Monday, June 2, 2014

It Was Recently Shown That Spinal Cord Stimulation Brings Movement To Paraplegics

By Neil P. Hines


There have been amazing advances in the world of medicine that uses innovative methods to assist people who are paralyzed to find relief.Spinal Cord stimulation brings movement to paraplegics giving hope where hope was lost. It is not easy for patients suffering a spinal injury. They experience constant pain and often nothing seems to help.

Some people who have been paralyzed experience excruciating pain, and in many cases medication doesn't really relieve their suffering. Their friends and family who are around them find it heart breaking knowing that there is nothing that they can do to help their loved one relieve their pain. The great advantage of stimulating the spinal cord is that it will help relieve their unbearable pain.

So what is the meaning of all this? How do you stimulate the spinal cord? Doctors who are specialists in this field will evaluate the condition of the level of pain, and will then determine if you are a good applicant for this method of treatment. The doctors will perform a non-invasive surgery to install the small device that's used to manage and stimulate the pain.

A trial run of between 5-7 days will be conducted. This will help determine if the pain level is acceptable. If the feedback is good, the device will then be fully inserted and it will give a longer lasting relief of pain.

This tiny device is comparable to that of a pace maker. It gets inserted under the skin and is very small and discrete. This tiny device will send out an electrical pulse that will go straight to the spinal cord. This will cause a small tingling feeling in the area of the pain. The body ends up tricking the brain by altering the message of pain. It does this before that message reaches the brain. Instead of the brain hearing a message of pain, it hears a message of a tingling feeling instead.

A lot of paraplegics are overjoyed by this great news finally some of them will be able to have a day without pain.It is a fantastic way to manage the level of pain that these patients experience. These patients can finally have a dream of no pain become their reality. Pain management is possible and it can be successfully managed.

This is wonderful news for patients who suffer on a daily basis. A lot of patients say that medication can in some cases have little or no effect when it comes to pain management. Pain and discomfort can cause depression and a feeling that hope is lost. This is a wonderful successful treatment that can restore lost hope and manage the level of pain.




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