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December 06, 2023

Back Pain Treatments with HFX IQ in New Albany, IN

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The HFX IQ implant is a new device that we have from one of our vendors which helps to treat chronic low back pain. There are actually quite a few patients that will benefit from this device. These patients are going to be ones that have had back surgery in the past. These patients are oftentimes difficult to treat as they've already had surgery and unfortunately still develop pain.

- [Trina]

I've had injections, epidurals, nerve injections, and then I had surgeries, still having problems. And so I was referred to Dr. Bickers to find out why I'm constantly having lower back pain.

- So the implant is approximately the size of a pacemaker. It uses electrodes that we put inside the epidural space, and then we put them at specific levels to target specific nerves or nerve roots. One of the great things about this device is that it allows the patients to continually adjust based upon survey questions that are asked through a smartphone-type interface, and then knowing the type of pain that the patient has is able to adjust the therapy. It is able to make sure that the patient is being treated as a whole patient.

- The improvement, overall improvement of the pain has just been incredible. I'm off medication. I occasionally take an ibuprofen, but no pain medication. I was on hydrocodone and I no longer need it.

It really has made a difference in my life.
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Relieving Back Pain with HFX IQTM  Healthtalks Transcript:

William Bickers, MD, Pain Management

Baptist Health Floyd

Trina Dale, New Albany, Indiana

William Bickers, MD: The HFX IQ implant is a new device that we have from one of our vendors that helps treat chronic low-back pain. There are actually quite a few patients who can benefit from this device. These patients are going to be the ones who have had back surgery in the past. These patients are oftentimes difficult to treat as they've already had surgery, and unfortunately, they still develop pain.

Trina Dale: I've had injections, epidurals, nerve injections, and then I had surgeries. [I was] still having problems and I was referred to Dr. Bickers to find out why I'm constantly having lower back pain.

William Bickers, MD: The implant is approximately the size of a pacemaker. It uses electrodes that we put inside the epidural space. We put them at specific levels to target specific nerves or nerve roots. One of the great things about this device is that it allows the patients to continually adjust based on survey questions that are asked through a smartphone-type interface. Then, knowing the type of pain that the patient has, it’s able to adjust the therapy [and] able to make sure that the patient is being treated as a whole patient.

Trina Dale: The overall improvement of the pain has just been incredible. I'm off medication. I'll occasionally take ibuprofen, but no pain medication. I was on hydrocodone, and I no longer need it. It really has made a difference in my life.

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