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South Florida Scrambler Therapy is a non-invasive, non-narcotic pain clinic. We treat chronic and neuropathic pain and various chronic disease conditions. Our 6000-square-foot pain management clinic centrally located 15 minutes from the Ft. Lauderdale Airport offers a new state-of-the-art medical treatment called Scrambler Therapy for chronic and neuropathic pain and for patients experiencing pain from cancer and chemotherapy. We also offer several other types of therapies for acute pain and pain from chronic disease conditions see our site.

Pain becomes chronic when it persists beyond the expected period of body tissue injury and healing. Generally, in order to qualify for a diagnosis for chronic pain the range is pain lasting 3 to 6 months after the injury has healed or as part of an ongoing condition. It can also occur without any previous injury, illness or known cause. The pain is severe and persistent and sets the stage for the greatest changes in our lives. Chronic Pain Is A Real Disease www.uspainfoundation.org

It is a type of chronic pain that occurs when there is actual nerve damage. Nerves connect the spinal cord to the rest of the body and allow the brain to communicate with the skin, muscles, and internal organs? www.medtronicneuro.com. Neuropathic pain can be continuous or episodic with pain that is like short and sharp stabbings or electric shocks. Common qualities include burning or coldness, pins and needles sensations, numbness and itching. It can also be associated with abnormal sensations called dysesthesia or pain from normally non-painful stimuli (allodynia). 

Scrambler Therapy is a pain management approach where a certified M.D. uses a standalone MC-5A FDA 510 (K) cleared medical device to block the transmission of pain signals by providing non-pain information to nerve fibers that have been receiving pain messages. The medical device looks in appearance like an electrocardiogram medical device. It is an electrocutaneous process where leads are placed by the physician on the skin to comfortably stimulate (like a vibration) surface receptors on normal tissue near the site of pain but never on the site of pain. The signal from the medical device replaces the message of ?pain? with a synthetic one of non-pain  via nerves that have been transmitting chronic pain information. A process termed plasticity enables the brain to be retrained over a ten treatment period so that it no longer ascribes pain to the chronic area.

This is a very good and important question. The first diagnostic screening which is complimentary at PCCofID is to determine if you are a candidate for Scrambler Therapy. In order to qualify for Scrambler Therapy, the certified physician must bring the pain level to near zero by the end of the treatment. After this screening the benefit will be short-lived, lasting for minutes to hours because it takes repetitive treatments to retrain the brain. The treatment process is standardly up to 10 treatments although stopped earlier if the pain entirely leaves and does not return for 48 hours. After each treatment the patient is asked to keep a record for the next 8 hours to record when the pain and intensity returns. After each successive treatment as the brain is being retrained the length of time before the pain returns should get longer until zero pain is achieved for the 48 hour period. The pain relief can last between 3-6 months or longer depending on the injury or condition. If the pain returns it can usually be treated again with a few booster treatments.

Scrambler Therapy is a revolutionary, state-of-the-art medical pain therapy administered by a trained and certified Doctor and/or Nurse Practitioner in Scrambler Therapy. It treats multiple types of chronic pain syndromes, including neuropathic pain, RSD/CRPS, cancer pain caused by chemotherapy, neuralgias, post-surgical pain, phantom limb, post-traumatic/surgical, failed back pain, and other conditions listed on our site.

The treatment usually lasts 45 minutes. The average is 10 consecutive treatments over a period of two weeks. Booster treatments may be required depending upon injury or underlying condition. Our clinic will follow the patient's recovery and recommend that after a three-month period to come in for a booster or shorter series only if the pain should start to return. It is important for the patient to return to our clinic should any pain return so a booster/series can have the greatest effect and the patient have longer periods of relief.

The chances of success are very high. The success rate is approximately 90 percent. The physician can make a more detailed forecast after consultation. The length of time for pain remission can be 3 months to a year before a patient may need a booster treatment.

The usage of anticonvulsants e.g. Gabapentin, Lyrica, Neurontin, Lamictal and Toradol in pill, inhaler and cream form generally calls for a greater number of treatments while the patient is being weaned. The potential of a weaning process should be evaluated by a certified M.D. in conjunction with the primary physician since the patient may be taking the anticonvulsants for a different medical condition. A patient should not try to wean themselves without being monitored by a physician or health professional. For the maximum efficacy of our treatments it is best to be either off the anticonvulsants completely for a minimum of one week or at the lowest possible dose. Patients must also refrain from taking muscle relaxants but only during the therapy series of treatments unless required by primary or referring physician. Opiate usage is discouraged but can be taken during the therapy process but only at a very low dose and any weaning from opiates must be supervised by the primary physician. Ketamine, including cream form is incompatible with Scrambler Therapy and the patient must be Ketamine free for at least 6 months. The normal analgesic effect of Scrambler Therapy after the patient stops taking Ketamine is unknown. Any over the counter analgesics and herbs should also be discussed with the doctor and technician if taken during the process. This will assist the doctors in understanding the true analgesic effect of the Scrambler Therapy treatments.

YES. We provide special information for spouse, caregiver or support person that can be very helpful for you and them during one of the most difficult times in your lives. We will be glad to discuss the information and assist you in any way possible. Our staff is compassionate and understands the experience of pain as a real disease.