Many people suffer from chronic pain and it greatly affects their quality of life. As people live longer and longer, their bodies tend to take more wear and tear. One of the most common causes of pain amongst aging adults is neck and back pain. ...
Lower back pain is an extremely common complaint among American’s, especially in older patients. It can be difficult to diagnose because so many small injuries can cause lower back pain. Damage to a spinal disc or nerve could be the cause of your lower back...
Complex regional pain syndrome is a chronic pain condition that can affect any limb in the body after an injury. It is a persistent pain that patients have trouble managing with traditional pain medications. Intrathecal pumps are able to deliver medications to the source of...
Trigeminal neuralgia can make even the smallest facial movements painful. Smiling, talking, and sleeping can all cause chronic, unbearable pain in many patients with trigeminal neuralgia. This disorder affects the facial nerves that supply sensation to our face, neck, and scalps. Radiofrequency lesioning may be...
Sometimes sciatica symptoms can be confused with general lower back pain, but the cause is more complicated. Sciatica pain is caused by damage to the sciatic nerve from a slipped or torn spinal disc. It can cause pain while sitting, walking, and running, severely limiting...
Pain is all around us, the extensive 2018 Gallup poll measuring global emotion levels found. But it is not distributed evenly. The massive survey collected data from more than 151,000 interviews with adults in more than 140 countries. That’s 71.5 percent of all countries on...
Migraine headaches are a debilitating condition that is not life-threatening but can result in hours of extreme pain for sufferers. Migraines can last from four to 72 hours and are frequently accompanied by other distressing symptoms. These include heightened sensitivity to light, smells and touch,...
We believe that no one should live their life in pain. Illinois Pain Institute, Chicago's longest established multisite pain management practice with locations throughout the surrounding suburbs, offers innovative solutions for treating pain without the use of opioid medications. The goal is to trace pain...
1) What are facet joints?There can be more than one cause of spine pain, including muscles, ligaments, discs, nerve roots, and facet joints.The facet joint can be the reason for neck, shoulder, mid back, low back, and leg pain. It can also be a reason...
There are five basic types of diabetic neuropathy that all damage the nerves but in different parts of the body and hence different symptoms and results. However, all these are linked and it may be difficult to differentiate one type of neuropathy from another without...
