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Meralgia Paraesthetica

Meralgia Paraesthetica

CAUSES Meralgia Paraesthetica is the condition where the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is compressed by the inguinal ligament, due to obesity, pregnancy or belt worn too tight around the waist. ANATOMY The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is part of the lumbar plexus...

Cancer Pain

Cancer Pain

GENERAL Thirty per cent (30%) of cancer patients suffer from pain during the diagnostic phase and 65-85% experience severe pain in more advanced stages of the disease. According to Cleeland et al, 67% of patients treated for the disease in an outpatient setting...

Disc Degenerative Disease

Disc Degenerative Disease

GENERAL Disc Degenerative Disease (DDD)  is the distortion of the interior architecture of an intervertebral disc, not necessarily because of disc protrusion and with no clinical signs of nerve root compression. It is estimated that approximately 40% of patients...

Trigeminal Neuralgia

Trigeminal Neuralgia

GENERAL Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a chronic syndrome of neuropathic pain affecting the facial area. It is considered to be the most excruciating pain probably due to the fact that the facial region has a very dense distribution of sensory nerve endings per square...

Vertebral Compression Fracture

Vertebral Compression Fracture

GENERAL Osteoporotic vertebral fractures are quite common in the population and are mainly due to osteoporosis. The problem is that almost 2/3 of these fractures remain undiagnosed and are attributed to pain caused by muscle spasms or spondyloarthritis related to...

Facet Joint Syndrome

Facet Joint Syndrome

ANATOMY Joint is the meeting point of two or more bones. The joint allows the movement of bones. The bones of the spine are called vertebrae. Vertebrae are interconnected through facet joints, else known as zygoapophyseal joints or apophyseal joints. Every vertebra...

When Should I have MRI For My Low Back Pain?
When Should I have MRI For My Low Back Pain?
I have chronic low back pain. The MRI has shown herniations in L4-L5 and L5-S1 intervertebral discs. Do I have to be operated?
I have chronic low back pain. The MRI has shown herniations in L4-L5 and L5-S1 intervertebral discs. Do I have to be operated?
I have had a herniated intervertebral disc in my low back and sciatica for three months now. Do I have to be operated?
I have had a herniated intervertebral disc in my low back and sciatica for three months now. Do I have to be operated?
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The Face of Pain

The Face of Pain

Cervical Spondylarthritis

Cervical Spondylarthritis

GENERAL Just like in the low back, so in the neck, the spinal joints (zygoapophycial joints) over...

Additional Research Shows Low-Dose Naltrexone Reduces Fibromyalgia Pain

Additional Research Shows Low-Dose Naltrexone Reduces Fibromyalgia Pain

Written by Karen Lee Richards 12584 Thu, March 08, 2012 In April 2009 I told you about a pilot...

When Should I have MRI For My Low Back Pain?

When Should I have MRI For My Low Back Pain?

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spine is a very useful test, which without the patient...

Non surgical treatment of a herniated disc

Non surgical treatment of a herniated disc

DISCOGEL is an intradiscal injection treatment which offers quick relief from pain. Sciatica is a...

Splanchnic Nerves Block /Lesion

Splanchnic Nerves Block /Lesion

ANATOMY The pain signals from visceral organs of the upper abdomen (pancreas, liver, spleen, gall...

MDT’s motion-sensing neuromodulator for chronic pain approved in U.S.

MDT’s motion-sensing neuromodulator for chronic pain approved in U.S.

A new Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) neurostimulation system that uses motion-sensor technology to...

Avanir Pharmaceuticals Announces Enrollment Of First Patient In PRIME Study Of AVP-923 In Central Neuropathic Pain In Multiple Sclerosis

Avanir Pharmaceuticals Announces Enrollment Of First Patient In PRIME Study Of AVP-923 In Central Neuropathic Pain In Multiple Sclerosis

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNR)...

Medtronic’s InterStim Therapy Continues to Show Encouraging Results at 3-Year Follow Up

Medtronic’s InterStim Therapy Continues to Show Encouraging Results at 3-Year Follow Up

The Journal Diseases of the Colon and Rectum recently published data from a multicenter,...

Plantar Pain – Plantar Fascitis

Plantar Pain – Plantar Fascitis

Panos Symeonidis Orthopaedic Surgeon Foot & Ankle Specialist www.foot-ankle.gr Introduction...

St. Jude Medical Receives European Regulatory Approval for its Neurostimulator to Treat Intractable Chronic Migraine

St. Jude Medical Receives European Regulatory Approval for its Neurostimulator to Treat Intractable Chronic Migraine

CE Mark approval expands treatment options for patients suffering from the pain and disability...

High-frequency Stimulation to Block Chronic Amputation Pain

High-frequency Stimulation to Block Chronic Amputation Pain

Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Media, June 13, 2011 High-Frequency Electrical Nerve-Block...

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Plantar Pain – Plantar Fascitis

Panos Symeonidis Orthopaedic Surgeon Foot & Ankle Specialist www.foot-ankle.gr Introduction...

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Dr. Charles A. Gauci MD FRCA FIPP FFPMRCA Consultant in Pain Medicine, Whipps Cross University...

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