Osteoarthritis is a condition that produces both pain and stiffness in joints. It is a degenerative disease, and anyone can be affected by it but people who are applying extra pressure to their joints over a prolonged period are more likely to become affected by...
A spinal cord implant is only considered when other treatments have failed to reduce the pain experienced or to heal the problem. But, it is a wonderful medical resource that can be used to combat chronic pain. It addresses many of the worst kinds of...
Tennis elbow is a term that confuses many. You don’t need to be actively involved in sports to experience the pain in this area. Repetitive action is the cause. While many tennis players will suffer from the condition, so can anyone and it’s certainly painful...
You may have experienced it yourself. It is a sudden numbing, stabbing pain experienced in the forehead after consuming something very cold. This is known as brain freeze although the correct medical term is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. Brain freeze may be a more popular name, but...
Only a few years ago, any talk of stem cell therapy for arthritis of the knees or, any other part of the body would have belonged to the realms of science fiction. Today, we know the many benefits of having this type of treatment and,...
Once pain is labeled as chronic, then, it will have been present for three months or more. Stress and chronic pain are often inter-linked, and stress manifests through the frustrations experienced due to pain infiltrating every aspect of life. The movement may be restricted and...
Many people suffer from constant stomach pain but, there are many reasons as to why it may occur. Although for many, there will be nothing serious, it is always best to seek medical advice when pain is ongoing. There are organs and a complete digestive...
Anyone who is suffering from chronic pain caused by sphenopalatine ganglion neuralgia will understand completely how debilitating this condition is. Often, it comes in the form of cluster headaches which seem to follow two distinct patterns - chronic and episodic. Chronic cluster headaches are worse...
Type-two diabetes is a disease that is on the rampage in the western world. Some Asian countries are also seeing a huge increase in recently diagnosed type-two diabetes patients, and this is thought to be because of a change in diet potentially linked to fast...
A functional somatic syndrome is a term that covers symptoms which are just not easily explained in medical terms but, it could even relate to many conditions. A good example of this would be muscle and joint pain. There may have been trauma and so,...
