Pain

Physical Therapy Beats Opioids to Treat Pain After Hip Surgery

Jun 25, 2018 · · Pain
A Duke research team found that patients who received physical therapy treatment, rather than opioids, immediately following arthroscopic hip surgery had lower subsequent health-care costs and less opioid use. Daniel Rhon, PT, DPT, DSc, Chad Cook, PT, PhD, and their colleagues at Duke compared downstream health care utilization—the need for further … Read More

Relieve Pain From a Pinched Nerve

May 30, 2018 · · Pain
If you experience a sharp, burning pain on one side of your neck or upper back or in your lower back and leg, it may be caused by a pinched nerve. A pinched nerve can also produce numbness, tingling, burning, pain that radiates into an arm or leg, or a … Read More

Protect Yourself from Peripheral Artery Disease

May 22, 2018 · · Pain
About 8.5 million Americans have peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and up to 20 percent of them are age 60 and older. The fact seniors are living longer likely underpins these numbers, says Jeffrey W. Olin, DO, professor of medicine (cardiology) and … Read More

Non-drug Strategies to Help You Knock Out Pain

May 7, 2018 · · Pain
An estimated 80 million Americans spend their days and nights coping with chronic pain that has lasted for six months or more. For many, these persistent throbs and aches negatively affect their mood, quality of life, and ability to function from day to day. Prescription drugs are one approach to … Read More

Get a Leg Up on Chronic Knee Pain

Apr 25, 2018 · · Pain
Millions of Americans suffer from joint pain, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Twenty percent of them have knee pain, and this number is climbing every day, particularly among older adults, due largely to more people living longer and the obesity epidemic. Pain can result from … Read More

MGH Researchers Discover Brain Changes Linked to Common, Challenging Disorder

Mar 28, 2018 · · Pain
Functional neurological disorder (FND), also known as conversion disorder, is a common, but often misunderstood, neurological condition. It can include a range of symptoms, from weakness and pain to tremors and convulsions, that aren’t explained by traditional neurological disorders. David Perez, MD, with Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH) departments of neurology … Read More

Ease the Ache in Your Neck and Shoulders

Mar 23, 2018 · · Pain
Your neck is aching, you’ve got a knot between your shoulder blades, and your upper back feels tight: Sound familiar? If so, the likely culprits are your trapezius muscles (“traps”)—broad, triangular muscles at the back of your neck that extend over your upper shoulders and down to your mid-back. Any … Read More

Manage the Pain of Sciatica

Mar 22, 2018 · · Pain
If you are sometimes stopped in your tracks by a lightning bolt of pain that shoots from your buttock down your leg, you may have sciatica. The condition originates in the sciatic nerves, which start in the lower spine and have many sections that branch out through the lower spine … Read More

Q&A: Sciatica; Hydration; Cheese

Mar 22, 2018 · · Pain
Q. My husband’s leg pain has been attributed to sciatica. What exactly is this, and how is it treated? A. The sciatic nerve is a collection of nerve fibers at the base of the spine that come together and form the sciatic nerve, which runs below the piriformis muscle in … Read More

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