Low back pain gets wrong treatments. The US is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. If you or someone you know needs help, effective treatment is available and can save lives. “More than half the total number of people taking opioids long-term have low back pain,” the report notes. The Centers for Disease …
Tag: Chronic Pain
May 25
MS Pain Explained
MS Pain Explained – The Connection To the Spine Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease in which the immune system eats away at the protective covering of nerves. MS affect the entire body. Aches in your bones, joints, and muscles. Burning pain in the feet, legs, arms, hips. Finding the right physical therapist to help …
Jan 16
Pain Free New Year
Have you been living with chronic pain? Well repeat after me its a New Year, it’s a new me, pain free! It’s 2018, a New Year, and time for a change if you’ve been suffering from chronic pain. Time to set some healthy lifestyle goals with a little help from your local pain specialists. Follow …
Dec 11
Chronic pain is real
We believe your chronic pain is real. Lets keep the conversation open. Whenever anyone reads an article about pain the headline usually reads, “Opioid Crisis…” Conversations have been sidetracked causing the real issue “living with pain”, to be shelved, gathering dust, ignored and eventually forgotten. Over 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. Now that’s …
Sep 27
Lady Gaga Silent Pain No More
Lady Gaga’s chronicles her struggles in her career and with chronic pain. Her vulnerability , honestly and unpredictable future with chronic pain shows others suffering the pain epidemic they are NOT alone. Lady Gaga’s New Netflix Documentary Hits Home To Those Who Suffer From Chronic Pain. Fibromyalgia appears to make that problem worse, and being …
Aug 28
National Pain Awareness Month
September Is National Pain Awareness Month Tell us your pain story: We want to hear your story. In acknowledgement of National Pain Awareness Month we will publish your story to our blog as an effort to build awareness around the struggle of 25.3 million U.S. adults in pain in our country. We encourage anyone who …
Jun 19
Marijuana medical health benefits
Medical marijuana is offered to patients in many different forms. It can be smoked, vaporized, ingested in a pill form or an edible version (brownies, cookies and chocolate bars). Medical marijuana is considered a schedule 1 drug by the FDA (federal Drug Enforcement Administration) meaning it has a high potential for abuse. There have been …
May 02
Pain Doctors Who Listen
In Pain? Want Your Doctor To Listen? Patients suffering chronic pain have feelings and deserve respect from their doctor. Studies have shown that doctors tend to monopolize a patients visit by doing all the talking and just not listening. Taking the time to hear what a patient is feeling can give way to a less painful …
Apr 24
Finding A Pain Specialist
Breaking News Finding A Pain Specialist Just Got Easier Finding a pain specialist in New York State just got easier. Musculoskeletal Resource an organization that spans the greater New York area provides a network of pain specialists in New York and New Jersey. These board certified doctors dedicated to healing offer new FDA approved pain …
Apr 15
Botox Injection Therapy For Pain
Botulinum Toxin, Botox as a treatment option for chronic pain: Injury to the bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments, or nerves, among athletes is expected. Pain, swelling and muscle spasm can put not only a physical strain on an athlete but a professional one as well. Athletes may be sidelined without proper treatment. Effective pain treatments …
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