Hey there, Sam Vick here.
Release muscle therapy and today we're gonna be reviewing this nice
little tens and EMS unit from avco.
So stay tuned.
Okay, so let's have a look inside here.
I've already opened the box.
Obviously I have some of the components out.
So as we open that guy up, we got a lot of stuff in here to kind of sift
through, uh, first and foremost to be able to take out the unit itself here.
And that's often it's gonna be contained in that guy there.
We'll get an instruction manual.
We get a nice little pouch to be able to keep our device safe and protected.
And we've got a couple of additional things in here.
We've got all of our pads, which we have an assortment of.
We have our primary lead wires for the A and the b.
And we have our USB based charger.
Okay.
Which I have, I love because I hate having to plug everything
into the wall constantly.
Um, usually at my desk it's very easy to put in that USB charger.
So as we kind of go through here, we've got, like I said,
a number of different pieces.
Um, in particular, let's just go through the pads real quick.
These are pretty much standard pads.
They're two different types of pads.
You'll see that these ones right here that have that.
Uh, clip head into it like that.
And some other types have that almost like a lead wire that plugs in.
I do find that to be a little inconvenient.
I wish they were all standardized to be about the same, and that way
it's easy to pie, uh, replacement pads, but, uh, that's how it goes.
All right, so these guys, different types of sizes for different areas of the body.
Okay.
We've got a couple of those standard size ones.
We've got these that have the little, looks like a hand print in.
And then we have real small ones that can be used for small application areas.
So some of the key pieces out of this, if you've never used a tens and EMS unit, is
that tens and EMS is slightly different.
The electronic muscle stimulation versus tens predominantly, I find that most
people, uh, like using the tens based function because tens is oftentimes
used for distraction and pain relief.
So with this device, um, again, one of the major benefits here
is it does have two channel.
That means that we can have separate things going on.
Uh, for example, you could be treating the, uh, back of the left side of the
low back and the right simultaneously.
And because they're on separate channels, you could have a little bit more intensity
on one side if you want versus the other.
It's easy to manipulate that.
Or you could be treating two completely different body parts.
Intensity might need to be really low on the, uh, right side
channel and pretty high on the.
So it allows you to manipulate that.
So what we do is we essentially plug these guys in, okay.
And then we clip these guys on just like that.
Now, of course, uh, the instructions, we'll talk about all of this
individual stuff, but both channels are, both pads need to be
placed in order for that to work.
We turn this thing on pretty simple operation and we have a lot of stuff.
Not sure if you can fully see that on the camera, but there are a lot
of settings in here that you can.
So what we do is, for the most part, is set the mode.
There are certain types of modes in here, and the instruction manual talks
about that, which is kind of nice.
People just have different preferences on how things feel.
It's got, for example, acupuncture, cupping, scraping doesn't make too
much of a difference, honestly.
But there are some subtle variations in it.
But the way that.
The system progresses is that there is not a switch for tens or EMS or massage.
You just have to cycle through the modes to get to that.
So I do find that a little bit inconvenient.
I would like to just switch right ahead rather than having to push
the button a whole ton of times to get through to the function that I
want, but not that big of a deal.
So with.
we cycle through, but just moving through all of the modes and
then it'll highlight itself.
At the top it tells you whether or not it's tens, ems, or massage.
So again, as I go through this a few times, it'll switch up when I get to the
EMS mode, which there it is right there.
And then at the very end is the massage.
So it has a guy, uh, or a therapist giving somebody a massage so you
know which mode you're generally.
So once we set that up, then what we do is we select the time.
Now, here's a key thing on this.
One of my annoyances is, is that some of these devices have limited time.
Um, you know, generally speaking, I think the recommendations
are to used a tens unit for 20 minutes or something like that.
Um, but again, you have to talk to your healthcare provider about that.
But I've used much longer times myself, uh, especially when we're talking about
tens, which is very low intensity.
I've left them on for a long.
So I find it annoying to keep having to increase the time.
So as much time as I can get the better.
So if we look at this setting, this thing will go up to 90
minutes, which is pretty awesome.
Okay?
So that way I don't have to check on this every 20 minutes or every,
even 45 minutes or 50 minutes.
I get an extra 40 minutes out of it.
I really wish there was a setting where you can go on for hours if you want to,
but I'm sure there's probably safety reasons why they don't want to do.
Et cetera.
So the time is a big benefit of not having to check in on this.
And then once you select the intensity, which is going to be
that button right there going up or down, then you can lock it in.
The lock is a good function because if you tend to do something like I do, or you
stick the pads on, you wrap up the cable and you stick it in your pocket, you don't
want to keep having something bump into it, which is gonna screw with the settings
and end up turning the machine off.
And then you gotta go through the whole setup.
So the lock function is pretty helpful on this.
So once you get that all set up and then you get it turned on,
you just let it do its magic.
Now the other benefit is out of this is that as you're cycling through
this, let's say you have the pan, the pads actually on the tissue.
If you were to change the mode, some of the modes, you don't want
to get abruptly, uh, intensified with a technique that's a little
different from the setting you're on.
So that can be shock.
If you move the mode to something else, the intensity setting drops all
the way down to the level one again.
So again, that stops you from getting that shock interruption
of the mode abruptly changing.
So that is a good thing.
Sometimes people find that a little annoying, but you don't want to have
that intensity set at a certain level as you're cycling through modes,
and that is just as a precaution.
So that's the.
So I've had a number of these little units and, uh, I'm getting, uh, happy
about the ease of use over time.
I do recommend these to clients for home use.
Um, but setting proper expectations.
An EMS or a TENS unit is not a miracle worker, but it certainly
can interrupt, um, you know, pain messages going to the brain and,
uh, make you feel more comfortable.
So this is a nice little unit.
It's pretty, uh, Uh, good for the quality and for the price
that they're offering it at.
And, uh, I give it a pretty good rating.
I like it a lot.
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