Fibromyalgia is a syndrome, related to arthritis that causes widespread pain and tenderness in the body. Here are some facts about fibromyalgia. Secondary Condition Fibromyalgia is from the group of conditions that fall under arthritis. But, unlike osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia doesn’t cause any inflammation or damage to your...
The Health and Human Services (HHS) Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force) concluded their yearlong session with a final meeting last Friday prior to submitting their final report to Congress. John V. Prunskis, MD, Medical Director of Illinois Pain Institute and Presidential Appointee/...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in April launched a major study to monitor and support a multi-discipline approach to combating the opioid addiction epidemic. A part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the agency said that more than $350 million...
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...
If you are suffering from pain and inflammation caused due to a disc issues, sciatica, or spinal stenosis, your doctor can recommend either a selective nerve root block or epidural steroid injection to relieve your pain.
With a recent Boston PainCare study out that illustrates the effects of high frequency (10 kHz) nerve stimulation related to lower back pain, we are (again) made aware of the growing uses for this option for long-term pain management....
Rest in Peace Senator John McCain. It was a pleasure to have shared ideas with you - most of which we agreed on. You were a true patriot and had an unbelievable life. Thank you for your service....
dentified as a physician leader practicing in the pain management field, I welcomed the introduction of HR 5804, the Post-Surgical Injections as an Opioid Alternative Act, by Rep. John Shimkus, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Rep. Peter Roskam. I am even more pleased that this bill...
From Day 1 our whole philosophy of care was to diagnose the source of a patient's pain and fix it, not mask it with painkillers," [Prunskis] said. "Now the popular view, of course, is what we've been saying all along."
Heal Elgin Clinic provided entirely free health care services to the Elgin community as a part of Love Elgin day last weekend. The one-day clinic provided over 300 free treatments and consultations to Elgin-area residents including 66 dental exams, 100+ radiographs, 19 dental extractions, 26...
