Joseph Jeanmarie has had back problems since the 1980s, when he injured his back and had surgery. Although his chronic pain was sometimes debilitating, he continued his work as an insurance ...

Spinal cord stimulators can significantly improve patients’ lives. The province doesn’t fund nearly enough of them, experts ...

At 8 months follow-up, patients with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy who received spinal cord stimulation (SCS) implants reported improvements in pain, neuropathic and autonomic symptoms, ...

Like a zombie brought back to life. That's how the medical team describes Brenda Sharp following implantation of a spinal cord stimulator to control her debilitating pain. Now the 50-year-old Kirkland ...

Each September is Pain Awareness Month. It is an opportunity to recognize the needs of the millions of people who live with chronic pain. According to the U.S. Pain Foundation, more than 51 million ...

For more than four years, Lynn Milam's life was bound by the pain that radiated from her swollen joints. "My children could not hug me," she says. "I couldn't hold my husband's hand." Milam also ...