&p=41430&hilit=tens#p41430Sorry for the duplicate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braindx Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Errr, I've never heard that these can be used for strengthening tendons and I've already had a bunch of classes on electrostimulators and such. The fact is if they actually worked to heal tendons then there would be a lot less people with tendonitis because it would be easily solved by just hopping into a physical therapy clinic. Estim used for tendonitis is for the pain -- not healing the tendon. If there is disuse atrophy, it's used for strengthening the muscles and masking the pain from the tendonitis.Sounds like some voodoo hocus pocus for tendinopathy healing.Can help increase strength/mass and neuromuscular reeducation though.Various protocols may help with the healing process albeit they work through several different mechanisms depending on the protocol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerald Mangona Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Was just at a massage therapists. He used the TENS on my forearms, because the extensor muscles felt rope-y and hard, like steel cables. After 10 minutes, the muscles have definitely relaxed a little and a more responsive to deep tissue massage. Don't know if they'll accelerate the healing of the tendon because of the stimulation...but is it possible that the extra stimulation encourages bloodflow? And that's helpful?J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Roseman Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I had a Dr. Ho unit for a while. It was fun to use, put on different muscle groups and make them twitch.But I returned it because they began to twich on their own after a while Personally I never found TENS very helpful except to fill some time in a 20-30 minute appointment.Dr Ho is pretty good though hard to find much now as a stand-alone unit.I've had achillles tendon issues (tendonosis), and the best treatment so far has come from Graston technique.That could work on other tendons as well. Yoy can DIY to some degree though it's best to get a few treatmentsfirst to see how it's done. Nowadays for DIY therapy I mostly find trigger points (spasms), active release, and graston. And stretching when it's fairly healthy.Also I go to a chiropractic school's grad student clinic where they give excellent PT, physio and the occassionaladjustment for $20 a visit, when I can't DIY. They have used a microcurrent simulator on me thatwas supposed who help healing, but who knows!!Ounce of prevention ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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