New Study Shows Electrical Pulse To Spinal Cord Reduces Pain And Improves Balance

Stimulation of the spinal cord can alleviate phantom pain for people who have had a limb amputated, suggests a new study. PHOTO BY KAMPUS PRODUCTION/PEXELS 

Stimulation of the spinal cord can alleviate “phantom” pain for people who have had a limb amputated, suggests a new study.

Researchers found an electrical pulse delivered to the spinal cord of amputees from their prosthetic limb “significantly” reduced pain coming from the missing limb.