Tame the Pain

• What is chronic pain?
• Treatments for chronic pain
• Patient testimonials
• Pain centre location
• Resources

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• Non-surgical treatment
  • Physiotherapy
  • Psychological therapy
  • Alternative medicine
• Medication (Pain relieving medicines)
  • When drugs don’t work
• Electronic treatments
  • Neurostimulation (Nerve stimulation)
    • What is neurostimulation?
    • Why neurostimulation?
    • How does it work?
    • Clinical evidence
    • Who should have it?
    • What happens next?
    • System selection
    • Post-operative care
    • FAQs
  • Intrathecal drug delivery (IDD)
    • What is IDD?
    • Why IDD?
    • How does it work?
    • Clinical evidence
    • Who should have it?
    • What happens next?
    • Post-operative care
    • Living with an IDD pump
    • What are some of the risks of the pump therapy?
    • FAQs
• Surgery
  • Nerve blocking
  • Corrective surgery

What is neurostimulation?

Neurostimulation is a technique used to relieve pain by electrical stimulation of nerves. It is delivered with a medical device placed beneath the skin during an operation that then stimulates the spinal cord or peripheral nerves directly.