If you suffer from chronic pain, it can be disabling and disrupt your life. Although it is difficult to treat chronic pain, the pain can be managed through a variety of methods. However, during the course of your pain treatment, there may be some setbacks that you experience. Some things that people do can actually […]
What is the ulnar nerve? The ulnar nerve is a branch of the brachial plexus nerve system. With help from the median nerve, the ulnar nerve provides sensation to the flexor muscles of the hands and feet, allowing for bending. Ulnar nerve neuropathy due to ulnar nerve entrapment is often a painful disorder of the outer […]
Millions of Americans suffer from chronic pain conditions every year. The first medications that are most likely to be prescribed for chronic pain, except pain that is obviously due to nerve damage, fall under the category called analgesics. “Algia” is the Latin root word that means “pain,” so analgesics are anti-pain agents. Most pain medications […]
It’s a banner year for coffee lovers. New research suggests that morning cup of joe may actually decrease certain physical pain, says Norway’s National Institute of Occupational Health and Oslo University Hospital. The study, published in the journal BMC Research Notes, was intended to look at subjects who suffered from chronic pain conditions in areas […]
Kids already assume a heavy burden when they return to school in the fall, so don’t make it worse with a heavy backpack. The American Academy of Pediatrics offers these suggestions to help reduce your child’s chances of pain and injury: Make sure your child’s pack has a padded back and wide shoulder straps […]
So how much of a benefit might you get from exercising, eating right and avoiding vices like smoking? New research from Sweden suggests that healthy living into old age can boost life spans by several years. The study sought to determine how healthy living affects people aged 75 or older. The researchers, from the […]
Migraines are severe, painful headaches that are generally incapacitating. Unlike a tension headache, which does not usually stop you from your daily activities, a migraine can cause someone to seek medical treatment or even go to the ER. In general, there are two different kinds of treatment that can be used for migraine headaches. Abortive […]
An Electromyography (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Study (NCS) help in the diagnosis of conditions or diseases affecting the peripheral nerves, muscles, neuromuscular junction and motor neuron. General Indications for EMG & NCS are: Numbness, tingling, burning sensation or pain, limb pain (arm or leg), muscle weakness and/or atrophy and “worm-like” movements of the muscles Indications […]
Workers with disabilities in the United States are injured at more than twice the rate of workers who are not disabled, according to new research. Disabled workers are more likely to sustain both non-occupational and occupational injuries, the study found. Researchers analyzed data from the 2006-2010 U.S. National Health Interview Survey to compare medically […]
The superhuman ability to shrug off pain like an oversized jacket might seem like the domain of athletes—remember Keri Strug’s unbelievable one-legged vault in the ’96 Olympics?—but a new study in the journal Pain shows that anyone can boost their pain tolerance. 5 Best Workouts For Chronic Pain After analyzing 15 studies of athletes around the […]
