Living with any form of pain can be a confusing, sometimes unbearable experience for a person. To ensure we don't attribute any more stress or complication to an already stressful time, we've compiled a simple to follow explanation of our treatment for you to consider before registering with one of our practitioners.

You'll see us mention words such as "non-invasive" and "pulsed radiofrequencies" throughout our website - but what do these words actually mean and how do they apply to you?

Let's start with the basics - In July 2020, The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) revised the definition of Pain as 'an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage'.

Often the cause of pain is obvious, a broken leg, or a bruise. But there are times when the source of pain is unseen and in many situations, it is very difficult to find the exact cause of a person’s pain. This can be a desperately overwhelming situation for a person to face every day. The Pain People are trained experts in identifying exactly what type of pain you are experiencing as there are 3 main genres:

Acute | this is short-term pain such as a sprained ankle.

Chronic | this is long-term pain such as back pain or arthritis.

Recurrent | this is pain that comes and goes such as toothache.

The Pain People practitioners are trained exclusively to address Chronic Nerve Pain - and specifically the conditions identified in our Treatment Pages, although some clients may straddle the pain spectrum and be categorised as suffering from occasional Acute Pain and/or Recurrent Pain.

Chronic nerve pain, also referred to as neuralgia or neuropathic pain, is a particular type of pain caused by damage or injury either to the nerves that send messages to your brain to signal pain, or to the brain itself. Nerve pain often feels like a shooting, stabbing or burning sensation. Sometimes it can feel as sharp and sudden as an electric shock. You may be very sensitive to touch or cold. You may also experience pain as a result of touch that would not normally be painful, such as something lightly brushing your skin. The sensation can often be worse at night and can be an unwelcome interference to your life, affecting sleep, relationships, work, exercise and more.

How can The Pain People Therapy help with this type of pain?

Pulsed Radio Frequency Treatment has been practised since the middle of the 1990s with proven success for pain relief. The pulsed radio therapy treatment (RT) works by adjusting the way in which the nerve tissue functions, thus reducing pain by changing the pain signal transmissions along the pain-sensing pathway.

Locating the nerve in question, and delivering the PRF, can occur via two methods; invasive - via an implement that is inserted into the body, and non-invasive - via a surface probe that delivers the pulse through the skin.

The Pain People practitioners only use a non-invasive method . The therapy is delivered via a pen-like stimulation probe which moves around the skin surface whilst the electrical pulse is delivered. Depending on your condition, the sensation of the electrical pulses can vary from 'no sensation' to a 'light pin-prick'. There are no needles. The stimulation probe remains on the surface of the skin at all times.