TENS for Pregnancy

TENS stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. TENS has successfully been used for many years by pregnant women and professional midwives worldwide to treat labour pain; it is especially common in the UK. It is typically used only after the 37th week of pregnancy.

TENS works in two ways:
* Stimulation is used to boost naturally produced endorphins to help in combating pain by triggering the body's response to pain.

* Stimulation triggers faster nerve fibres than pain signals, thus effectively blocking the pain signal from reaching the brain

Due to the lack of widespread availability and training available for the application of TENS for labour and delivery, I sourced out my own TENS unit during my wife's pregnancy. The unit worked with great success and more importantly, it was drug free!

Understanding that this would be a daunting task for those without direct access, I decided to find a way to provide simple access to both the TENS units and personalized training on the most effective way to implement it during labour to aid in pain relief. I can provide in-home training for parents and couples most evenings and weekends, along with delivering a ready to use TENS unit.

Contact Kelvin for more information and rentals