follow these steps for pain relief
Follow these steps to increase your chances of finding significant pain relief using our patches. These instructions work for The Flex, The Kailo, or The Element.
Your discovery of relief using our patches increases when you are calm, relaxed, and not influenced by alcohol or painkillers.
Step 1: Find someone to help you try the patch. Because placement is so important, and because it is hard to reach many places on your own body, having an extra pair of hands will be very useful.
Step 2: Give your pain a number. This sounds silly except to those who have experience with pain. Before you use the pain patch, write down a number from 0 to 10 that describes your pain. 0 = “no pain”; 10 = “I can’t think of anything else but the pain.” Recording a number will help you find confidence in how much the patch is helping to reduce your pain later on.
Step 3: Give the pain patch to your helper. Do not put an adhesive on the pain patch yet.
Step 4: Your helper should start by placing the pain patch on the location of your pain. Placement directly on the skin is recommended. Focus your concentration on your pain. After placement you should experience one of the following:
- Immediate, complete pain relief (You’re all set. Put an adhesive on the patch and put it in the original location);
- Partial pain relief (Go to Step 5);
- No pain relief but one or more of the following sensations: warmth at the site of the patch, tingling in your nerves, or slight light-headedness (Go to Step 6);
- No pain relief and no sensations (Go to Step 7).
Step 5 - Partial Pain Relief: You may be feeling some pain relief and be grateful for it. However, it is possible that you can experience even more relief. Record a second pain number from 0 to 10 at this point. Next, leave the patch in its original location for about 10 minutes. Think of your pain number for a third time. If it has gotten even better in those 10 minutes, give the patch more time until the number doesn’t change. If, after another 10 minutes, your pain number is the same, experiment with different patch locations for 5-10 minutes at a time for each location. A different patch location might be a different orientation (vertical instead of horizontal). Or, it might be slightly moved away from the pain. We recommend that when you are moving the patch for better placement, move it along the nervous system pathway from your pain in the direction of your brain. Make very gradual location adjustments. When you feel like you’ve found a great patch location for pain relief, remember that spot, put an adhesive on the patch, and stick the patch back in place.
Step 6 - No Relief, Only Sensations: If you are feeling warmth, tingling, or light-headedness, that is a good sign. Wait 10 minutes with the patch in its original location. Record a pain number 0 - 10. If, after 10 minutes, your pain number is the same or not much better, begin experimenting with different patch locations for 1 to 2 minutes at a time for each location. A different patch location might be a different orientation (vertical instead of horizontal). Or, it might be slightly moved away from the pain. We recommend that when you are moving the patch for better placement, move it along the nervous system pathway from your pain in the direction of your brain. Make very gradual location adjustments. When you feel like you’ve found a great patch location for pain relief, remember that spot, put an adhesive on the patch, and stick the patch back in place.
Step 7 - No Relief, No Sensations: Don’t worry. This happens to a lot of people who later find correct placement. At this point you need to begin experimenting with different patch locations for 1 to 2 minutes at a time for each location. A different patch location might be a different orientation (vertical instead of horizontal). A different patch location might also be placing it at the site of an injury that caused the pain, not where the pain is being felt. Or, a different patch location might be slightly moved away from the pain or injury location. We recommend that when you are moving the patch for better placement, move it along the nervous system pathway from your pain or injury in the direction of your brain. Make very gradual location adjustments. When you feel like you’ve found a great patch location for pain relief, remember that spot, put an adhesive on the patch, and stick the patch back in place.
NO SUCCESS YET? FOLLOW THESE ADDITIONAL STEPS
- CONTACT OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE: We want to help relieve your pain. Send us a message at support@gokailo.com or chat with us from our website’s FRONT PAGE
- SCHEDULE A VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL: We offer a free video call to demonstrate good placement for your body. Click HERE to find availability
