People with spinal cord injuries are getting a new lease on life thanks to a tiny neck implant paired with physical therapy. In a study published last month in the journal Nature, researchers at the ...

Though it be but little, it is fierce: An implant that’s the width of just a few strands of hair is designed to take on the outsized symptoms of chronic pain—and is now cleared by the FDA to do just ...

Centennial Spine and Pain joined us at the New Mexico Living studio on Monday for our weekly health segment. This week, Dr. John Watkins told us all about peripheral nerve stimulators – what ...

For more than four years, Lynn Milam's life was bound by the pain that radiated from her swollen joints. "My children could not hug me," she says. "I couldn't hold my husband's hand." Milam also ...

With links to Cochlear, the US-based med-tech company has global ambitions for its spinal cord stimulator technology.

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 ...

A nerve stimulation therapy developed at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons is showing promise in animal studies and may eventually allow people with spinal cord injuries ...