Bring better pain management into your everyday life with Enso, an FDA-cleared wearable technology designed to alleviate musculoskeletal pain without drugs or surgery. Enso utilizes electrical impulses to reduce discomfort and can shorten disability periods and speed return-to-work for members faster.
Contrary to over-the-counter TENS devices, Enso high frequency impulse therapy uses clinically tested high pulse electrical stimulation called Electroanalgesia for pain relief. According to a recent study, consistent users reported greater pain relief and enhanced mobility than non users of Enso.
Pain Relief
Electricity may whirl along wires in your home to light the lamps, but in your body it plays an even more essential role: transmitting pressure and temperature messages to your brain for interpretation as pain. When an ache or muscle tightness arises, high frequency impulse therapy offers targeted electrical pulses to alleviate your symptoms quickly and safely.
Recently, in a randomized clinical study, Enso was shown to be two times more effective than TENS devices in terms of pain reduction and mobility improvement. Its small size makes it wireless for easy use while its user-friendly app recommends starting settings, though you can customize intensity levels and locations of treatment to meet individual needs.
The Enso device is battery-operated and uses gel electrode pads placed directly onto the skin to deliver low levels of electrical stimulation that calms nerve endings and reduces pain signals in the brain. It is intended for use alongside physical therapy and medication; you can safely use it at home, work, or exercise activities.
The Enso device can be worn anywhere on the body for convenient use while working or playing with children. As it’s wireless, exercisers can utilize it without being tied down by wires from its control unit as with some TENS devices. Enso is unlike many TENS devices because you can customize its intensity so it fits exactly to your needs. Not only can it provide pain relief, but the trigeminal nerve can be targeted as part of migraine therapy using this device. This innovation offers hope to those suffering from chronic pains and headaches. The company boasts an intensive research and development program and plans to launch devices capable of offering multiple benefits for users. Their goal is to become global industry leaders through providing revolutionary products.
Mobility
Hinge Health, the world’s first and most comprehensive Digital MSK Clinic, today announced the acquisition of Thimble Bioelectronics Inc dba Enso’s wearable pain relief device which was shown in clinical trials to alleviate back and knee pain three times more effectively than opioids. The noninvasive FDA-cleared technology can be used in patients’ homes as an effective pain management solution without prescription drugs or surgery.
Employers and health plans that acquire Enso will now have access to one of the most clinically proven MSK solutions on the market. “Enso’s immediate and clinically validated pain relief complements Hinge Health’s existing motion sensor technology and comprehensive clinical team to help their populations avoid elective surgeries or opioid prescriptions,” stated Jeffrey Krauss MD, Chief Medical Officer of Hinge Health.
TENS devices only stimulate the surface of the skin; by contrast, enso high frequency impulse therapy devices deliver stimulation directly to the spinal cord for stronger, longer-lasting and more targeted treatment than TENS and other low-frequency electrical impulse therapies. Furthermore, this system has the unique capability of adapting its stimulation pattern based on each individual user’s response for lasting pain relief over time.
In a four-week randomized controlled trial, Enso was shown to significantly enhance Six Minute Walk Test (SWM) performance by two times and improve mobility threefold when compared with a control device – and thus marked the first study to demonstrate durable pain reduction and functional mobility gains with noninvasive, nonaddictive electrical nerve stimulation device that does not require surgical implantation.
The Enso device is a small, wireless, battery-powered and wearable pain management device which attaches directly to the skin via an adhesive pad. Users access it using an easy-to-use app and wear it during exercise and daily activities. Noninvasive yet safe for use, its intensity range can be customized per patient for personalized pain relief – the enso device’s comfortable wear does not interfere with work, sleep or daily activities and its portability makes it convenient: no central unit is required tethering users tether themselves while exercising or doing house chores!
Flexibility
Your body’s nerves act like electrical wiring that send and receive instantaneous messages between your brain and nerves to enable movement and sensations such as pressure and temperature sensations. Unfortunately, sometimes those signals get misinterpreted by the brain, leading to pain flare-ups. A new device called Enso is providing safe impulses through skin surface stimulation to reduce misinterpreted signals resulting in reduced and less intense pain flare-ups. A clinical study showed Enso users experienced greater improvement than control users using control sham devices over a four week period compared with control sham devices in terms of pain and mobility improvement than using control sham devices (2.3x more improvement over four week).
The Enso device works by passing electrical current through electrodes attached to your skin and sending impulses through nerves and your brain, sending impulses through nerve endings and into your brain that send pain-reducing impulses directly. These impulses also stimulate natural painkilling compounds produced by your body such as morphine-like compounds. Enso’s unique waveforms are far more effective than traditional TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) devices which use lower frequency pulses that only offer short-term pain relief.
Enso is unlike other pain management devices that require surgical implantation; instead it can be worn almost anywhere and used during any activity, including exercising and sleeping. Small enough to easily conceal under clothing and adjustable settings to deliver energy at just the right dose – not to mention cost-effective! Reusable as well – providing you with an economical and sustainable way of managing pain effectively.
Enso has been shown to decrease MSK pain while simultaneously increasing walking speed and mobility, helping individuals return to work sooner after long-term disability or workers’ compensation leave. Plus, its use is covered under workers’ compensation – making it an attractive solution for employers and health plans seeking to optimize worker outcomes.
Hinge has reached another important milestone with their digital musculoskeletal (MSK) clinic with their recent acquisition of Enso. Hinge’s technology combines motion sensors and one-on-one health coaching to offer in-home MSK therapy that helps users avoid elective surgeries, opioid prescriptions and faster return to work.
