What Areas are Treated and Why?

• Peroneal Nerve
  • When patients are experiencing post-surgical pain in the lateral leg and dorsal surface of the foot, this nerve is treated.
• Saphenous Nerve
  • When patients are experiencing post-surgical pain in the medial leg and plantar aspect of the foot, this nerve is treated.
• Popliteal Fossa
  • When patients are experiencing painful diabetic neuropathy in the lower extremities, this location is treated.
• Occipital Nerve
  • When patients are experiencing post-traumatic occipital neuralgia (whiplash), migraines and TBI-related headaches, this nerve is treated.
• Femoral Nerve
  • When patients are experiencing post-amputation pain, stump pain, phantom limb pain and post-arthroplasty knee pain, this nerve is treated.
• Ilioinguinal Nerve
  • When patients are experiencing hernia pain or post-hernia repair pain, this nerve is treated.
• Suprascapular Nerve and/or Axillary Nerve
  • When patients are experiencing hemiplegic post-stroke pain and shoulder replacement pain post-surgery, this nerve is treated.
• Median Nerve
  • When patients are experiencing post-surgical carpal tunnel pain, this nerve is often treated.

What Does the Process Look Like?

• The process begins with a consultation with Dr. Ivo Bekavac. You will discuss where your pain is, how it started and so on. This will help determine which nerve you will be treated.
• Once the nerve is determined, treatment will begin. This involves placing the crosshairs of the figure-8 coil directly over the nerve. By using patient feedback after each delivered pulse, we will find the “sweet spot” for treatment.
• Treatments will decrease over the next three months.
  • The first three treatments will happen within 5 – 7 days of each other, ideally three days in a row.
  • After the first three treatments, there will be one treatment a week for the rest of month one.
  • During month two, the patient will receive one treatment every two weeks (two treatments that month).
  • During month three, the patient will receive only one treatment.