Category Archives: Pain Management

When it comes to leg pain it can occur for many different reasons, ranging in severity. Understanding the cause of your leg pain can help you treat and prevent future leg pains. Here are six common causes of leg pain to recognize. 6 Types of Leg Pain Shin splints Shin splints are felt in the ...click here to read more

Ever felt a pain in your toe? Maybe this pain even prevented you from moving it? This cramping may have been temporary, but it was probably a nuisance. There are many different reasons for toe cramps, and uncovering the reason can help you prevent future toe cramping and reduce the pain and cramping. Here are ...click here to read more

Sciatica occurs when a person experiences feelings of numbness or tingling, which begins in the lower back region, through the buttocks, and runs down the leg—the sciatic nerve. Nerve pain resulting from sciatica is a symptom related to an underlying condition that affects the sciatic nerve. Conditions that can lead to sciatica are a lumbar ...click here to read more

An overwhelming 90 percent of people will complain that their head feels heavy at some point in their lives, and while heaviness in the head can be mild, it can be a cause for concern if it happens on a regular basis. Do you know anyone who has mentioned that their head feels heavy? Perhaps ...click here to read more

There are natural ways to manage arthritis pain and good reasons to avoid the drugs. Osteoarthritis is a type of degenerative arthritis meaning that through wear and tear, the cartilage in between the joints diminishes, causing greater friction between joints. Osteoarthritis is irreversible, so proper management of symptoms can help you live a normal life. ...click here to read more

Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is a condition that encompasses the overuse of the forearm, arm, and hand muscles, which creates elbow pain. Although it is commonly referred to as tennis elbow, it is not only experienced by tennis players; the term only came about because the condition was quite common among tennis players. The ...click here to read more

Hip pain at night can make it hard to fall asleep, or it can wake you up during sleep. It is true that a lot of people don’t move much when they sleep, so their joints can swell and get stiff, but there could be other reasons for your hip pain at night. There are ...click here to read more

We should all have a healthy diet, but a polymyalgia rheumatica diet is something that those who suffer from PMR should consider, along with polymyalgia rheumatica exercise. Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory disorder that leads to pain in the shoulders and upper body. Inflammation draws extra blood and white blood cells to the part ...click here to read more

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a fairly rare condition, said to occur in 1 in every 10,000 people. It is nearly three times more common in women than men and generally occurs only in adults over 40. GCA is a disease of the blood vessels, which can cause the swelling and thickening of the temporal ...click here to read more

Migraine headaches are prevalent in 12 percent of the population in the United States and are the most common type of chronic headache worldwide. A recent field of study surrounding migraines has attempted to explore the possible connection between migraines and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular conditions, under the belief that migraines may result in an increased ...click here to read more

Pain, particularly chronic pain, has been a hot topic of discussion lately. While chronic pain often leaves patients with few answers and even fewer treatment options, researchers continue to work adamantly in the hope of discovering new mechanisms that can explain this medical phenomenon. One strain of chronic pain researchers are especially interested in is ...click here to read more

Have you ever flexed your foot the wrong way and experienced the excruciating pain of your calf cramping? Or how about having to stop an exercise because of a muscle cramp? Muscle cramps are painful and they can occur at the most random times, robbing you of your ability to do anything. But why does ...click here to read more

Patients suffering from chronic pain often have to explore many avenues to discover the best pain management therapies for themselves. A new study has shown that tai chi may be a viable option in this capacity and, in fact, may be even more beneficial than aerobic exercises. The researchers cite their desire to give chronic ...click here to read more

Pronator teres syndrome, or PTS, is a condition that impacts a specific muscle in the forearm that can lead to pain in the hand. Some sufferers find that it causes weakness, limiting the use of the hand. Pronator teres syndrome occurs when the median nerve, which passes between two parts of the pronator teres muscle ...click here to read more