Carpal tunnel syndrome is a debilitating disorder affecting the median nerve as it passes through the wrist and into the hand. In addition, median nerve compression can also occur in the neck region, making some patients’ problems more complex. At its essence, carpal tunnel syndrome is a disease of nerves but other tissues can also […]
Low Back Pain and Excessive Weight
Two things that are epidemic in the United States and many Western countries are low back pain and obesity. The two go hand-in-hand and while excessive weight may not be the only cause of your pain, it does makes matters worse by aggravating your pain through increased loading on the disks of the lower back. […]
The Potentially Devastating Effects Of ‘Low Impact’ Motor Vehicle Collisions On Spine And Joint Pain And Degeneration
Can Injury Occur In Low Impact Motor Vehicle Collisions? Today in 2008 its almost a foregone conclusion and certainly professional experience confirms that automobile accident insurance company claim adjusters, defense attorneys, and medical experts for the defense continue to proclaim that an individual within a vehicle involved in a collision cannot be injured if their […]
Things to Consider About Automobile Insurance
Most states require drivers to carry various types of insurance to protect themselves as well as others who may be involved in an unfortunate accident. Drivers (and the institutions that may carry the car’s loan) generally think of the vehicle first when deciding on appropriate coverage. While it’s difficult to think about, you need to […]
Are Headaches Undertreated?
With all the different types of pain relievers available at the corner drug store, you’d think headache sufferers would have a solution to their problem. However, such is not the case and headaches continue to be a great burden on society. What’s more, it seems many doctors may even under-diagnose this common problem. A 2008 […]
Fibromyalgia: Report Suggests Modest Exercise Helps Patients with Chronic Pain
A report presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine in February 2008 suggests that your level of physical fitness can have dramatic effects on pain, both immediately and over the long-term. A lack of physical fitness often goes hand-in-hand with chronic pain, because when you hurt, you may exercise […]
Our Hands and Quality of Life with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
We sometimes take our hands for granted and fail to realize just how important they are to our everyday lives. So when hand function is diminished, the loss can be devastating. Such is the case with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). To anyone who suffers from this disorder, the loss is obvious. Researchers have noted that […]
Low Back Pain: An Ice Pack or the Hot Tub?
Many patients perform some self-care when they first hurt their lower back, hoping this will keep them out of a doctor’s office. While home remedies can sometimes make the pain go away, sometimes they don’t. It just depends on what you try. When the back is first hurt, it’s often a sprain/strain type of injury […]
Anatomical Leg Length Inequality (Short Leg)
A Commonly Overlooked Component In Unresolved Back Pain In 1895, German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered x-rays and radiographs. Soon thereafter, radiographs of the spine began to appear in prominent healthcare research and literature. Later in 1916, Harvard Orthopedic Surgeon Robert W. Lovett, MD, published the third edition of his book Lateral Curvature of the […]
Whiplash Can Affect Sense of Position and Balance
Although whiplash injuries are quite common, research is only beginning to describe the diverse symptoms that can develop when the neck has experienced trauma. Even a minor whiplash injury, such as may occur while playing sports, can have a significant impact on the delicate structures of the neck. Position sense or balance is how we […]
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