iReliev TENS and EMS Combination Unit Muscle Stimulator for Pain Relief

Bought 4 years ago and forgot about it, until I threw my back out badly the other day and fired it up out of desperation. I didn’t think it would do anything. After 15 mins of use, I went from not being able to move without excruciating pain and spasms to decent movement without pain. It was pretty amazing. Can’t speak for the longevity of the product, but for saving me agony, I was worth the one use alone.

this thing has saved my life. I wouldn't be able to walk without it. I have horrible back pain due to a failed back surgery and a possible herniated disc and it's extremely painful for me to walk or even stand. Using this on my back in the tens mode I can actually stand and even walk a little bit! It's amazing. I bought two of them and I use the other one on my abs in the other mode to try and keep fit since I can't do ab workouts because of my back condition. I'm not sure if it actually does any noticeable difference so time will tell. But at least I can feel like it is and the Tens pain relief is actually something legitimate! This thing is easy to use and pretty well made and the batteries last a long time! I had no idea they could make the batteries last that long. It's pretty high quality. the electrodes last a pretty long time but only if you treat them very delicately and carefully not to get them dirty Or tear them. but if you use it a lot you will have to replace the electrodes every now and then and they are kind of expensive. My best advice is put them on you and purchase a bandage or two at Rite Aid and bandage around yourself firmly. That way the electrodes are kept firmly pressed against you and this protects them from coming apart by accident and ruining them if the cord snags on something for example and the added pressure the bandage ads against you makes the electrodes more effective and produces a stronger electric pulse. This unit is able to provide a pretty good amount of electric pulse It took a couple days before I could regularly use it on the maximum level. Obviously I wish they could increase it like anything in life but so far it's acceptable and we'll see where it is in time. if you have major pain keeping you from functioning this might be the best thing you ever bought. Honestly nothing else works the same. Ice relieves the pain somewhat but the pain returns after 20 minutes. This is the only thing that consistently that consistently relieves 50 to 80% of the pain as long as you are running it which could be for hours and hours.

Would have given 5 stars but for some reservations centering on marketing issue. Here it is. This is the same unit as they sell on Amazon for $39.99. The difference? It includes 8 single patch electrodes and 4 double patch electrodes. That's a hefty $30.00 price increase for some electrodes that can be bought for much less. The unit itself is very good with lots of TENS and EMS settings, etc. I purchased this because it was one of the more reasonably priced units that had settings based on numbers rather than pictures with captions corresponding to various massage techniques like "cupping," making it difficult to know if this might be the setting needed unless you might have been familiar with massage, maybe. In general all of the TENS units I looked through provided minimal information on what types of setting you might be getting and what they might be good for. This information ought to be provided, and this unit also fell into that category. Some units use a charger (good) but many, like this one use batteries (not so good). Still, I got this one for the numerical settings. The manual explains them much better. If I were to be starting from scratch, I would get the $39.99 version, but I'm willingly keeping this one. Addendum: 4/9/17 Good and bad Now understand the settings better on TENS (pain relief) and EMS (for physical strengthening, among other things). Works well for both and can provide surprisingly intense electrical stimulation that work well for me. If you buy smaller pads for future use, such as those sold from China on EBay, you might find that the settings that were satisfactory with larger pads seem much stronger on these. Just adjust down to a more comfortable level. BUT****>> Weasel marketing insert offering "free pads" -- just follow the multi-step, multi-webpage process that is impossible to follow to completion for the "free pads." This certainly does not lead to any positive feelings about buying pads from this outfit in the future.

The product offers relief when it works. Unfortunately for me, it malfunctioned within a week of use (display went dim and would shut off within 10 seconds). Tried brand new batteries to no avail. I contacted the manufacturer within 2 weeks of problem and was offered to replace it if I returned the product at my expense. I asked if they could just send a new controller to troubleshoot but was denied. Surprised that they would not cover the return shipping, especially given the short period of time I had it. In summary, product failed within a week, was offered replacement at my expense for shipping. I do not recommend. UPDATE 10/31/18: To my surprise, despite what I was told on the phone, the seller did send me a new controller at no expense along with several pairs of fresh batteries and a note saying they want to make sure I'm satisfied. I don't expect to always get a perfect product but when a product malfunctions within a couple of weeks of purchase, I do expect a humble response to address it (I should not have to pay anything to get resolution). Given the timing of when I received the surprise package, they did this on their own merit not in response to my initial negative review. My confidence is restored in the seller as they went above and beyond and most of all the new controller seems to have solved my issues. I have upgraded my rating to 4 for sending me more than I requested and now with the new controller working, I have a working product. In summary, as I stated earlier the product does work when its working. I had a bad controller but the seller made it right to my satisfaction. I can now recommend this product knowing the Mfr stands behind it.

Bought this for chronic mostly muscular back pain. The main control unit is pretty small, about 2 x 3.5 inches. Comes with 3 AAA batteries. Hardly weighs anything even with battery installed. Display is good, but is not backlit. There are 2 electrodes plugs on top. Each electrode split into 2 pins that plug into the contact patches. Electrical current cycles between the 2 pins, causing the EMS or TENS effect. You can run one electrode at a time, but that electrode has to have contact patches plugged in in order to work. You get 4 packages of contact patches. The first two packages each have four 1.5 inch pads. Again, you'll need 2 patches per electrode. The patches have a sticky adhesive and comes stuck on a plastic sheet. You remove the pads, plug it in to the electrodes. When done you peel it off your skin, then stick it back onto the plastic sheet for storage. According to the label, each pad last up to 30 uses. The second set of two packages each contain 2 larger contact pads that measure about 3 x 5 inches. Usage is super simple. The manual is excellent. I looked at it briefly. There are 2 basic modes. TENS and EMS. There are 8 preprogrammed TENS modes, and 6 preprogrammed EMS modes. The manual does a good job differentiating the different modes. There's no way to program you own modes. Each electrode has intensity setting that goes from 0 to 25. Then the last function is the timer. You can set the duration of use, and the unit turns off afterwards. I've used this now for a couple of days. What's it like? First the TENS modes feels almost like tiny needle sticks that cause a tiny bit of surface muscle fascination The EMS modes feels similar, causing mostly muscle contraction, but not so much the pin prick sensation. Does it work? Frankly I've not used it enough to really say. Though this technology has been well researched. I do feel that my muscles are just a bit more relaxed and I do think I feel less pain. It's not an astounding effect like taking a good pain pill. But I think the effect will build over time. Overall I like the unit. It does what it's designed to do. It's easy to use, small, and relatively inexpensive. Apparent quality of the unit is good also.