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If the pain is great and/or persistent, you are advised to consult a doctor. Only a
doctor can make an accurate diagnosis and put in place therapeutic actions
designed to encourage disappearance of the disorder.
Pain relief category
P hysical pain is an abnormal and unpleasant sen-
sation caused by an injury, a disorder or incorrect
functioning of a part of our organism. It is always
a signal sent to us by our bodies, one that should
not be ignored, and that in all cases requires us to
consult a doctor if it does not disappear quickly.
T he approach to pain adopted by the medical
profession has changed considerably in recent years.
Treatment of the cause is always fundamental,
however the pain as such must be otherwise
removed or at least considerably reduced and
made bearable for the patient. The means to
combat pain have developed greatly, and there is
no longer any hesitation today in using powerful
analgesics to improve the quality of life of patients.
I t is within this context that recourse to electrothe-
rapy has developed. Excitation of the nerve fibres
of sensation by means of electrical micro-impulses
is often the preferred method of combatting pain.
Today, such analgesic electrotherapy is widely
used, particularly in rehabilitation medicine and in
specialist pain treatment centres.
T he precision of electrical currents allows the anal-
gesic action to be accurately targeted according to
the type of pain. It is up to the user to choose the
most appropriate program for the type of pain
and to follow practical recommendations in order
to obtain maximum effect.
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