Anyone Racing with a Spinal Cord Stimulator ?

I ride / race 4-8 times a year ,and road race sports cars and my doctor told me no way would he put one in me , he told me strait up its for less active people . If you just trail ride it will probably work for you . Btw a guy I work with has one it's the grosses feeling thing I ever felt it's like a doctor forgot his iPhone right above your hip . Does he know how much you ride and what it is that you do , you should probably show him a go pro off you on your bike . What ever you decide good luck back pain sucks

I have one for nerve damage from my cancer surgeries. I finally got strong enough for the SCS install in March 2015. I have found mine to really help in pain recovery, after I've over done it. Which is everyday. You can set it up many different ways. I do turn mine off when I ride/race. My Doctors think I'm nuts. They can't believe I still try to moto. It take awhile to get used to it and figure it out. I'm a big believer in it. It will send huge shocks through you legs and up when landing from jumps and such. That's why I turn mine off. A Boston Scientific unit. The VA did mine. They save my life actually.

I love moto, but probably not that much to continue with those type of issues. Huge respect to you guys pushing on!!

Sorry to read this.

Also sorry to say this: Know when to say when Kemosabe. There are more important things in life than motorcycles. Not a lot but a few like family and not being in pain 24/7 for an hour or two of enjoyment per week.

EDIT: Pain just like life can always get worse. Beginning of 2011 I over did it when I moved storage units. Had a couple of pain spikes that if they'd become the norm I'd taken myself out. I live with pain every day but also have a threshold of what is acceptable and what is not.

Is this what is called a "Tens machine" in the UK or something more radical ?

No, this unit is placed along with a battery in your Butt cheek. Lead are run in a plastic sheath to your spine. The sensors are place on each side of your spine, the location depending on your individual needs and requirements. They send an electronic field to each side of the spinal cord. The signal is user adjustable via a wireless controller the size of a flip phone. You recharge it wearing a belt with a rechargeable transmitting unit, against you skin. A tens unit is an outside the skin system. Some people have good luck with that. My pain management is way more intense than what a Tens is used for. SCS is kind of a last ditch hail Mary in the PM world. I'm glad I have mine though.

My Dad is contemplating getting the SCS unit. He is not that keen on the idea. I think he said it was $30G for the unit. That is a lot different than a tens machine. It just seems intrusive to me. IDK.

I just got one in a week ago, for nerve damage after two surgeries for a herniated disc. I'm still gonna ride I sent my suspension off today in fact to factory connection for a revalve. Working hard on my core with foundation training that Peter Park (Roczen and AC's) trainer teaches and let it rip, we only live once I'm 46 and I never plan on stopping.

The only time my low-back doesn't bother me is when I'm on a motorcycle.
Does anyone need a test-rider? I am more than ready for that job..

I have one and I have dozens of clients with one in all walks of life. First they are most often inserted above the buttocks. The pulse generator isn't the primary problems with activity types thought. The electrical leads placed around the spinal cord are held in place through scar tissue as there's no good way to tether them. This works well for most people and most activities. However bending, twisting and trauma can all cause lead migration. The odds of injury from it all very small but the chances of the SCS not providing adequate relief following migration are high. This would mean another small, but expensive, procedure to place the leads. Lead migration occurs and a follow up surgery, or even two, might not be questioned, but multiples ones will cause a doctor or insurer to determine a SCS is not appropriate for you. SCS have come a long way from the old types that caused buzzing and tingling to the new DRG stims that the patient doesn't feel at all. If you have neuropathic pain, as I do, the DRG will cover types of pains prior stims would not. I say this because people that need DRGs will give up MX or anything else to have that relief. It's not that I don't miss racing, it's that I love the pain relief and being able to live on fewer medications. Experience tells me most people who need a SCS have accepted this. Additionally before being given an SCS trial a patient has to undergo a psych eval. In this eval they screen for people who won't be acceptable candidates for a number of reasons, one of them is that they likely won't follow post surgery restrictions.