This is I.T. (Inconvenient Truth)!!! – DRG (Dorsal Root Ganglion) Treatment

This is I.T. (Inconvenient Truth)!!! – DRG (Dorsal Root Ganglion) Treatment

The dorsal root ganglion (DRG) is a small bundle of neurons located just outside the spinal cord.  Previously, the DRG was believed to be a passive structure with no real involvement in creating or maintaining neuropathic pain.  New evidence, however, suggested the DRG is actually responsible for the hyperexcitability of the central nervous system that leads to many of the symptoms associated with CRPS (i.e. allodynia and central sensitization).  Combined with the fact that the DRG is so easily accessible, it made the perfect target for treatment. Researchers found that by sending small electrical signals to the DRG, pain from things like CRPS could be substantially reduced: thus the birth of DRG Stimulation.  This is actually a variation of a treatment already available called spinal cord stimulation with one major difference: the lead(s) are placed directly over the DRG(s) directing the stimulation solely to the neurons thought to be creating and perpetuating the pain involved in CRPS.