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Chronic pain is an exhausting condition to deal with and may interfere with your everyday life. However, some people never consider visiting a pain doctor despite the pain lasting for months or years. A pain management doctor offers a variety of methods to treat your condition or manage your pain symptoms. Here is when you should
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Weight Training and Knee Injuries
Getting into a weight training program is great for your heart and other muscles, but it puts you at risk of injuries – particularly knee injuries. When you lift weights, you are placing a lot of extra pressure on your knees, because they must not only support your body’s weight but also the weights you’re
Read MoreCurrent Trends in Pain Management
Anyone with chronic pain knows all too well that it can be difficult to find long-term relief from symptoms. Patients who have chronic pain are at high risk of developing a dependence on prescription pain medication, which they rely on for relief. While pain medication helps relieve pain, it does not get to the heart
Read MoreHow do you manage severe pain?
It’s fair to say no one wants to live with severe pain. Anyone who has lived with pain can attest to how limiting it is and the negative effect it has on the activities you participate in and your outlook on life. Millions of people seek medical attention every year for some type of pain
Read MoreRadiofrequency Ablation
For someone living with chronic back, neck or degenerative joint pain, finding any sort of relief can be a full-time job. If it seems like you have exhausted your pain management options, you may want to consider radio frequency ablation, a chronic pain management tool that is changing people’s lives. What is Radiofrequency Ablation? Radio
Read MoreNerve Block Frequency
Many people who suffer from severe and chronic pain can benefit from nerve blocks administered by an orthopedist. A nerve block is an injection of an anesthetic and steroid into the area surrounding the affected nerve. This method effectively places medication directly around the nerve to minimize your pain. A great number of patients with
Read MoreThe Benefits of a Back Brace
To wear or not to wear? That is the question when deciding whether a back brace will relieve your pain or stiffness, and/or correct a back problem. Some patients with back problems are reluctant to wear a brace because they fear they may become dependent and have to wear it all the time. Others believe
Read MoreWhy Is My Child’s Backpack Causing Back Pain?
When your child complains of back pain, you might be tempted to throw out their backpack! After all, the sight of a kid lugging many pounds of books is enough to make our own backs twinge in sympathy. The good news is that even in healthy children, back pain is quite common but short-lived. There
Read MoreBest Stretches for Your Bones and Joints
One of the keys to maintaining strong, healthy bones and joints involves exercise or, to be more precise, stretching exercises. Stretching each day not only helps reduce any tension or discomfort you may feel in your shoulders, neck, back, arms, and legs – but it can also increase the range of motion in your joints
Read MoreOctober 12th Begins Bone and Joint Health Action Week
Mark your calendar – October 12-20 is Bone and Joint Health Action Week, which is held annually to promote awareness of these health issues and of the management, treatment, and prevention of musculoskeletal conditions. Why is this noteworthy? Because 54 percent of Americans over the age of 18 – more than half – are affected
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