Chronic leg and foot pain is common among millions of Americans living with diabetes. In many cases, it can be a challenge to treat effectively.
That’s why the specialists at BayCare Clinic Pain & Rehab Medicine are offering a new treatment approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, spinal cord stimulation for the treatment of diabetic neuropathy.
Drs. Christopher Howson and Ryan Clark of BayCare Clinic Pain & Rehab Medicine offer the Intellis and Vanta spinal cord stimulation implant systems, manufactured by Medtronic.
The implants use a neurostimulator, like a pacemaker for pain, to deliver mild electrical impulses over thin wires called leads.
Those electrical impulses modify pain signals before they reach the brain, where pain is sensed.
