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Anyone tried Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain?

Neuropathy | Last Active: Jan 31 9:35pm | Replies (410)

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@ch47

I wish you all speedy comfort!

I have a condition called
Levator ani syndrome. The pain in constant and awful in my rectum. There is nothing there, docs said no cure, only strong meds that just help a little. I stopped taking them, as I could barely touch anything without bruising. Pelvic pt helps a little.
I have no idea of why it started and if anyone else has this , what might have helped?
My life has completely changed…can’t sit for any length of time, no long car rides or travel.

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I had a lot of pain in this area but it was diagnosed as pudendal nerve entrapment. I had bad sitting pain and very often burning nerve pain. The nerve pain has mostly gone away after placement of the the spinal cord stimulator. But I still get a pain that can only be described as “heaviness”. This may sound like constipation but I don’t suffer from that. Like I’ve said in many posts but bears repeating: the SCS does not relieve all pain but if you’re fortunate like me, it removes a significant amount. I do feel like I’ve got my life back, although some amount of discomfort is always there. My rep told me that the “SCS only works on nerve pain but since muscles have nerves its complicated”. You have to work with the representatives of the company to get the right intensity and area that covers the most pain. It has been well worth it for me. I have the Nevro, my friend has the Boston Scientific, both of us had similar results.