iphone technology for back pain relief helps trick the brain from receiving pain signals

Here is an interesting story about a new back pain treatment that uses iPhone technology for back pain relief. It involves neurostimulators that control pain signals that are sent to the brain. The very same technology is used in iphones to control signals according to movement.

So far the success rate looks high – the users are claiming that 86% of people who have used it have experienced reduction in back pain.

I wonder if it has anything to do with the headaches that many people report while using mobile phone for long periods. Whatever the technology is, there must be something in it because there are definitely reported cases of cell phones causing a “hot” sensation near some users heads.

It makes sense if they can harness the signals and make it work to help our bodies trick our brains into feeling no pain.

iPhone Technology For Back Pain Relief

 

An estimated 116 million Americans are living with chronic pain — pain so intense it affects their work, their relationships, every aspect of their lives.

 

In fact, there are more people living with chronic pain in this country than are affected by heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined. Now, doctors are using the same technology used in our smart phones to target and zap their pain.

 

From working 18 hours a day on wall street to barely being able to make it into the subway, it’s been a long, painful road for Justin Carriere. “It was an incredible, sharp shooting pain,” says Carriere. It started ten years ago when he slammed his snowmobile into a creek bed. “It sent a shock wave up my back,” he said. “I couldn’t sit at all. I had to always stand up.”

 

Pieces of Carriere’s disc were pressing against his sciatic nerve. Surgery only temporarily eased his pain. He also tried prescription pain killers. “I had no energy. I just didn’t feel like i was engaged. My ambition and drive at work greatly suffered,” he says. Now Carriere’s one of the first to try a new FDA approved neurostimulator to zap his pain.

 

“It eliminates process of the pain at the brain center,” says Suelanne Doouro, M.D., a pain management specialist at Beth Israel Medical Center. Neurostimulators use electrodes controlled by a battery pack to send stimulation to the spinal cord, literally stopping pain signals from reaching the brain. They’ve been around since the 80’s, but now a new stimulator is using the same technology in iPhones to better control the signals.

 

“New technology is so advanced, so we can call it a smart stimulator,” says Doouro.

 

These “smart” stimulators can read a person’s body movement and adjust the amount and location of electricity being sent when a person moves. Carriere just got his smart stimulator.

 

“It took a long time to come to terms with having a mental implant in your body,” says Carriere. But he can already feel the difference. “It’s a very intense tingling feeling,” he says. “It really hit the pain.”

 

Now he’s on the move again, ready to get back to business. The FDA just approved the adaptive stim neurostimulator a few months ago. In the latest study, 86 % of people who tried it, found relief from their pain.

 

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Technology will only improve as the years advance, and at some point many of our most basic ailments may be cured. Who would have that that iphone technology for back pain relief would be an option? It is wise to keep an eye on all these small advances in new technologies.

Always ask your local doctor about the latest treatment options for your back pain, and mention and ask questions about the latest developments you read about. Back pain is the second biggest reason for patients visiting doctors across the world, so your doctor should be always up to date with the latest news.

If you want more information about the latest treatments for back pain, be sure to sign up for our book – The 7 Day Back Pain Cure – which has some great tips for getting back in action.