Peripheral Nerve Stimulation

Persistent tingling, numbness, or weakness in your body can be a warning sign of underlying nerve damage. If medications aren’t controlling your nerve pain, you may benefit from the peripheral nerve stimulation services available at Advanced Interventional Pain Consultants. The pain management team, led by Jaime Robledo, MD, uses the latest stimulator technologies so you can treat nerve pain as it happens. Call the Katy, Texas, office to schedule a peripheral nerve stimulation consultation. You can also use the online feature to request an appointment today. 

What is peripheral nerve stimulation?

The peripheral nervous system is the network of nerves that connect your brain and spinal cord (central nervous system) to the rest of your body. Sports injuries, falls, and medical conditions like diabetes can damage these nerves, a condition known as peripheral neuropathy, and lead to pain and other chronic symptoms that reduce a person’s quality of life.

Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) uses a small electrode device to deliver electrical pulses into compressed or damaged nerves. The pulses of energy disrupt signals between the nerve and the brain, reducing the severity of chronic pain as it occurs.

The Advanced Interventional Pain Consultants team specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of peripheral neuropathy in adults and adolescents. They offer peripheral nerve stimulation to manage the chronic pain, weakness, numbness, and tingling caused by damaged nerves. They use the latest minimally invasive techniques to implant the nerve stimulator, so you can recover fast and without extended downtime.

Am I a candidate for peripheral nerve stimulation?

You might be a candidate for peripheral nerve stimulation if you have nerve-related pain for several months or longer that’s not manageable with oral medications, injections, or other therapies.

In addition to peripheral neuropathy, peripheral nerve stimulation can treat conditions like:

• Nerve-related trauma
• Diabetic neuropathy
• Post-surgical nerve pain
• Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

Your Advanced Interventional Pain Consultants provider completes a health evaluation, discusses your symptoms, and reviews your medical history to determine if peripheral nerve stimulation is an appropriate treatment.

The stimulator device is very small. The medical team uses imaging guidance to place it just under the surface of your skin near the damaged nerve.

What are the benefits of peripheral nerve stimulation?

Peripheral nerve stimulation won’t cure chronic pain, but it’s effective at blocking pain signals from reaching your brain so that you can enjoy extended periods of pain relief.

One of the biggest benefits of peripheral nerve stimulation is that you can control the device with a remote as pain happens. This allows you to manage pain consistently without relying on medications.

Because the implantation procedure is minimally invasive, you can expect to go home the same day as your procedure. Many people notice a reduction in their pain levels soon after receiving their stimulator device.

Call Advanced Interventional Pain Consultants to find out if you’re a candidate for peripheral nerve stimulation, or book a consultation online today.