Nov 19, 2018 | Pain Management, Physical Therapy, Regenerative Medicine
For millions of Americans, pain is an everyday occurrence. In fact, it’s estimated that almost one-third of the American population (over 100 million people) suffer from chronic pain. Whether its the sting chronic lower back pain, or the unrelenting pain or...
Nov 15, 2018 | Pain Management, Physical Therapy
Back pain is common and crippling. 80% of Americans will have acute back pain at some point in their life. However, for 10% of the population, back pain becomes chronic and relentless. Day in day out they suffer silently with back pain. For some of these individuals,...
Oct 8, 2018 | Pain Management, Physical Therapy, Regenerative Medicine
Spinal Cord Stimulation is a treatment used for chronic pain relief. It has been used for four decades to treat pain that is unresponsive to conventional pain management treatments. Comedian, Jerry Lewis, had chronic back pain due to frequent falls. He had nerve...
Oct 1, 2018 | Pain Management, Physical Therapy
Fibromyalgia is a nerve condition that causes widespread pain throughout the body. It is not diagnosed through diagnostic testing. The identification is made by located tender points at various locations of the body and testing to rule out other illnesses. There are 3...
Sep 28, 2018 | Back Pain, Pain Management, Physical Therapy
Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS) is chronic soft tissue or muscle pain. It is felt deep within the muscle fibers and fascia and has trigger points in the muscles that are very painful when touched. Often pain can be felt at another location apart from the original site....
Sep 25, 2018 | Back Pain, Joint Injections, Pain Management, Physical Therapy
Radiculopathy is when one or more nerves do not work properly as a result of certain medical conditions where the nerve becomes pinched. Injury results at the root of the nerve (where it exits from the spinal cord). The pain often radiates to a part of the body...
