What To Do When Stretching, Massage and Acupuncture Don’t Relieve Your Back Pain
Back pain can be debilitating, and chronic severe back pain can keep you from living your life to its fullest. If traditional treatments are not doing the trick, it may be time to consider turning to the experts in back pain at MidSouth Pain, whose treatment options may make all [...]
When Is Surgery Needed for a Lumbar Herniated Disc
A herniated lumbar disc is a painful condition that millions of Americans suffer from every single year. So how does it happen? And, more importantly, how can you treat it? The truth is, while a herniated lumbar disc can be a tough problem to overcome, surgery should only be your [...]
MSP x Phreesia: MOBILE CHECK-IN
MOBILE CHECK-IN COMING SOON! Midsouth Pain Treatment Center and Midsouth Interventional Pain Institute are partnering with Phreesia to help save you time when you register for your next appointment. You will be able to check-in from any smartphone, tablet, or computer and from the privacy of your own home. Registering [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Trigeminal Neuralgia (TGN) is a nervous system condition characterized by sharp, shooting, electrical facial pain into one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve, a major cranial nerve that provides sensation to one side of the face. This condition can affect the forehead and scalp, eyes, nose, upper and lower [...]
A Pacemaker for Back Pain?
Have you ever wondered why we instinctively rub our elbow after bumping it on a table? Yes, it makes it feel better, but why? There is some science behind this reaction. Simply put, our nervous system sends all sensory signals to our brain. The brain then tells us how to [...]
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 [...]
Managing Chronic Pain in the Elderly
As the population ages, the occurrence of chronic pain in the U.S. will increase. Doctors will be faced with a difficult challenge in treating pain in patients over the age of 65. Not only is the duration of pain longer, but the issues related to its diagnosis and treatment will [...]
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 [...]
“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. […]
Opioids Have Their Place, Under Supervision
A recent article in the Sun Sentinel by Mike Clary illustrates the lengths that people in pain will go to obtain relief. […]
Sacroiliitis Diagnosis and Treatment
Need to lay your back pain to rest but can't get sleep? Though rest can serve as a natural remedy for low back pain, sufferers with chronic back pain-such as sacroiliitis- are often sleep deprived due to extreme sleep discomfort. Some patients develop sleep apnea because symptoms are aggravated even [...]
Flip or Flop: Is your favorite summer footwear hurting your back?
The sun is shining, birds are chirping, shorts and t-shirt weather is here at last. Now it’s time to pull out your favorite warm weather footwear, the ever popular flip flop, and head outside. Not so fast! It’s easy to understand the appeal of flip-flops when the weather turns warm. [...]
Ouch, My Back! Is Your Favorite Fashion Accessory Your Back’s Worst Enemy?
Close your eyes. Pretend you’re watching your favorite TV show and a commercial comes on: A fashionably dressed woman runs down her stairs, about to head out the door for work. She grabs a huge handbag (the size of some people’s luggage) and stuffs her phone, iPad, iPod, lunch, bottled [...]
MidSouth Pain Treatment Center Recognizes Pain Awareness Month
September is a month that we all feel pain in one way or another. Summer is drawing to an end, the kids just “broke the bank” with their back-to-school needs and wants, and you just had to endure Uncle Jimmy tell the same jokes as last year’s Labor Day gathering. [...]
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Part 1): The Full Spectrum of Pain Management
Pain management. Two simple words... yet so much meaning behind them. What really is pain management? What is the true difference between chronic pain and acute pain and how they are managed? Will chronic pain every go away? Will I ever have my life back the way I used to [...]
Arthritis, Spondylosis, and Jingle Bells
Jingle, jingle, jingle… what is that sound? It is the jingle bells on the shoe laces of all the MidSouth Pain Treatment Center employees running through the streets of Memphis and Jackson, Tennessee. Did that first sentence leave you scratching your head? Hmmm, what is this blog talking about? We’re [...]
MidSouth Pain Treatment Center Brought the Heat
Did anyone smell something burning in Jackson, Tennessee this past Saturday morning? Well it’s because MidSouth Pain Treatment Center’s very own CEO and Medical Director, Dr. Michael Steuer, left fire tracks as he flew through the streets of Jackson at the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell Run! Placing 1st in his [...]
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Part 2): Pain Relief Dreams Can Come True
Pain Management is a medical specialty more commonly known today, than say 15 years ago when people suffering from chronic pain had very few options and solutions. Now, there is tremendous hope for chronic pain sufferers. There is a treatment plan that is right for each and every chronic pain [...]
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Part 3): What’s New on the Horizon of Pain Management
Pain management, a specialty virtually unknown only a few decades ago, is now one of the most in-demand specialties in today’s world of medicine. With areas of healthcare improving success rates every day, patients are overcoming life threatening conditions, but are often left to cope with debilitating chronic pain. In [...]
PAIN STOPS NOW!
Don’t you love January? It’s a new year filled with resolutions; we all have a fresh start and new hope. For many, it is better health; the quest to restore the physique, energy, and wellness of years past. Think of how packed your local gym parking lot is in January. [...]
A PATIENT’S JOURNEY: LOW BACK PAIN AND WHAT CAN BE DONE
Low back pain is on the rise. A recent study concluded that 8 out of 10 Americans will suffer from back pain in their lifetime. It also found that 33.7% of people over 65 suffer from chronic lower back pain, a number up from 29.5% in 1997. 4 out of [...]
MidSouth Pain Treatment Center Gives Back
This upcoming Thursday is a very special day for MidSouth Pain Treatment Center. Why do you ask? It’s National Companies that Care Day! Yes, March 16th is an opportunity for us to voice our appreciation for our employees, patients, and communities that make MidSouth Pain Treatment Center shine. Through the [...]
Spring Cleaning… Say Goodbye to Chronic Pain
Spring is here. Every weekend we see yard sale signs, people sprucing up their yards, and putting a fresh coat of paint on the front porch; all perfect symbols of spring cleaning and the “get the house ready for summer” mentality. If we’re so quick to clean up our houses [...]
MidSouth Pain Treatment Center Celebrates Oxford, MS
Over this past weekend, the city of Oxford, Mississippi, was hit by double decker-sized events, with the Spring Run and 22nd Annual Double Decker Festival. MidSouth Pain Treatment Center was active in both events in an effort to show our support and gratitude to this wonderful city that we are [...]
Medication for Chronic Pain: What You Need to Know
Chronic pain is a serious medical condition attracting equally serious attention in recent times for the overwhelming opioid epidemic sweeping the country. Since the 1990’s, many physicians considered opioids the first line of defense for people struggling with chronic pain conditions. This unfortunate prescribing practice was put into motion by [...]
