by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Apr 8, 2011 | Conditions, Osteoarthritis
GENERAL Arthritis is a general term, meaning inflammation of joints. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and is of degenerative type. It may occur in any joint of the body but it is more frequently observed in joints receiving the highest loading....
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Apr 7, 2011 | Conditions, home page articles, Lower Limbs Pain, Meralgia Paresthetica
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...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Apr 6, 2011 | Alternative medicine, Articles
GENERAL The term “Alternative Therapy” is generally used to describe every medical treatment or intervention which is not scientifically documented as safe and effective therapy for a specific disorder or disease. There are various alternative therapies, such as:...
by E-ALGOS Co-Authors Team | Apr 6, 2011 | Conditions, Fibromyalgia
GENERAL Fibromyalgia is a chronic painful disease, from which about 5 million people suffer only in the U.S.A. Patients feel tenderness, pain and rigidity of muscles and ligaments, without any notable findings in X-rays and other laboratory examinations. Fibromyalgia...
