Is a Neurostimulator Device that is Implanted the Answer to Chronic Pain? Gulp!

Can this neurotransmitter implanted device provide safe pain relief?

I suffer from chronic pain, hence my life work looking for healthy remedies, relief and ultimately a cure. I just saw a post on a new device, the HF10 that promises to relieve pain. This device is surgically implanted in to the spinal cord and masking the pain without causing tingling or numbing normal physical sensations, according to their website https://www.hf10.com/ 

Personally, I have my doubts about anything that is implanted unless it is absolutely a life-saving device. But when you are desperate for pain relief, you want to keep searching for it. Ideally it would be amazing to find and heal the original cause of the pain. Many current pain management techniques just mask or numb some of the pain for a certain amount of time and with significant other side effects.

I went to HF10 device site and filled out their short survey to see if I qualified for their trial and apparently I did not. I have pain in various places but primarily in my shoulder and upper back. This device is specifically for back and leg pain so why I I did not qualify is unclear. In any case, you can check for yourself.

Results Indicating I Did Not Qualify

The cost?

The costs of any neurostimulator ranges from $15,000 to $50,000 but the cost for this device was not clearly stated. I recommend you read the I have pasteda link for below which asks some good and critical questions about this particular device. There is some information not disclosed and we should be very cautious about that considering it is invasive and expensive, like surgical complications.

You can check the article here: https://www.healthnewsreview.org/news-release-review/society-news-release-provides-one-sided-view-new-device-back-pain/

In the meantime, I will continue to practice my everyday self-care and share my work with others via my course.

Self-Care IS...WHAT?

What is Self-Care Exactly?

There is a lot out there about what Self-Care is. Yet no one seems to really know. Certain industries are taking advantage of this and using it to market certain products like the beauty industry, or medical devices services, even the anti self-care movement that believe you should stay within the confines of the status quo.

Self-care is exactly that, caring for your "self". Your body, your mind, and your spirit. They are all connected. You care for one it flows over to other parts of our--selves.

So why the confusion or debate about what self-care is?

We have been conditioned to believe that caring for yourself is inherently wrong, selfish, bad and worst of all, unimportant. This is incorrect. Every living creature must care for themselves, otherwise we are unable to effectively do anything worth doing in life including caring for others.

Don't fall for the I DON'T HAVE TIME myth.  You can make the time. Who's the boss of you? Something or someone else? Take your power back. Start small, but take it back and stop making excuses.

Don't fall for the I CAN'T AFFORD IT myth. Self-care is so wide-ranging the some of the most basic forms are free and fundamental. Conscious breathing, watching your posture, scheduling your time, hygiene, etc.

Don't fall for the I DON'T NEED IT myth. We all need it or we'd wither away. Once we find the value in ourselves, everything falls into place.

Don't fall for the IT'S FOR WOMEN ONLY (OR MEN ONLY) myth. Self-care is for everyone. We all need it to nourish ourselves in various ways. This ranges from what we eat, to how we sleep, or who we spend time with oh and so much more.

The best part about self-care is the use of our creativity to find ways of doing it. And yes, there are self-care routines that are luxurious. That's okay, in fact, that's fantastic. there are choices and that's why we are here to exercise our free will and make choices.

The myths go on, so let's dispel them and work on what is true...

So You Don't Think Self-Care is for You?? Think again...

I was shocked at the amount of work I had to do with my power self-care work. Not only practicing it but explaining to people what it is. 

Wow. Some people mistaken self-care is a fad or trendy act that is "for someone else". And my response is ,"Ah, no!" 

Self-care ranges from hygiene, (yes hygiene, I can't tell you how many people are not practicing basic proper hygiene) to managing your finances responsibly. It can be discovering how to deal with difficult people in your life, to decluttering your home, or examining why you are having that recurring nightmare. And sometimes it can even include a massage. 


Self-care most certainly is a way of purposely bringing health, balance and joy into your physical, emotional and spiritual life.

Self-care helps alleviate chronic physical, emotional and spiritual distress and pain. If you think you are exempt you will suffer needlessly. 

Don't wait for life force you to care for yourself by experiencing a crisis. Be and proactive, you'll thank yourself later.

Taking good care of you means the people in your life will receive the best of you rather than what is left of you. ~ Lorraine Cohen