How does TENS work?

TENS machines supply gentle, electrical impulses through your skin via four self-adhesive electrode pads positioned on your back.

These gentle impulses attack pain in two ways:

by stimulating the release of endorphins, the body's own pain-relieving hormones
by stimulating the nerves to block the slower-moving pain messages coming from your cervix and womb before they reach your brain

 

 

TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) has a rapidly growing reputation as one of the safest, most effective forms of modern pain control available to women during childbirth.

The treatment is widely approved and recommended by medical professionals and it allows you to experience a mobile, drug-free labour, with personal control over your pain relief.