According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 50 million American adults suffer from chronic pain. Pain is considered chronic if it has lasted for several months, and it can be continuous or intermittent. The pain can range from slightly uncomfortable to severely debilitating. Fortunately, individuals with chronic pain can find relief with help from a medical pain specialist. These professionals use proven interventions to relieve pain and drastically improve your ... [Read More]
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How Your Pain Management Doctor Can Help You Still Enjoy Winter Activities
Dealing with pain during the holiday season can prevent you from enjoying it. The arrival of winter means parties, family get-togethers, and winter activities, such as ice-skating, sledding, and skiing. To truly enjoy the winter season, you need to get your pain under control. If you’ve got arthritis, the colder weather can make your pain worse. If you’ve got chronic pain in your neck, back, knee, or hand, you may not be able to participate in winter sports. Make an appointment with a pain ... [Read More]
How Your Back Can Cause Foot Pain: Neuropathic Pain Explained
Neuropathic pain is pain that originates in the nerves, which continue to send pain signals to the brain even though the original injury or disease has completely healed. Your spine houses the spinal cord, which communicates all sensory signals from throughout the body to the brain – and if there is an issue with a nerve in the spinal cord that relays neurological messages from the foot, you may be enduring the sensation of continuous foot pain. Neuropathic pain may be caused by issues such ... [Read More]
How Chronic Pain Management Will Improve Your Overall Health
The experience of being in pain can affect you mentally, emotionally, and socially. Migraines and headaches, low back pain, arthritis pain, and cancer pain all result in lower quality of life, which is why chronic pain management is important. First, the underlying cause of the pain should be treated, if possible. The type of pain should be accurately diagnosed since treatment also varies depending on the type of chronic pain involved. If the cause of the pain cannot be treated, for example, if ... [Read More]
Who Should Get a Spinal Cord Stimulator?
Chronic pain significantly affects not only your physical health, but also your mental and emotional well-being. Doctors often recommend lifestyle changes, medications, and physical therapy to address the pain. But what should you do if these methods are not effective, or if they are not as effective as before? Fortunately, you and your pain management specialist can explore other treatment options, one of which is the spinal cord stimulator. This is a tiny device that is implanted under your ... [Read More]
