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Enso's Safety and Effectiveness: What to Know

Learn about the safety and effectiveness of Enso, a pain relief device from Hinge Health.

Published Date: May 8, 2024
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Got your Enso, but a little nervous to start using it? Wondering whether Enso is safe? Using Enso for the first time can feel intimidating. So let’s put your mind at ease.

What Is Enso, Exactly?

Enso is a wearable TENS device: safe and effective, FDA-cleared, and specially designed to reduce pain in your muscles. TENS stands for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, which is a fancy way of saying that Enso delivers safe impulses through your skin that work on your nervous system to reduce pain.

TENS devices like Enso work because your body is electric. Your nerves carry electrical messages to and from your brain, which is what allows you to move and feel sensations like pressure and temperature — and your brain interprets some of those messages as pain. Enso provides pain relief by delivering safe electrical signals to your nerves. 

How Can I Be Sure It’s Safe?

Enso passed a rigorous U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review for safety and effectiveness. More reassurance: Healthcare providers have been recommending TENS devices like Enso for decades to safely reduce pain. 

Another plus for safety: Enso is drug-free and noninvasive, so there’s no surgical recovery or medication side effects. 

What About Effectiveness?

In a randomized controlled trial of 36 people with long-term pain, Enso reduced pain and improved function compared to a control group using a placebo device. After four weeks, Enso users reported an average 54.7% decrease in pain (compared to a 25.3% decrease for placebo device users). Enso delivered an average 2.2x greater pain reduction, twice the improvement in walking speed, and 1.6x the mobility improvement of the control group. 

Our research shows that Enso’s unique waveforms (the electrical pain-relieving signals) reduce pain and improve function compared to a control group using a placebo device.

We hear from members every day who share how Enso has relieved their pain and changed their lives. 

More Effective Pain Relief for Your Organization

For HR and benefits leaders, learn how Enso is taking traditional pain relief to the next level by requesting a demo here.

Get Started With Enso

For Hinge Health members:

  • To learn more about getting Enso and find out if you're eligible, click here.

  • Have an Enso, but need to set it up? Click here to open your Hinge Health app.

  • Already using Enso and still have questions? Talk to a member of our support team. Call 1-855-902-2777 or email help@hingehealth.com.

Read the user manual before using Enso for complete information about indications, instructions for use, warnings, and precautions.

References

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  3. Teoli, D., & An, J. (2023). Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537188/ 

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