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Best Gifts for the Baby Boomer in your life!

Best Gifts for the Baby Boomer in your life!

Wednesday, November 27th, 2013 | by

Busy Baby Boomers like gifts that enhance their lives or even make their lives easier. Here’s a list of thoughtful gifts from OMRON that will satisfy the Boomer in your life. Everything from consumable gift ideas to breakthroughs in technology, all of these gift ideas are $50 or lower so they wont break the bank!

Natural Back Pain Remedies

Natural Back Pain Remedies

Thursday, October 31st, 2013 | by

A large percentage of people in the United States will experience back pain at some point in their lives. If you are one of those people that are currently experiencing either chronic or intermittent back pain it is helpful to remember that there are both natural and medical remedies that are effective at treating and reducing back pain. Read more on some of the natural options that can help reduce your back pains and aches without the use of medications.

What is a TENS Unit and How can it Help with Pain?

What is a TENS Unit and How can it Help with Pain?

Monday, October 14th, 2013 | by

TENS stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation and a TENS unit is easy to use for symptomatic pain relief including joint pain and muscle pain. The electrical impulses from the TENS unit excite the sensory nerves. This can provide varying degrees of pain relief by activating the body’s natural pain relieving system and/or the nervous system’s ability to use the electrical impulses to interfere with the pain messages being sent to the brain.

Pain Management, Chronic Pain, and the Baby Boomer

Pain Management, Chronic Pain, and the Baby Boomer

Monday, September 16th, 2013 | by

About 100 million Americans of all ages experience chronic pain in any given year, and the cost, both in treatment and lost productivity, can be extremely high. If you are looking for a treatment for your chronic pains and aches that is both affordable and doesn’t consist of large quantities of medication, an at home TENS Unit might just be the solution you are looking for. We might bemoan the need for pain management, but let’s face it: we’re not getting any younger.

Tips to Prevent Joint Pain while Gardening

Tips to Prevent Joint Pain while Gardening

Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 | by

Minimizing pain is possible, but eliminating it? Not so much. The following can help you enjoy your gardening while at the same time reducing your pain. It also helps to consider using some over the counter medications in conjunction with heat treatments and an at home TENS unit. The key with arthritic pain is prevention more than treatment and these tips will help reduce the risk of any chronic or arthritic pain in the future.