{"id":651,"date":"2020-07-15T21:38:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T21:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stimrouter.pixelsmith.co\/?post_type=patient-story&p=651"},"modified":"2022-12-27T03:18:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T10:18:01","slug":"joes-story-life-without-pain","status":"publish","type":"patient-story","link":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/en\/patient-story\/joes-story-life-without-pain\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe\u2019s Story"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-651","patient-story","type-patient-story","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"portrait":{"ID":645,"id":645,"title":"joe-thumbnail-cropped","filename":"joe-thumbnail-cropped.jpg","filesize":32321,"url":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/joe-thumbnail-cropped.jpg","link":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/en\/patient-story\/joes-story-life-without-pain\/joe-thumbnail-cropped\/","alt":"Joe Received StimRouter Chronic Shoulder PainPNS for","author":"29","description":"","caption":"","name":"joe-thumbnail-cropped","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":651,"date":"2020-07-15 21:03:09","modified":"2020-07-15 21:38:47","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":240,"height":153,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/joe-thumbnail-cropped-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/joe-thumbnail-cropped.jpg","medium-width":240,"medium-height":153,"medium_large":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/joe-thumbnail-cropped.jpg","medium_large-width":240,"medium_large-height":153,"large":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/joe-thumbnail-cropped.jpg","large-width":240,"large-height":153,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/joe-thumbnail-cropped.jpg","1536x1536-width":240,"1536x1536-height":153,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/joe-thumbnail-cropped.jpg","2048x2048-width":240,"2048x2048-height":153,"gform-image-choice-sm":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/joe-thumbnail-cropped.jpg","gform-image-choice-sm-width":240,"gform-image-choice-sm-height":153,"gform-image-choice-md":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/joe-thumbnail-cropped.jpg","gform-image-choice-md-width":240,"gform-image-choice-md-height":153,"gform-image-choice-lg":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/joe-thumbnail-cropped.jpg","gform-image-choice-lg-width":240,"gform-image-choice-lg-height":153},"html":"\"Joe"},"first_name":"Joe","quote":"

I had my stroke 14 years ago and suffered from post-stroke chronic shoulder pain. I tried anything to help with the pain. Before StimRouter, I would say my pain went off the scale \u2014 above a ten for sure \u2014 because my pain was really bad. Sometimes it hurt to breathe. Now with the help of StimRouter, my pain is only a 2 or 3 at most.<\/span><\/p>\n","video":"","subheader":"StimRouter for chronic shoulder pain","content":"

\"JoeNew perspective\u2014and hobbies\u2014after receiving StimRouter PNS for his chronic shoulder pain<\/em><\/h3>\n

I had my stroke 14 years ago and suffered from post-stroke chronic shoulder pain. I tried anything to help with the pain. After 7 years of PT\/OT rehabilitation, I said, \u201cThis is it\u2014this is the best I\u2019m ever going to get, so I stopped. I had to just suck it up when it came to the pain.\u201d<\/p>\n

I tried everything you can think of though \u2014 I had a sling to stop my shoulder from moving, but that was useless. I tried pain med after pain med, but nothing succeeded. All of it was to no avail.<\/p>\n

One day, my stroke doctor sent me to a pain management doctor who introduced me to StimRouter. I had to laugh at first; I thought nothing can take this pain away. But I had tried everything else, so I said let\u2019s give it a shot.<\/p>\n

Once the StimRouter was implanted, everything was pretty much OK with my pain. I can say the stimulator is working very well for me. It was programmed by the doctor two weeks after the implant, and after a day of using the StimRouter system with my remote control, my pain started to go away.<\/p>\n

I would keep it on for about two hours and then I wouldn\u2019t need it for the rest of the day, because the pain relief carried over. I was really impressed with how fast it worked.<\/p>\n

Before StimRouter, I would say my pain went off the scale\u2014 above a ten for sure\u2014 because my pain was really bad. Sometimes it hurt to breathe. Now, with the help of StimRouter, my pain is only a 2 or 3 at most.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wear my system all day, but I only turn it on every 6 to 8 hours, depending on what I\u2019m doing that day. The patches stay on well, but come off just as easily. When it\u2019s on, it feels like a massage chair on your arm.<\/p>\n

The StimRouter works well for me; I feel very lucky. I can lift my arm enough to put on deodorant now and I\u2019ve picked up some new hobbies. It\u2019s a process and I still have goals like being able to ride my bike, but I would recommend StimRouter to people in pain without a doubt in my mind.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t expect much at first, but I was quite surprised, very happily surprised. The StimRouter is great. If anyone ever asked me, I would tell them straight out, \u201cIt works and it works well for me!\u201d<\/p>\n","featured_patient_stories":[{"patient_story":{"ID":485,"post_author":"29","post_date":"2020-07-15 16:25:23","post_date_gmt":"2020-07-15 16:25:23","post_content":"","post_title":"Lucina's Story","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"lucinas-story-chronic-shoulder-pain-following-a-stroke","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-27 03:22:56","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-27 10:22:56","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/stimrouter.pixelsmith.co\/?post_type=patient-story&p=485","menu_order":0,"post_type":"patient-story","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}},{"patient_story":{"ID":648,"post_author":"29","post_date":"2020-07-15 21:12:41","post_date_gmt":"2020-07-15 21:12:41","post_content":"","post_title":"Nadege\u2019s Story","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"nadeges-story-post-stroke-shoulder-pain","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-27 03:18:49","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-27 10:18:49","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/stimrouter.pixelsmith.co\/?post_type=patient-story&p=648","menu_order":0,"post_type":"patient-story","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}}]},"taxonomies":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/patient-story\/651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/patient-story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/patient-story"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stimrouter.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}