Pain Management and Chronic Pain - Causes
Many patients report pain several months or more after having surgery and scientists are developing clues as to why. Several studies have focused on understanding the interlinking roles of genetics, anxiety and pain.
As if anger and sadness weren't tough enough, new studies indicate they may be even tougher on women with chronic pain, particularly fibromyalgia.
Normally, when someone gets injured, time heals the wounds and pain goes away. But patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), also known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSD), don't heal that way. Instead, their pain gets worse instead of better and may even spread beyond the injured area.
New research has now determined that men and women misuse pain medication differently.
When your heels hurt, your arches ache or your toes are tender, it s hard to put your best foot forward. Fixing foot pain starts with determining what s causing it.
It can be hard to determine if your child is attempting to delay lights out during bed time or if she is in serious pain. Read on to see when you should worry about your child's aches and pain.
Backache isn t a one-size-fits-all complaint. Its location, severity, how fast it comes on and how long it hangs around says a lot about its cause, its cure and your health. Read on for four types of backaches and what you should do about them.
Fibromyalgia affects about one out of 50 people, with women much more susceptible than men. The main symptom of fibromyalgia is a widespread dull ache affecting multiple spots on the body, typically muscular in nature. Here, learn more about this condition.
Millions of Americans live with constant pain. But what if pain suddenly gets worse, your pain medication wears off too soon or you do something that aggravates your pain condition? That s called breakthrough pain.
While most people of a certain age are healthy and living full, productive lives, growing older often comes with a few aches and pains. Not surprisingly, many older adults go through the same changes.
What can you do to relieve your headache besides hit the medicine bottle? We ve got four natural headache remedies that will knock out your headaches right now and help prevent them in the future.
It is not uncommon for people to end up with pain in their gluteal region, or buttocks.
Certain foods pull the trigger that leads to crippling headaches.
I have treated many patients with migraine headaches who suffered for years because a proper diagnosis was never made. Migraine headaches are difficult to establish a cause for because there are many possible causes.
Changing your lifestyle habits could make a difference in whether or not you experience sciatica.
Avoiding exposure to smoke can prevent the onset of a migraine.
People who suffer from chronic pain are three times more likely to develop mood or anxiety disorders, and depressed people are three times more likely to develop chronic pain.
Since fatigue is one of the main painful characteristics of fibromyalgia, getting sufficient quality sleep is essential.
If you are struggling with tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, there are a range of treatments to consider.
Experiencing functional pain? If so, look to the muscle for establishing the cause.
Dietary modification, environmental modifications, and allergy medications can all help in preventing the onset of allergy-related migraines.
When some one has pain on one side of the lower back, it's not uncommon to find either gluteus medius is weak causing the lower back muscle to strain.
Suffering from a rare pain disorder not only affects your physical health, but also your mental health.
Physical therapist Mitchell Yass examines the true causes of knee pain.
It seems that trigger finger is not the most common of injuries that people experience, but when it occurs, it is a real nuisance. It affects your ability to grab objects and can be very painful.
While there are many back surgery success stories, surgeons advise that the decision for surgery should not be rushed.
Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most misdiagnosed syndromes.
Perfumes, weather, and even your up-do can cause that dreaded headache.
Many of the foods that you eat may be making your pain worse. Knowing what foods to avoid and what other dietary changes you can make to eliminate your pain could be the key to changing the quality of your life.
Understanding how muscle works can help to understand how muscle can affect pain.