PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION

Peripheral nerve stimulation involves the use of a small, sophisticated device that delivers targeted electrical impulses to peripheral nerves to alleviate chronic pain. This state-of-the-art technology precisely targets nerves responsible for transmitting pain signals, offering patients a non-pharmacological solution for managing persistent discomfort.  

This therapy involves the precise positioning of small devices that emit controlled gentle electrical impulses directly to peripheral nerves, effectively disrupting pain signals without the need for strong pain medications.  

Through a minimally invasive procedure, slender leads are strategically placed near the affected nerves, allowing for personalised treatment tailored to the individual's pain patterns. 

This therapy targets chronic pain at is source targets the source of pain symptoms without drugs used for chronic pain or significantly invasive surgery. 

Sometimes referred to as the StimRouter, this system can be utilised to target peripheral nerves in various discrete parts of the body. It's particularly effective for treating chronic pain in regions like the upper extremities, trunk, and lower extremities. This includes areas such as: 

Upper Extremities:

Nerves targeted in the arms can focus on alleviating pain in the hands, wrists, elbows, and shoulders. Nerves targeted include the ulnar nerve, the median nerve, radial nerve, axillary nerve and suprascapular nerve. It can address conditions like peripheral neuropathies of those nerves, chronic hand or arm pain, post-stroke pain, or shoulder pain. 

The Trunk:

Nerves targeted in the arms can focus on alleviating pain in the chest, flank, lower back and even the groin and pelvis. Nerves targeted include the intercostal, ilioinguinal nerve, iliohypogastric nerve, pudendal nerve, coccygeal nerve and cluneal nerve. It can address conditions like peripheral neuropathies of those nerves, chronic chest or chest wall pain, pelvic, or some forms of back pain. 

Lower Extremities:

Nerves targeted in the leg can focus on alleviating pain in the groin, legs, knees, ankles, feet and even the toes. Nerves targeted include the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, the saphenous nerve, tibial femoral and sural nerve. Chronic conditions like neuropathic pain in the feet (such as diabetic neuropathy) or lower limb pain due to various causes can also be targeted for pain relief. 

The system's versatility allows for the targeting of specific peripheral nerves in these regions, offering patients a means to manage and alleviate chronic pain that might have been challenging to address through other methods.

Pain Specialists Australia offers a variety of pain management treatment approaches for chronic pain.

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