Cammie Lavalle says that although she was told she wasn't a good candidate, multiple pain clinics tried to convince her to ...

Stories of paralysis following spinal cord stimulator highlight a wider debate, as these common procedures are being ...

KUTV — For patients suffering from chronic, severe back pain that hasn’t responded to traditional treatments, a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) may offer new hope. Dr. Jeff Pence, Interventional Spine ...

Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices that are surgically implanted in the body to treat long-term pain. They have a battery pack and leads that deliver electrical impulses directly to the ...

Joseph Jeanmarie has had back problems since the 1980s, when he injured his back and had surgery. Although his chronic pain was sometimes debilitating, he continued his work as an insurance ...

Living with chronic neck back pain is an unfortunate reality for millions of Americans. Dr. Glenn Harper, a neurosurgeon with Advanced Pain Care, visited with Studio 512 about a surgical intervention ...

How Medtronic spinal cord stimulation therapy helped one woman reclaim her life. For more than a decade, Lynnette lived in the shadow of debilitating pain. What began as persistent discomfort in her ...

Chronic pain conditions, characterized by persistent or recurrent pain in specific parts of the body, can be highly debilitating and often significantly reduce the quality of life of the individuals ...

51.6 million Americans live with chronic pain. A new device created by USC biomedical engineers could help sufferers avoid the need for opioids. Image/Karolina Grabowska, Pexels. Chronic pain is a ...

The device is placed under the skin in the epidural space. It can be used to treat chronic back pain after surgery, certain ...