The study reported scrambler therapy may be more effective than another noninvasive therapy, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, including TENS devices.
A new review paper released in July 2023 by two Johns Hopkins pain experts reported that scrambler therapy (Calmare Therapy), a drug-free, noninvasive pain treatment with no side effects, can yield significant relief for “approximately 80%–90% of patients with chronic pain and may be more effective than another noninvasive therapy, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, or TENS.”
The FDA-cleared pain management medical device administers electrical stimulation through the skin via electrodes placed in areas of the body above and below where chronic pain is felt. Nerve endings receive replacement signals from the area experiencing pain with signals coming from adjacent areas experiencing no pain, thereby “scrambling” the pain signals sent to the brain, explains the study’s primary author, Dr. Thomas Smith, professor of Palliative Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and a professor of Oncology and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “Many patients get really substantial relief that can often be permanent,” he noted.
Dr. Thomas Smith, professor of Palliative Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and a professor of Oncology and Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, stated,” Many patients “get really substantial relief that can often be permanent.”
WATCH: See Dr. Smith and Dr. Cooney interviewed on the PBS pain management program “Pain Secrets”
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