There are many benefits to neuromodulation. It is an alternative to long-term drug therapy, and can provide symptomatic relief of chronic conditions. Spinal cord stimulation and dorsal root ganglion stimulation are most commonly used in patients with chronic pain.

Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a type of treatment that uses low electrical currents to electrically stimulate the dorsal column of the spinal cord. It creates electric fields between metal contacts with leads in the epidural space by changing the electrical potential across membranes.