A system to provide relief of pain, the system comprising: a coiled wire percutaneous lead configured for insertion into a portion of a body that is proximal to a region of pain; at least one stimulating electrode formed integrally on the coiled wire percutaneous lead, wherein the at least one stimulating electrode is configured to be positioned inside the body and at a therapeutically effective distance from a portion of at least one peripheral nerve that innervates the region of pain; an electrical stimulation device operatively coupled to the coiled wire percutaneous lead configured to apply electrical stimulation through the at least one stimulating electrode to at least one peripheral nerve that innervates the region of pain activating target peripheral nerve fibers while preventing activation of non-target peripheral nerve fibers and avoiding changing or blocking neural activity in off-target peripheral nerve fibers in the at least one peripheral nerve creating comfortable sensations in the region of pain due to the at least one stimulating electrode configured to be placed at the therapeutically effective distance and modulating central nervous system plasticity associated with the pain; and characterized by an electrical recording device operatively coupled to the coiled wire percutaneous lead and configured to record nerve and/or muscle activity in response to the electrical stimulation through the at least one stimulating electrode from at least the peripheral nerve, wherein the electrical recording device comprises at least one recording electrode configured to be placed within an electrical distance of a nerve to record neural activity, wherein the neural activity is a compound action potential. a coiled wire percutaneous lead configured for insertion into a portion of a body that is proximal to a region of pain; at least one stimulating electrode formed integrally on the coiled wire percutaneous lead, wherein the at least one stimulating electrode is configured to be positioned inside the body and at a therapeutically effective distance from a portion of at least one peripheral nerve that innervates the region of pain; an electrical stimulation device operatively coupled to the coiled wire percutaneous lead configured to apply electrical stimulation through the at least one stimulating electrode to at least one peripheral nerve that innervates the region of pain activating target peripheral nerve fibers while preventing activation of non-target peripheral nerve fibers and avoiding changing or blocking neural activity in off-target peripheral nerve fibers in the at least one peripheral nerve creating comfortable sensations in the region of pain due to the at least one stimulating electrode configured to be placed at the therapeutically effective distance and modulating central nervous system plasticity associated with the pain; and characterized by an electrical recording device operatively coupled to the coiled wire percutaneous lead and configured to record nerve and/or muscle activity in response to the electrical stimulation through the at least one stimulating electrode from at least the peripheral nerve, wherein the electrical recording device comprises at least one recording electrode configured to be placed within an electrical distance of a nerve to record neural activity, wherein the neural activity is a compound action potential.