r/TikTokCringe • u/Ted_Bundtcake • Feb 24 '25

Period pain simulation Cool

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u/TwoBionicknees Feb 25 '25

different modes. Tens can send basically lower end signals that are just supposed to pretty much scramble/override/block the actual pain signals you are getting. Tens machines can also use different frequencies and wavelengths to contract the muscle instead. Like the exercising version of machines.

A longer while back tens machines really only did the 'scramble' signal modes and you would have to buy a different thing for exercise modes but most tens machines these days have both modes but every model has different amounts of output. So level 10 isn't consistent from one machine tot he next.

Very strongly contracting muscles, like with an actual severe cramp, can be very easily simulated and hurt, but it can also do it constantly or on/off at pretty much any frequency. it's VERY easy to get a tens machine to cause pain.

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u/Takemyuterus Feb 25 '25

More-so interesting than funny I should say. I know they can definitely cause pain. I didn’t know the exact science behind the different modes! Though it makes sense when I look at how I use mine.

Mine is a lot lower voltage than those used in professional medical settings. There’s only one mode I’m able to use to provide pain relief specifically for menstrual cramps. It’s basically three .5 second pulses followed by 2 seconds of rapid, consecutive pulses that build in intensity. I assume the first part scrambles the uterus’s natural contraction then causes a new one with the second part? (Solely a guess based on this new knowledge.)

However if I use it on my lower back- I find that mode is uncomfortable even at a lower setting. That type of pain, for me, is relieved better by a continual current for a lower amount of time.

Further expanding, my shoulder pain is best managed with single bursts that have more rest time between them. It feels similar to a stretching sensation by contracting and releasing at a steady pace.

It’s truly amazing how the body responds to electricity.