Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS)

A Spinal Cord Stimulator (SCS) is a device used to manage chronic pain.
It’s like a small gadget that sends mild electrical pulses to your spine. Tiny wires are placed near your spinal cord, carrying electrical pulses. These pulses interfere with pain signals, creating a tingling sensation that helps mask or replace the feeling of pain. It’s a way to improve how you cope with and experience pain.

It’s like a gentle buzz that tricks your brain, reducing the pain you feel. This can be a helpful option when other treatments haven’t provided enough relief, offering a way to better manage and cope with chronic pain.

Spinal cord stimulation therapy uses a small device that masks pain signals traveling up the spinal cord before they can reach the brain. Spinal cord stimulation can improve quality of life significantly and reduce dependence on pain medicines, especially opioids. It is typically used along with physical therapy, and as an invasive procedure if the patient has tried other less invasive treatments for their pain which have not helped.

The spinal stimulator lead is a thin wire that is placed through a needle in the Epidural Space. The device is placed under the skin near the Spinal Cord, and it delivers a mild electric current to block the nerve pain. A weeklong trial simulation is performed to test the device and see how much pain relief is achieved before scheduling the procedure. The stimulator is a small device that is taped to the back for the trial period. If the trial is successful, the patient can choose to get a long-lasting spinal cord stimulator implant. This device is close to the size of a pacemaker, and its effectiveness varies from person to person.

What conditions can it treat?

Post-laminectomy syndrome (failed back surgery syndrome)
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) I & II
Phantom limb syndrome
End-stage peripheral vascular disease
Post-herpetic neuralgia
Incomplete spinal cord injury
Plexopathy
Lumbosacral arachnoiditis

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   Toni Seyhun 
 May 15, 2023
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I started seeing Dr Kneeman a few months ago. He is kind and listens to you. I've had the best experience with him. Just had a spinal injection and he made sure I was not uncomfortable.  He is the best!
  
 
       
   Deborah Spindler 
 February 14, 2023
 
 
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   Ally Ludlum 
 December 9, 2022
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Dr. Kneeman took over my care about a year ago, though I have been under KPA's care for about 6 years now.

I started with Dr. Gupta.  I had been unable to work due to Occipital Neuralgia (diagnosed just before I came to Dr. Gupta), and Dr. Gupta got me back to work in about 3 years, which was an amazing feat!

With my treatment plan in place, and Dr. Gupta spending less time at the pain clinic in Ottawa, I started seeing others in his practice.  They were great doctors!  But I never felt the same level of engagement with them as I had felt with Dr. Gupta.

Then I found Dr. Kneeman!!

I am always a nervous wreck when I see someone new, but Dr. Kneeman is awesome!  Calm as a cucumber while still being very engaged!  He's very thorough and very practiced with the tools of his trade!

When we decided it was time to renew my RFA (radiofrequency ablation) and we went to do the nerve-block tests, Dr. Kneeman prevented me from experiencing potentially terrifying side-effects!

There had been a miscommunication from the last time I had nerve block done (not with KPM) and I was not supposed to be taking OTC aspirin for a week prior to the blocks!  (Which I had been as I had no idea!)

Dr. Kneeman is the one who discovered this, through the nurse asking him about Ibuprofen that I had taken earlier the day before so he came in to talk to me.

We could not do the nerve block that day, but I was, and am, incredibly grateful that he caught the issue before it could become a terrifying experience!

Yesterday I had my RFA with him, and he was just as awesome as ever!  It helped that I knew I was in amazingly competent hands, so it seemed like no time at all I was back at home, feeling better already!

TlDr:  I started with Dr. Gupta (who remains awesome), but I am also ecstatically happy that I am now Dr. Kneeman's patient.  Both doctors are absolutely incredible and I am so, so grateful to and for them.
  
 
       
   Amanda Concannon 
 December 6, 2022
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. The Doctors and nursing staff are so wonderful here. They listen to you and work diligently to make you more comfortable.  I have lived with an enormous amount of pain for too long. Washing dishes,  cooking, getting into my bed and sleeping ,and several minor activities are so painful for me. The doctors here have worked with me and have given me treatment that has made an enormous difference in my life. I recommend them 100% over any other place you could go.
  
 
       
   Tom Davidson 
 September 23, 2022
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I've been going to see Dr. GUPTA for several years. He interested me in using a Nevro Device for the pain in my legs & back. Many years ago I had back surgery & over the years the pain had gotten almost unbearable.  The device was a godsend.  The follow ups by Nevro people were great & helpful. The staff are very helpful and friendly.
  
 
       
   Opal Watson 
 September 23, 2022
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Good experience every time..staff is great...Dr Gupta is the best...have experiences with him over several years....

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