Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is a type of nerve damage that affects about half of patients with diabetes. Symptoms can be incredibly painful, and most often manifest in the legs and feet....
Neuropathic pain—a state of complex, chronic pain caused by damage or disease affecting the somatosensory nervous system—may not be fully manageable with opioid therapy alone. A study conducted by researchers from the University of Alberta and published in Pain Medicine found that while opioids do...
Doctors already know that women are three times more susceptible to migraines than men, and a new study is seeking to shine a light on one particular aspect of women's migraine affinity—increased migraine frequency and pain for women going through menopause. Vincent Martin, MD, who...
Spinal Stenosis is a condition in which the spinal column narrows causing pressure on the spinal cord, or the spinal nerves leaving the spinal column are pinched by narrow openings. This can affect the back, legs, arms, neck or buttocks. Causes of spinal stenosis may...
Meralgia paresthetica (MP) sounds like a mouthful, but is actually a common condition seen by Illinois Pain Institute physicians. MP is a condition that causes thigh pain as a result of nerve impingement. The impinged nerve is the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN), which is...
Ankylosing spondylitis, also known as Bechterew’s Disease, is a form of arthritis affecting the bones and joints at the base of the spine where it connects to the pelvis. This form of spinal arthritis, will cause the joints to become swollen and inflamed throughout the...
Pain in the PresidencyEveryone has an opinion on what defines John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK). Only serving 1,000 days in office, he is defined as a civil rights pioneer, the man who believed that we could land on the moon, and the President who would lead...
For many, shoulder pain is a no laughing matter. To better understand shoulder problems and shoulder pain, it helps to begin with an explanation of the shoulder’s structure and how it works....
Here Are Some Helpful Tips to Prevent HeadachesDid you know that the head is one of the most common pain centers in the human body and that one of the most common pain conditions in the world occurs here as well? That would be a...
We treat many different cases of pain at Illinois Pain Institute and specialize in the right course of treatment for our patients. One of the most common conditions that we see at IPI are people suffering from sciatica. Sciatica pain is described as constant pain...
