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Table of the pathologies
Pathologies
Neuralgia of the upper
limb
(brachial neuralgia)
Chronic muscular pain
(polymyalgia)
Contracture
(eg: localized contracture in external
side of the calf)
Chronic muscular pain
in the back of the neck
(cervical pain)
Muscular pain in the
thoracic region
(thoracic back pain)
Muscular pain in the low
back region
(low back pain)
Sharp and recent muscu-
lar pains affecting a
muscle in the low back
(lumbago)
Chronic elbow pain
(epicondylitis = tennis elbow)
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Pain relief
References
Programmes
Modulated
See application
page 190
TENS
See application
Endorphinic
page 190
Decontrac- See application
page 190
ture
Cervical pain See application
page 190
Thoracic
See application
back pain
page 191
Low back
See application
pain
page 191
See application
Lumbago
page 191
See application
Epicondylitis
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Pain relief
Table of the Pain programmes
Programmes
Effects
Blocks transmission of
Modulated
pain by the nervous sys-
TENS
tem
Analgesic action through
the release of endorphins
Endorphinic
Increased blood flow
Reduced muscular tension
Decontracture
Relaxing effect
Analgesic action through
the release of endorphins
Cervical pain
Increased arterial flow
Analgesic action through
Thoracic back
the release of endorphins
pain
Increased arterial flow
Analgesic action through
Low back
the release of endorphins
pain
Increased blood flow
Reduced muscular tension
Relaxing effect
Lumbago
Blocks transmission of
Epicondylitis
pain by the nervous sys-
tem
The use of Modulated TENS , Endorphinic
be prolonged without medical advice.
Uses
All acute or chronic locali-
zed pain
To combat chronic muscu-
lar pain
To combat recent and loca-
lized muscular pain
Analgesic current specifi-
cally adapted to pains in the
back of the neck
Analgesic current specifi-
cally adapted to low back
pain (lumbar region)
Analgesic current specifi-
cally adapted to persistent
low back pain (lumbar re-
gion)
Analgesic current specifi-
cally adapted to sharp and
sudden low back pain (lum-
bar region)
Analgesic current specifi-
cally adapted to persistent
pain in the elbow
and Decontracture programmes should not
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