Dr. Saad Syed / Boston Scientific - Alleviating Chronic Pain (Pain.com)

Grill Nation with Jason Grill

Guests - Jason is joined by Dr. Saad Syed, a pain managment specialist who practices in acute and chronic pain managment. We discuss what chronic pain is, why the opioid epidemic has grown, why traditional treatments aren't effective and cause long term harm, what spinal cord stiulation is, how it works and why it has been so effective. Additionally, Jason is joined by James Clark, a patient who has gone through spinal cord stimulation to ease his chronic back pain. Three months into the treatment and he has never felt better saying he feels "wonderful" Hear his incredible story and so much more on the advancements of this life-changing chronic pain treatment, fascinating technology and the implementation behind it on this week's show.