Anyone with chronic back and neck pain will testify their dependence on narcotics to relieve their pain. The case is different with spinal cord stimulation. This procedure puts you in control of your chronic pain by giving you the power to regulate the impulses for your comfort. The expert team at Pacific Sports and Spine offers their patients comprehensive treatments to ease chronic pain including spinal cord stimulation in Eugene. The experienced team will help you lead a fulfilling, pain-free life. After the procedure, you will participate in your favorite activities and travel without any health worries.

How will you know you are eligible for spinal cord stimulation?

Your doctor will recommend the procedure when you have:

·         Chronic mechanical neck pain

·         Chronic abdominal pain

·         Had a previous back surgery but are still in pain

·         Peripheral neuropathy

·         Refractory Angina

·         Chronic mechanical back pain

·         Peripheral vascular disease

·         Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

How are you likely to benefit from the procedure?

SCS has various benefits including:

·         Your doctor will first perform a trial stimulation to assess your stimulation response.

·         The procedure is minimally invasive.

·         The stimulation is reversible.

·         SCS minimizes your dependence on narcotic drugs.

·         The patient-controlled devices allow you to adjust stimulation in response to your pain’s severity.

·         Since your doctor completely implants the system, you can participate in your favorite activities and travel anywhere without a problem. 

What should you expect during a spinal stimulation trial?

During the trial procedure, your doctor inserts a needle into your spine’s epidural space. When the needle is well positioned, your doctor will thread temporary wires through the needle into your epidural space. Your doctor connects the lead to the stimulator and repositions it to make sure it covers your painful areas. The professional will then secure the lead to your skin with surgical dressing. Your physician will then tape the trial neurostimulator to your back, where you will be using a hand-held programming equipment to control it.   

What happens to you doing the actual Spinal Cord Stimulation procedure?

The procedure is similar to the trial treatment, only that your doctor implants the generator. Before the process, your doctor will sedate you then injects you with local anesthesia on your treatment area before he makes an incision and inserts a fluoroscopy-guided hollow needle into your epidural space, where he will place the leads.

After implanting the leads, the care provider will wake you up and test the pulses as you tell him of your reaction. After covering your treatment areas with leads, your caregiver will sedate you again before implanting the generator. Through a small cut, your surgeon will embed the generator under your skin. He will then tunnel the wires from the leads and connect them to the generator to enable current flow before closing the incision.

Post-stimulation surgery care?

Approximately three weeks after the procedure, your doctor will allow you to participate in light activities. The surgeon will prohibit you from doing particular things like lifting heavy objects, bending, stretching, and twisting. To minimize the chances of the leads shifting their positions, your surgeon will stop you from taking part in certain activities for quite some time.

For more inquiries about spinal cord stimulation and how you could get the utmost relief from your chronic pain, contact the professionals or schedule an appointment online.