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Reduce Your Back Pain: Visit Our Pain Treatment Centers

If you have been struggling to overcome chronic pain issues, then we are happy to tell you that it doesn’t have to be this way. You do not have to sit on the sidelines of your life. You do not have to be trapped inside of a body that is failing you. There is a way out.

August 4, 2020|

Acute Headaches and How You Can Manage Them

Acute headaches are not life-threatening, but the pain and discomfort associated with it can be debilitating. This can adversely affect and disrupt your occupation, activities, and personal life. To that end, there are measures you can take to prevent an acute headache. If that does not work, there’s no need [...]

July 31, 2020|

Managing Pain in the Opioid Epidemic

Almost anytime you turn on the news or check social media, you’ll discover that drug addiction and overdose deaths continue to be a major problem in the United States. By the end of 2018, over 67,000 Americans lost their lives due to a drug overdose. The Centers for Disease Control [...]

June 18, 2020|

Historically, How Did People Address Severe Chronic Pain?

Imagine living in a time without doctor’s offices or emergency rooms.  What did people with chronic pain do? Did they grin and bear it? Did they suffer in silence? Did they experience pain differently than we do today?  We are fortunate to be living in this day and age.  Read [...]

June 11, 2020|

What is Chronic Pain: Causes and Treatments

Each time you experience pain, it is the result of communication between your brain, nerves, and spinal cord. Depending on the underlying cause, individuals can experience a variety of pain types, the most common being chronic and short-term pain.  Developing a deeper understanding of the difference between chronic and short-term [...]

June 11, 2020|

Delaying Healing Your Back Pain Will Just Lead to More Suffering

There are common things we do each and every day that should be pain-free. Picking up your child, grabbing a gallon of milk, bending over to put on your shoes – your daily life should not be hindered by back pain.  It is sometimes easier to put everyone else’s needs [...]

June 5, 2020|

Imagine Living Without Back Pain And Loving Every Minute Of It!

Is your back pain getting out of hand? Are you unable to do the things that you love? Do you sometimes wonder how it feels to have a good night’s sleep without having to wake up in immobilizing pain? Living with back pain can be a debilitating experience. It makes [...]

June 5, 2020|

Dramatically Reduce Your Back Pain for a Fuller Life

No matter how difficult it might be, try to be completely honest with yourself when you answer the following questions regarding your back pain:  Has back pain negatively impacted your life?  Are you unable to complete your favorite activities without being limited by back pain?  Do you find yourself having [...]

June 1, 2020|

Finding Relief With Back Pain Treatments

When it comes to pain, lower back pain ranks at the top of one of the most commonly reported conditions with about 10 percent of people worldwide suffering from it. Over 31 million people in the U.S. will experience lower back pain during their lifetime and Americans spend over $50 [...]

March 26, 2020|

Shingles Pain – Are You Getting the Best Treatment?

In years past, all children went through the ritual of contracting the childhood disease chickenpox. In more recent generations, better preventive treatments have been discovered. We can prevent chickenpox with the varicella vaccine, shingles with the Zostavax vaccine, and now we can reduce the risk of developing PHN with nerve [...]

October 22, 2019|

How To Lose Your Pain In The Neck in 30 Days

A generation ago, when our parents were our age, the only treatments available to treat their neck and upper back pain were either aspirin-like drugs or surgery. They were usually told by their doctors that they would “just have to live it.” While this may have been very difficult for [...]

October 22, 2019|

ASCO’s Pain Management Guideline for Cancer Survivors Recommends a Comprehensive Approach

Surabhi Dangi-Garimella, PhD There is no arguing that cancer survivors are growing in numbers thanks to better access to screening, development of targeted therapies, and increased awareness among providers as well as patients about precision medicine, among other reasons. Just last month, the National Cancer Institute predicted that there would be [...]

October 22, 2019|

“Smoke Alarm” One of 36 New Genes Found to Play Role in Pain Sensation, IU Study Says

The following comes from Indiana University and is based on research published in journal, Cell Reports, noting that genes identified as affecting nerve sensitivity in fruit flies could represent future drug targets in human pain management. […]

October 22, 2019|

Central Pain Syndrome: Symptoms and Treatment

Automobile accidents can happen in the blink of an eye. A stroke may last a few seconds or a few hours. But the pain as a result can last forever. Whether moderate or severe, immediate or months proceeding, victims of pain may suffer in silence and, often, alone. With neurological [...]

October 18, 2019|

You Don’t Have To Live With Sciatica Pain.

Get Relief for Sciatica Pain. Many hard-working Americans carry the sentiment, “Work through pain.” And though perseverance is admirable, enduring physical pain could lead to more serious conditions. Due to work, auto accidents, and even for the name of beauty, sufferers may unknowingly trigger or endure pain longer than they have [...]

October 18, 2019|

Headaches Pounding Your Life?

Sometimes a headache is not just a headache, but a real “pain in the neck!” In fact, misconceptions about the origin of head pain often lead to misdiagnosis and a prolongation of symptoms. Cervicogenic headache, for example, is a syndrome that originates from inflammation and/or head and neck injuries. Migraine [...]

October 18, 2019|

What are the signs of Peripheral Neuropathy?

Sometimes seeking relief from chronic pain can seem overwhelming! But if you also have a “sense” that something is not quite right-such as lack of coordination or regularly dropping things, know that it is not "all in your head."  Peripheral Neuropathy is common in an estimated 20 million Americans and is often [...]

October 18, 2019|

Cervical Spondylosis: Regain an Active Life

It's no secret that getting older is often associated with pain and reduced function. So if you're not quite ready to blow out your birthday candles at your next birthday, there is hope! Painful conditions such as neck pain and low back pain are no longer issues that "you have to learn [...]

October 18, 2019|
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