Settings

Basic Training 101

Big Mistake:  Shocking patient by not instructing them to turn intensity up ONLY by 2-3 clicks at start. (They can turn-up more later).

Settings:

• Auto:  Good to start with on most patients. Very general setting. Later you can customize for specific patient ailments.
• Relax:  Acute pain. Stress relief.  General wellness clients as well. Helps with indigestion, general arthritis, etc.
• #1 setting (General Wide Mid Setting):  Generalized pain. Multiple diagnosis. Standard pain setting.
• #2 setting (Low Range):  Calmly normalize nerves. Sensitive to current. Acute pain.
• #3 setting (Mid Range):  Subacute pain. Muscle pain. Spasms. Constant type of pain.
• #4 settting (High Range):  Peripheral Neuropathy. Nerve compromised patients. Desensitized nerves. Pathologic nerve pain. Phantom pain.

Contraindication:

1. History of seizures
2. Pacemaker

Important Steps During Patient Instruction:

1. ONLY turn-up intensity during ON phases.
2. Turn-up as body accommodates to the current setting.
3. Don’t go too high. If it’s makes you tense, it’s too high!