Summary: Electrical stimulation for the treatment of pain has been around in every culture for thousands of years. In this episode, we talk about neurostimulation, a technique that uses electric impulses to relieve chronic pain. We’ll hear a riveting story from Adam Hammond, a former member of the US Army Golden Nights Parachute Team. He describes how a nerve stimulator restored his life after hitting the earth at 45 miles/hour during a skydiving accident. One of the world’s leaders in neurostimulation, Dr. Giancarlo Barolat will then shed light on how these “pain pacemakers for the spinal cord” actually work.
