TIRED OF HEARING THE SAME OLD THING FROM YOUR PAIN DOCTOR?
Take control of your chronic pain with spinal cord stimulation
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When other treatments haven’t worked,
spinal cord stimulation might be an option.
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PainTheory is the fastest way to get evaluated for spinal cord stimulation and a host of other minimally-invasive treatment options for acute and chronic pain.
Our goal is to help you find the right treatment, with the best specialists.
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PainTheory is the fastest way to get evaluated for spinal cord stimulation and a host of other minimally-invasive treatment options for acute and chronic pain.
Our goal is to help you find the right treatment, with the best specialists.
What is spinal cord stimulation?
A safe and effective minimally-invasive treatment for chronic back and leg pain
CONDITIONS TREATED
Failed Back Surgery
Chronic Back Pain
Chronic Leg Pain
CRPS
Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
How it works
The stimulator consists of a small battery pack and thin wires, called leads.
The leads are placed under the skin and next to the spinal cord. The battery back, also called a “pulse generator,” is programmed to send gentle electrical pulses through the leads to disrupt pain signals before they reach your brain.
These devices have been developed over decades, with hundreds of millions of dollars in R&D. This is not a TENS unit.
The device is placed under the skin in a same-day, outpatient procedure.
Every patient gets to “trial” a temporary stimulator for up to 1 week to see if it reduces pain and improves daily life.
The trial is a simple, outpatient procedure that takes about 30-minutes in the doctor’s office.
The stimulator interrupts pain signals before they reach the brain, reducing pain and improving function.
When you feel pain, it’s because nerves are sending pain signals to your brain. Spinal cord stimulation interrupts these pain signals so you don’t perceive them as pain. The goal of spinal cord stimulation is to:
Reduce pain by at least 50%
Improve mobility and allow daily activities
Reduce the need for pain medication
Allow patients to relax and sleep better
PROVEN RESULTS
Proven to deliver long-term pain relief without drugs or major surgery.
Reduced pain
Reduced reliance on oral opioids
Increased activity
High patient satisfaction
What patients are saying about spinal cord stimulation
Joe's experience living with a spinal cord stimulator for 9 years
Hope's experience finding a nearby specialist with PainTheory
COVERED BY
Medicare
Medicaid
Private Insurance
WORKS WHEN OTHERS HAVEN'T
Medications
Chiropractic
Injections
Surgery
Nerve Ablations
NO MAJOR SURGERY
Quick Recovery
Try Before You Buy
PainTheory is the fastest, easiest way to find an expert pain specialist who offers spinal cord stimulation
Hand-Picked
Specialists
PainTheory partners with high-quality doctors across the United States.
On-demand
support
Get free, on-demand access to PainTheory Care Coordinators to answer questions.
Expedited
scheduling
PainTheory accelerates your scheduling with a specialist near you.
We take every patient personally
When you schedule a visit through PainTheory, you get expedited scheduling and concierge support.
Each patient is assigned a personal care coordinator who is available to make sure your scheduling process goes quickly and smoothly. Ask our Care Coordinators anything and they will help find an answer.
All PainTheory specialists are hand-selected based on the following criteria:
- Board-certified in pain medicine
- Expert in spinal cord stimulation
- Offer a wide range of other pain management treatments
- Same-day, in-office procedures available
- Amazing patient reviews
NOT SURE IF YOU'RE READY TO TALK WITH SOMEONE?
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Answer a few questions, find out if you are a candidate for spinal cord stimulation.
Frequently asked questions
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