The chest wall is the wall of the chest region enclosed by the ribs, skin, fat, muscles, and tissues. These provide a protective casing for the organs between the neck and the abdomen, including the heart, lungs, and many major arteries and blood vessels. Since there...
Phantom pain is a difficult condition that affects a part of the body that is no longer present. Phantom pain affects people who have lost limbs or digits to injuries, surgery, or other causes. Because the pain is targeting an area that is no longer...
Abdominal pain can arise for many different reasons. Understanding the cause of your abdominal pain is important if you want to manage it. This page explains some of the most common causes of abdominal pain and a number of different treatments that Illinois pain management...
Chronic pain is defined as any pain lasting longer than 3 months at a time. Chronic pain and inflammation can be extremely debilitating, especially when it affects the neck, back, knees, shoulders and other joints. Fortunately, pain medicine offers highly effective, non-surgical treatment for chronic pain...
Spinal stenosis is a condition that includes the narrowing of the spaces in the spine. It typically occurs as people age and is most often seen in the cervical and lumbar areas in the spine. While many people who experience spinal stenosis are asymptomatic and...
Back pain is one of the most common medical complaints in the United States. It is also a cause of missed work for many people. Chronic back pain can range from a dull, aching pain, to sharp, stabbing, and radiating pain. Back pain can leave...
Over 100 million people in the United States suffer from chronic pain. This chronic pain greatly affects people’s quality of life. Chronic pain can cause people to miss work, miss social gatherings, and become filled with hopelessness. Many people who suffer from chronic pain have...
Most people who have experienced chronic pain at some point in their lives have experienced the inability to get a correct diagnosis. Pain is a very difficult symptom to treat because there are many different causes for the same pain, it is not something that...
CLASSIFYING CHRONIC PAIN Chronic pain is a debilitating disorder that often occurs after major injuries and can be classified as pain that persists for 3 to 6 months, and in many cases, much longer. Experiencing pain is a universal symptom of small and large injury alike,...
One of the most common reasons adults in the United States seek medical care and continued treatment is because of pain or chronic pain. Chronic pain is a physically debilitating disease that causes major restrictions in mobility and daily activity. Everyone will experience pain at...
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