Infographic: Chronic Pain. More Than Just Aches & Pain

A spinal cord stimulator (SCS) is a small implanted device that sends electrical pulses to the brain to mask pain signal from reaching the brain, and has been used for almost 30 years to help patients reduce chronic pain and opioid usage.

Pain is a signal from the central nervous system indicating that something is wrong. Pain can be differentiated in various ways, including how long it has been occuring: acute pain versus chronic pain.