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Alan King (Grad. Dip. Phys. MCSP SRP) is a Chartered
Physiotherapist with a special interest in pain management, employing TENS and
acupuncture. He regularly facilitates study days for health professionals to
improve their pain management skills. King's books are printed in 'softback' form with glossy card covers with internal pages in full gloss. For ease of use, there is a clear association between text and diagrams. King's books are complete guides or can also serve as a reference for specific points of pain management.
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This well illustrated TENS user guide has been written for the person with no previous medical knowledge. Published by King's Medical UK. Illustrated. 36 pages. A5 size. ISBN 0-9535623-4-4 King's Guide to TENS: A
User's Guide to Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic
Pain costs just £3.95
Published by King's Medical UK. Illustrated. 66 pages. A5 size. ISBN 0-9535623-3-6 King's Non-Invasive
Acupuncture for Everyone: A user's Guide to Locating and Stimulating Acupuncture
Points with TENS, Pens and Finger Pressure costs £4.95
General Notes on Pain, TENS and Acupuncture
Pain is the body’s way of letting us know that something is wrong. When we feel pain, we suspect that something abnormal may be occurring. The role of pain is very important as it serves as an important warning that signals potential trauma or underlying malfunction somewhere in our body. Pain begins as a coded message that travels from the injured or traumatized part of the body along small peripheral nerves towards the central nervous system. The coded message arrives firstly at the spinal cord and subsequently travels up the spinal cord to the brain. The brain decodes the message, analyses it and refers it back to the originating area to be felt as discomfort or pain. Pain is not a pleasant experience regardless how short or "useful" it may be. However, continuous long-term pain (chronic pain) is distressing, debilitating and serves no useful purpose.
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is a non-invasive drug free method of controlling acute and long-term intractable pain. TENS is also effective as an adjunct to management or treatment of post-surgical traumatic pain. TENS does not cure physiological conditions. TENS merely helps to control the perception of pain by stimulating sensory nerve endings, which blocks pain signals and by stimulating endorphin production for more normalised sympathetic function. Stimulation of the nerve fibres with mild electrical impulses can modify pre-existing sensations and change our perception of discomfort and pain. TENS stimulation is characterised by biphasic current and user selectable pulse width and pulse rate. TENS activates natural pain control mechanism. It is a drug free treatment with rare side-effects. TENS machines can be used anytime and anywhere. TENS machines reduce pain and improve mobility. TENS present a safe treatment modality to manage pain, helping people to return to normal life.
Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese practice of piercing specific points along peripheral nerves with fine needles to relieve pain, induce anaesthesia or achieve specific therapeutic effects. The word “acus” means a needle or needle-like process. In this instance, the Neurotrac TENS & AcuStim unit uses skin electrodes and/or a specially designed probe to stimulate acupuncture points with mild electrical impulses. An acupuncture point can be described as a point on the surface of the skin. Such a point has a lower electrical resistance than the surrounding areas. The acupuncture points can be perceived as “openings or gates” to the pathways of the peripheral nerves that eventually connect with larger nerves of the central nervous system, leading to the brain. Electro acupuncture uses small electrical impulses that are lower in voltage than the impulses used by TENS, when skin electrodes are used. Traditional Chinese medicine describes the flow of energy in a human body as imaginary lines that form the energy channels called Meridians. There are 12 Meridians on each side of the body and another two in the midline, the front and the back. Each Meridian connects with another one and each is associated with an organ or a system within the body. The interconnection between Meridians means that stimulation of a point located on one side of the body can influence a problem arising in an entirely different part. In a healthy body, the energy flows without interruptions through the Meridian pathway in a balanced manner. Illness and trauma can cause disruptions in this flow and lead to energy imbalance, which in turn can produce discomfort or pain. However, such imbalances can be rectified by electrical stimulation of the relevant acupuncture points on the body. This reinstates and normalises disturbed energy flow and reinstates energy balance and leads to a reduction in the underlying pain and discomfort. Traditional acupuncturists view illnesses and conditions as imbalance of energy and use the insertion of needles to help the body to regain the balance. Centuries of acupuncture prove its successes. Modern acupuncturists believe that stimulation of acupuncture points influences the nervous system and the brain to block pain. The modern acupuncturists also believe that electrical stimulation of acupuncture points encourages release of body's own pain blocking chemicals. This has now been proven in many scientific studies.
Ayurveda is a holistic system of healing, which evolved in ancient India three to five thousand years ago. Ayurveda can be simply explained as a knowledge about body, mind, senses and soul that recognises harmony, integrity and holistic interdependence between all these elements of life . Ayurvedic Medicine is based on the alliance between the mind and the body and seeks to heal any fragmentations of the mind-body complex to restore wholeness and harmony. Ayurvedic approach to life and nature is reflected through comprehensive and effective pharmacological use of plants and herbs in all aspects of natural healing, including open wound healing.
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King's Guide to TENS is a
simple step by step guide to managing pain using a TENS machine. 
King's
Non-Invasive Acupuncture for Everyone is a simple and clear guide to treating
muscle and joint conditions with TENS, electronic pens and acupressure. This
simple illustrated guide shows you step by step how to find and stimulate
acupuncture points. You do not need to have previous medical knowledge.
