@sprinrosa64
Hi, I am chiming in here just because you I think you should proceed with caution when it comes to nerve stimulator implants. Just today I read of another person, @faithgirl30 who had an unsuccessful experience with a nerve stimulator implant called a Scientific Wavewriter. One thing that a few people who have had stimulators have said is that the trial implant which is done for a short period to let you evaluate how much a permanent stimulator might help you often seems to work a lot better than the permanent one ends up working. Beside @faithgirl30 , @lorirenee1 had a similar experience. And another member, @jimhd, had initial good results the first year with his spinal cord stimulator only to have it stop working during the second year, and it essentially is doing nothing for him at this point. Still another member, @fredjan2016 said that his ankle stimulator helps him stand (which he is glad for) but does not help his pain. I'm not saying there are not any unqualified successes, there are. It just seems like a good thing to know up front what your personal likelihood of success may be. Best, Hank

@sprinrosa64 Chris gave some great advice about fascial work and our myofacial release discussion. I have done this MFR work for several years and it is very beneficial. Any surgery will create scar tissue that you see at the incision site, and fascial scar tissue that you don't see internally along the surgeon's path. That tightens as it heals and adds to whatever pattern of tightness you already have in your body. Our habits play into this because if we don't use good posture and move our bodies, we get locked into a position and then can't move because the fascia adheres to itself. It is a webby film that converts between a solid and semi liquid as it stretches and rearranges itself. When it's locked, it's solid and dehydrated so it doesn't pass the fluids and electric signals through the body. When you get it moving and re-hydrated again, the body alignment improves and pain can be reduced or eliminated.

It would be worth your time to try this. If you just go to an electric stimulation implant, you'll still have the tight dehydrated fascia that doesn't want to transmit those electric signals. Nerve pain happens when something compresses it like tight fascia or a muscle. The spaces are very small where nerves pass. Bones also have outer coverings of connective tissue that the fascia connects too that likely connect to the scar on the skin surface. I have this too because of a compound ankle fracture that had 2 surgeries and I had an external cage screwed into my shin bone at the beginning which was later replaced by the internal plates. I do have tight scars where the cage was attached and I try to stretch that by pushing on my skin to stretch it with a little pressure.

Check out the MFR discussion. There is a provider search on the MFR website.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/myofascial-release-therapy-mfr-for-treating-compression-and-pain/