Anyone who is suffering from severe or chronic back pain has experienced how limiting it can be. Back conditions can affect your entire life, making even the most basic activities challenging. Did you know major relief can come from a simple shot? Here are various...
SCS or Spinal Cord Stimulation is a minimally invasive treatment option for chronic back pain patients who want to avoid surgery. SCS helps you avoid the tissue trauma and scarring that comes with open spine surgery. You can even test the spinal cord stimulation...
Carpal tunnel syndrome or CTS is a condition that results from a compressed median nerve in the wrist. The symptoms include pain, numbness or tingling in your hand and fingers. The pain usually worsens at night. Myth 1 – Work-related Stress can cause CTS Although repetitive...
Lower back pain is one of the most common, chronic pain complaints. The lower back is more prone to pain than the upper back because it carries the entire weight of the upper back. Causes of Lower Back Pain Wear and Tear Spongy pieces of cartilage...
Pain medicine offers many treatment options, including medication, therapeutic injections, physical therapy and interventional pain treatments. Multidisciplinary pain management relies on a combination of two or more treatments to maximize pain control. Such treatment may include – Activity Modification – Restriction of activities that aggravate...
Neck pain that persists more than three months is considered chronic neck pain. Chronic neck pain can be the result of problems in the cervical spine discs or facet joints. Chronic neck pain can be caused due to – Cervical herniated disc An intervertebral disc in the...
Neck Pain Neck pain can be the result of degenerative disease (such as arthritis), herniated discs, pinched nerves, injury or trauma or poor posture or abnormalities in the joints or bone. Shoulder Pain The shoulder is a joint with a wide range of motion. That makes it...
The iliotibial band is a muscle that runs from the hip to the knee, along the outer thigh. Iliotibial band syndrome (ITBS) occurs when the iliotibial band suffers from inflammation due to overuse or poor training habits, causing pain. ITBS Causes The syndrome is caused by...
100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain and about a third of them suffer from chronic back pain. If you are struggling with back pain, here are 4 signs it can be facet syndrome. Read on to find out more. Facet Syndrome Facet joints are small...
If you suffer from chronic pain, and you’ve looked for answers online, you might have heard of nerve blocks as effective pain relief treatments. A nerve block is a pain management technique, one of many minimally invasive interventional pain management procedures. Nerve blocks can be...