Patient Resources

Useful Links

Further information about specific treatments that your specialist may recommend to you:

Spinal cord stimulation

There is a lot of literature online regarding spinal cord stimulation.  You may find the following websites useful in guiding your decision whether to proceed with a trial or to give you some questions you’d like to ask your pain specialist.

• Pain Australia

• Hopkins Medicine – Treating Pain With Spinal Cord Stimulators

• Neuromodulation – For Patients

Types of spinal cord stimulation

There are a number of companies that manufacture spinal cord stimulators.  Each company’s device has different pros and cons so familiarising yourself with the different devices can be useful.  Your pain specialist may have specific recommendations according to your condition.

Below is a list of websites of some of the main manufacturing companies used.

• Nevro

• Medtronic

• Boston Scientific

• Abbott