Patent ID: 8323277

Claim:
A method of managing SI joint pain in a sacrum of a patient, said method comprising the steps of: providing a stimulation lead having (i) a body with a curve extending along a length thereof, and said stimulation lead having a distal end with a bend incorporated thereon to assist in steering said stimulation lead and (ii) a plurality of electrodes positioned on said stimulation lead, said electrodes communicating with a source of electrical energy; inserting the stimulation lead into a patient in a position to lie captured under an ilium of the patient and in contact with a sacrum of the patient, on or directly medial to a dorsal SI joint of the patient; and activating said plurality of electrodes to denervate tissue surrounding the stimulation lead, including lateral branches of nerves within a defined enclosed space between the ilium and sacrum and spaced from an origin of the lateral branches.