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Peripheral nerve stimulators

Neuropathy | Last Active: Oct 16, 2023 | Replies (259)

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What did you hear about Stimwave that was negative?. There is now published research about Stimwave helping pudendal nerve pain and none for Nalu. I had a DRG trial that failed and am planning to try Stimwave next because there seems to be more evidence.

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This was quite a while ago. At that time there was nothing published other than the company’s own study …nothing specific especially for my condition. If you have found something for Stimwave then thats great.
Thru some medical connections I had heard that they had had problems with their anchoring system and their was discord within the company about how to fix it amongst other things .if you have found a place that does a lot of them , great . Ask them how they have solved their anchoring problem. I’m guessing different medical conditions lend themselves better to different PNS systems but the problem is that you will find it very difficult to find a clinic or Dr that uses more than one system . ..Nalu, Bioness, Stimwave plus others ..I think it’s too early to say which is best for specific medical conditions. One way is to go through the literature and pick out the main Drs that publish ….Deer, Naidu etc . Go through the articles on your condition and see what Drs have contributed . Then see if you can find out which device they use and why. I think In the end they are all delivering lots of the same electrical stimuli …I liked Nalu because it had a big range incl burst and high frequency plus had the ability to be upgraded easily ( just install latest software in the “puck” ) I don’t know how easy it is with stimwave. However I have to admit the main thing I liked was the ability to have a trial run first . Lastly , I suspect any Dr using PNS is doing pudendal nerve as well because it is relatively common …I guess the key is find someone who has done a lot and can answer your questions. Look into how you live with the device afterwards and how that looks. I wore the Nalu puck thing for a week and it was no problem …I forget what you have with stimwave . Interestingly, there is only one system being trialed in Canada at the moment and it is Stimwave . I’m in BC , the Drs using it are in Ontario and I wasn’t allowed to go on their waiting list …so had to go to the states. I know this all sounds confusing but that’s what I found when I looked into things ..hope you find some of what I said helpful
Good luck .