What happens during a spinal cord stimulation procedure?

What happens during a spinal cord stimulation procedure?

Marc Darrow (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Joint Rehabilitation Sports Medical Center, Inc. ) gives expert video advice on: When is spinal cord stimulation used?; How does TENS control pain? and more...

The device works by introducing a type of a wire through the skin and adjacent to the spinal cord, and what it does, by either an externally held device or an internal device that's implanted inside the skin, is send electromagnetic waves to the area that will modulate a person's pain.