Pain can be due to many reasons – and when it is chronic pain, it is often due to underlying medical conditions. While it affects each person differently, pain can prevent you from living the life you want. Many Americans live with chronic pain. In fact, about one in five Americans suffers from it. Pain can be due to a number of factors such as nerve damage, arthritis, and injury. Only a medical professional can give you an accurate diagnosis of the specific cause of your chronic pain. The ... [Read More]
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Peripheral Nerve Pain
Whereas the central nervous system comprises the brain and the spinal cord, the peripheral nervous system includes the nerves throughout the rest of the body. Peripheral nerve pain is, therefore, a result of damage to the nerves in the hands, feet, and elsewhere. Peripheral neuropathy often causes weakness, numbness, and pain in the hands and feet, but it also can manifest in other areas of the body as well. The peripheral nervous system sends messages to the central nervous system, but ... [Read More]
Spinal Stenosis
For many, chronic pain in the neck or lower back can cause pain, tingling numbness and muscle weakness that can worsen over time. But there is one condition that can cause the same symptoms as time progresses, even when asymptomatic in the early stages. That said, you may have spinal stenosis without realizing it. Likewise, your spinal stenosis may be causing you a great deal of pain. While many suffer from spinal stenosis, they might have just attributed their pain to having a bad back or ... [Read More]
Probuphine Implant for Pain
The opioid-addiction epidemic is well understood now, and researchers have been working feverishly to find remedies for those who are addicted to opiates. Probuphine is an FDA-approved implant that continually releases the buprenorphine chemical in your body over the course of six months to thwart your opioid dependency. Probuphine is specifically indicated for people who have been proven to maintain clinical stability on low to moderate-level doses of buprenorphine. This medication is meant ... [Read More]
Fighting Sciatica
Patients with shooting pain that starts in the lower back and radiates down one leg may be suffering from a very common condition called sciatica. It occurs when the sciatic nerve that runs down the back of each leg is compressed or injured, causing pain along the nerve. Spinal stenosis (a narrowing of the spinal canal), a herniated disc, or bone spur on the spine can all press on the sciatic nerve and cause the pain of sciatica. Sciatica symptoms can range from annoying (a leg that feels like ... [Read More]
