IBP WELL TENS Instructions For Use Manual
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Well TENS
Electrical nerve stimulator
Instructions for use
1. How will these instructions help you? ....................... 26
2. Background information ............................................ 26
2.1 What is pain? ............................................................ 26
2.2 What is TENS? ......................................................... 26
3. The Well TENS ......................................................... 26
4. Your safety is important to us ................................... 27
4.1 For what range of use is the Well TENS suitable? ... 27
4.2 For what range of use is the Well TENS
unsuitable? ............................................................... 27
4.3 For what areas of application is the Well TENS
suitable? ................................................................... 27
4.4 For what areas of application is the Well TENS
unsuitable? ............................................................... 28
4.5 Other points to consider ............................................ 28
5. How to protect the Well TENS .................................. 29
6. Unpacking and checking the goods as supplied ....... 30
7. Inserting the battery .................................................. 31
8. The controls and displays on the Well TENS ........... 32
9. Carrying out treatment .............................................. 34
9.1 What you need to take into account when
carrying out treatment ............................................... 34
9.2 Where should you not attach the
self-adhesive electrodes? ......................................... 34
9.3 Where can you attach the self-adhesive
electrodes? ............................................................... 34
9.4 How to carry out treatment ....................................... 35
10. Setting up the Well TENS ......................................... 37
10.1 Setting the operating parameters ............................. 37
10.2 Pre-setting the duration of treatment ........................ 38
10.3 Re-setting the timer .................................................. 38
11. Cleaning and caring for your Well TENS .................. 39
11.1 Cleaning .................................................................... 39
11.2 Changing the self-adhesive electrodes ..................... 39
11.3 Changing the battery ................................................ 39
11.4 Storing your Well TENS ............................................ 39
12. What to do if there’s a problem ................................. 40
13. Re-ordering accessories ........................................... 40
14. Service and Warranty ............................................... 40
14.1 Service Department .................................................. 40
14.2 Warranty and indemnity ............................................ 41
15. Waste disposal and care of the environment ............ 41
16. Technical data ........................................................... 42
17. What do the labels on the Well TENS mean? .......... 43
18. Examples of treatment using TENS .......................... 44
18.1 Neck, shoulder and arm pain, headaches
caused by a problem in the cervical spine ................ 44
18.2 Neck and shoulder pain ............................................ 44
18.3 Pain in the elbow ...................................................... 44
18.4 Pain in the region of the lumbar spine ...................... 45
18.5 Pain in the knee ........................................................ 45
18.6 Pain in the hip ........................................................... 45
18.7 Pain in the ankle ....................................................... 45
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