New tools tackle chronic pain - Houston Chronicle: Judy Franklin tried surgery, physical therapy, nerve-blocking injections and a variety of medications to deal with chronic back pain over the past 30 years.
Nothing worked for long.
Late last month doctors implanted a spinal cord stimulator in the Pasadena resident's lower back. The device sends a low-voltage dose of electricity to the spinal nerves to stop pain signals from reaching the brain.
"I'm not going to say it's a cure-all," the 70-year-old said last week. "But it's working fairly well."
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