You Don't Need to Break the Law to Feel like You're in Jail: Kelly*

“It was like being under house arrest,” he says.

It was a striking change from the life he once led. Kelly had kept busy as a project manager and electrical contractor before injuring his back while trying to lift a tree stump. When surgery and a series of other treatments didn’t ease his pain, he found himself “spiraling into a deep depression” and becoming ever more isolated from those who cared about him.

“Nobody wanted to visit me because I would just complain,” he says. “I don’t blame them. Friends don’t want to hear you complain.” Kelly remembers the pain starting to make him into a different person. “You lose sight of who you are,” he says. “I was letting the pain define me.” During his lowest points, he even pondered the unthinkable.

After seeing a half-dozen doctors, Kelly finally found one who recommended neurostimulation. Almost immediately, the therapy reduced his pain and let him return to a more active schedule. Now he volunteers for the Red Cross, goes to movies, and takes weekend rides on his bicycle. According to Kelly, the stimulation has put his days of confinement behind him. “It’s like having a get-out-of-jail-free card,” he says.
*The above testimonial is the experience of this individual only. It is an individual result and we do not claim that it is representative of the experience that all or most patients achieve and is not indicative of future performance or success.