actually these are a type that you tape in place with a dab of some kind of gel that came with this thing. -----Original Message----- From: anita [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 8:53 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: tens unit 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! >