if you are working with electrodes, you need a piece of cotton for each
electrode and wet them with water...but first of all ask your PT about
that!!!
-----Original Message-----
De: Kyle E. Cleveland <[log in to unmask]>
Para: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Fecha: Jueves 4 de Noviembre de 1999 11:27
Asunto: Re: tens unit


>Yeah, Ken, if you don't get those electrodes secure, you will definitely
>dance!  Make sure you get the area good and clean before you attach the
>electrodes.  I can't remember the name of the stuff, but there is a solvent
>that includes a mastic that will clean the area and provide a bit of
>stickiness too.  Maybe someone else knows the name of this stuff?
>
>I was using the electrodes on my sacral-iliac joint, right near my
>belt-line, so I know what you mean about the sweating.  Your TENS provider
>can get all sorts of types of electrodes to try.  Just get a sampling until
>you find what works.  I found that the ones that were to be disposed after
>one use were pretty worthless if you had any skin moisture at all.
>
>-Kyle
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Barber, Kenneth L. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 9:12 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: tens unit
>
>
>gee, kyle i thought i was going into spontanious combustion.   i sorta
found
>this out the first time i put this sucker on. it bit me pretty quickly. i
>sweat easily so the tape begins to loosen quickly.
>    thanks for the warning anyway.
>
>be aleat america needs more lerts.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kyle E. Cleveland [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 9:06 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: tens unit
>
>
>FYI on the tens unit:  Make sure the electrodes have full (and I do mean
>full) contact with the skin at all times.  They are designed so the current
>flows through the entire surface area of the electrode.  If only a portion
>of the electrode is attached to your skin, the sucker will arc like
nobody's
>business--and hurt!
>