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Dissecting Pain Medications: Muscle Relaxants
Muscle relaxants are medications designed to alleviate muscle spasms, stiffness, and pain by targeting the central nervous system or muscles. They include centrally acting types like benzodiazepines and antispasmodics, and direct-acting types like…
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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Exploring the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Strategies
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) is a condition that affects the nerves and blood vessels in the thoracic outlet region, which is the space between the collarbone and the first rib. This blog aims…
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Radiofrequency Ablation Treatment for Chronic Neck Pain
This blog post provides an overview of cervical medial branch nerve radiofrequency ablation treatment for chronic neck pain. It explains how the procedure works, who is a good candidate for the treatment, and…
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Why manage pain?
Your doctor or surgeon is referring you to pain management and you are thinking to yourself why “manage” pain? Isn’t there a reason for my pain that needs to be treated, healed, or…
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Dissecting Low Back Pain: Lumbar Sprain/Strain
The most common reason to have low back pain is a lumbar sprain/strain injury, commonly referred to as a pulled muscle or ligament.
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Dissecting Low Back Pain: Lumbar Disc Herniation
One common reason to have low back pain is a herniated disc. Also known as a disc bulge, disc protrusion and disc extrusion.
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Dissecting Low Back Pain: Congenital Causes- Scoliosis
Congenital reasons to have lower back pain have to do with spinal abnormalities that one is born with. Among these abnormalities one of the more common ones is congenital scoliosis. In this post…
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What causes low back pain?
Almost everyone alive either had an episode of low back pain or will have one at some point in their life, its just that common. But why does it happen and what causes…
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What is Interventional Pain Management?
Interventional pain management is a sub-specialty of Pain Medicine with the purpose of treating pain by utilizing specific procedures.
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Radiofrequency Ablation of Genicular Nerves for Chronic Knee Pain
This is a nonsurgical interventional pain procedure performed to help relieve pain and improve function for those with chronic knee pain. This treatment can be an option for those with chronic knee pain…
