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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
region
(low back pain)
Muscular pain in the low back
region associated with pain in
the buttocks and at the back of
the thights
(lumbosciatica)
Sharp and recent muscular
pains affecting a muscle
in the low back
(lumbago)
Chronic elbow pain
(epicondylitis = tennis elbow)
Recent and acute back of the
neck muscle pains
(torticollis)
Chronic pain in the joints
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Pain relief
Programs References
Modulated
See application
page 24
TENS
See application
Endorphinic
page 24
See application
Decontracture
page 24
See application
Cervical pain
page 24
Thoracic back
See application
page 25
pain
See application
Low back pain
page 25
See application
Lumbosciatica
page 25
See application
Lumbago
page 26
See application
Epicondylitis
page 26
See application
Torticollis
page 26
See application
Arthralgia
page 27
Pain relief
Table of the Pain relief programs
Programs Effects
Modulated
Blocks transmission of pain
by the nervous system
TENS
Analgesic action through
Endorphinic
the release of endorphinis
Increased blood flow
Reduced muscular tension
Decontracture
Relaxing effect
Analgesic action through
Cervical
the release of endorphinis
pain
Increased blood flow
Analgesic action through
Thoracic
the release of endorphinis
back pain
Increased blood flow
Analgesic action through
Low
the release of endorphinis
back pain
Increased blood flow
Analgesic action through
Lumbosciatica
the release of endorphinis
Increased blood flow
Reduced muscular tension
Lumbago
Relaxing effect
Blocks transmission of pain
Epicondylitis
by the nervous system
Reduced muscular tension
Torticollis
Relaxing effect
Blocks transmission of pain
Arthralgia
by the nervous system
The use of pain relief programs should not be prolonged without medical advice
Uses
All acute or chronic
localized pain
To combat chronic
muscular pain
To combat recent and
localized muscular pain
Analgesic current specifically
adapted to pains in the back
of the neck
Analgesic current specifically
adapted to low back pain
(lumbar region)
Analgesic current specifically
adapted to low back pain
(lumbar region)
Analgesic current specifically
adapted to low back pain
(lumbar region) combined with
pain in the buttocks running
down the rear of the thigh and
sometimes into the leg and foot
Analgesic current specifically
adapted to sharp and sudden
low back pain (lumar region)
Analgesic current specifically
adapted to persistent pain
int he elbow
Analgesic current specifically
adapted to acute and sharp
pains int he back of the neck
Analgesic current specifically
adapted to persistent pain in a
joint, as in osteoarthritis and rheu-
matsim (all joints in the limbs
except the elbow: see the Epi-
condylitis program above)
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