{"id":9291,"date":"2024-12-23T08:34:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T08:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/?p=9291"},"modified":"2024-12-23T08:39:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T08:39:30","slug":"transcutaneous-electrical-nerve-stimulation-tens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/en\/transcutaneous-electrical-nerve-stimulation-tens\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation)<\/strong> is a medical device that, through electrical impulses, creates transcutaneous nerve stimulation whose effects are analgesic, thanks to the modulation\/inhibition of pain perception and the release of neuropeptides, such as endorphins, which counteract feelings of fatigue and pain and enhance mood and physical and mental well-being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>TENS is therefore used in a variety of clinical settings to treat different conditions associated with acute and chronic pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>TENS therapy is a non-invasive treatment with no known side effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Electrodes are applied to the patient&#039;s skin, through which a device sends mild impulses that activate nerve fibers.<br>The electrodes can be placed in various areas of the body; the frequency, intensity, and site of application depend on the specific condition and therapeutic goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The number of sessions varies based on the patient&#039;s needs, and each session can last between 20 and 40 minutes, with the possibility of being repeated multiple times a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TENS-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9294\" style=\"width:698px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TENS-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TENS-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TENS-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TENS-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TENS-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/TENS-1-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) is a medical device that, through electrical impulses, creates transcutaneous nerve stimulation whose effects are analgesic, thanks to the modulation\/inhibition of pain perception and the release of neuropeptides, such as endorphins, which counteract feelings of fatigue and pain and enhance mood and physical and mental well-being. TENS is therefore used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9291"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9300,"href":"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9291\/revisions\/9300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toswim.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}