by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jun 10, 2011 | Chiropractic, Treatments
GENERAL Chiropractic is the third major health science worldwide, following Classical Medicine and Dentistry. It is an independent health branch specialized in the treatment and prevention of pain syndromes and dysfunctional conditions attributed to mechanical...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jun 10, 2011 | Physiotherapy, Treatments
GENERAL Physiotherapists are occupied with medical conditions that cause musculosceletal disorders and affect physical activities. Such conditions can be: Low back pain (lumbago) Sciatica Spondyloarthritis Spondylolisthesis Osteoarthritis Rheumatoid arthritis...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | May 19, 2011 | Conditions, Neuropathic Pain, Peripheral Neuropathy
GENERAL Peripheral neuropathy is a type of neuropathic pain attributed to dysfunction of some peripheral nerves. Peripheral neuropathy is not a disease itself but a symptom of some other disease process. It is manifested with functional nerve decline affecting various...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | May 19, 2011 | Conditions, Entrapment Neuropathy, Neuropathic Pain
GENERAL Entrapment neuropathy is caused by the prolonged compression or irritation of a nerve plexus or peripheral nerve. The final result is nerve dysfunction and chronic neuropathic pain in the innervation area of the affected nerve. In certain body positions,...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | May 19, 2011 | Conditions, Neuropathic Pain, Poststroke Neuropathic Pain
GENERAL Post-stroke pain or thalamic pain syndrome, is the type of chronic neuropathic pain emerging when part of the central nervous system (CNS) has been impaired. This usually occurs following a stroke with infarction or cerebral cell necrosis, due to reduction of...
