A safe and minimally invasive implanted stimulation device is getting mostly positive reviews from neurosurgeons, with some experts saying it represents a "paradigm shift" in the treatment of ...

Joseph Jeanmarie has had back problems since the 1980s, when he injured his back and had surgery. Although his chronic pain was sometimes debilitating, he continued his work as an insurance ...

“This is a totally new way of treating back pain,” said Prentiss Lawson Jr., M.D., an associate professor in the UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine and program director of the ...

The FDA greenlighted a wearable electrical muscle stimulator to help stave off some of the symptoms of chronically blocked vessels such as varicose veins and blood pooling in the legs. The geko device ...

Over the summer, I injured my shoulder and had to do physical therapy for pain relief and muscle atrophy. For me, the best part of each session was the muscle stimulator machine used at the end, which ...