What is "spinal cord stimulation"?

What is "spinal cord stimulation"?

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...

Spinal cord stimulation is electromagnetic energy that is placed next to the spinal cord to help create analgesia. The person often feels a little buzzing or feels nothing at all, but somehow or another it actually modulates the pain that goes through the spinal cord and out of the spinal cord into the limbs.