How to control pain with the Elexoma
Pain control Acute pain Treat acute pain with programme 2 or 4, depending on severity. If programme 4 does not help, then programme 8 is your friend. For menstrual cramps, …
Getting Started with the Elexoma Medic
Pain control Acute pain Treat acute pain with programme 2 or 4, depending on severity. If programme 4 does not help, then programme 8 is your friend. For menstrual cramps, …
Nerve injuries (Acute / chronic) For recent nerve injuries, use either programme 4, 5 or 8 (depending on how deep below the skin the injury is and how much pain …
Muscle injuries (Acute / chronic) For acute muscle injuries, use programme 5. Electrode placement depending on the muscle group affected (see the manual for optimal placement options). If programme 5 …
Healing chronic wounds Use programme 3 and bracket the wound site with the electrodes. Again, the electrodes do not need to be close to the wound site, as long as …
Wound healing Skin lesions (Acute / chronic) To assist wound healing in recent wounds, you can use either programme 2 or 4. These two programmes are identical in all respects, …
Intensity For all the programmes outlined below, the optimal intensity is one that you just-just can NOT feel. In other words, increase the intensity until you feel the pulse, then …
Looking after your electrodes Your pre-gelled electrodes need a lot of loving care. Their expected lifespan is three months, if you use them every day, but with careful use you …
Leads and Electrodes You will have noticed that you received two sets of treatment leads (cables) and two pairs of pre-gelled electrodes. This is to enable you to treat two …
How microcurrent therapy works Before I jump in and explain the programmes, just a note about how microcurrent therapy works. You may safely skip this section if you want, but …
CES and Jetlag The Elexoma also works like magic for jetlag – simply treat yourself to Programme 1 before you depart, halfway through your journey and then after arrival at …
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Another abbreviation you may come across is tDCS. This stands for transcranial Direct Current Stimulation. As the name implies, a Direct (or monophasic) Current is applied …
Confusing things in the instruction manual Are you still with me? Good. You are then probably one of those folks who actually read the User’s manual from cover to cover …