Pain Therapy Articles & Analysis
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Health Benefits of Serrapeptase 1. Chronic Pain Management One of the most popular uses of serrapeptase is in the management of chronic pain conditions. ...
Pain at Work Brian is a 55-year-old Maintenance Tech at a leading food processing company. With over 20 years of chronic knee pain, it was difficult to do his job. All of the climbing, kneeling, lifting, and squatting needed to do his job was aggravating his knee pain. As a result, he resorted to working in awkward positions to try and avoid ...
Purpose of the study: to test the efficacy of the TerraQuant medical device on shoulder pain resulting from inflammation (OA, Tendonitis, Bursitis). Background: TerraQuant is a unique device which combines low level pulse laser therapy (LLLT), pulsating infrared radiation, visible red light and static magnetic fields, providing their synergic therapeutic effect. ...
As most of you know by now, arthritis is one of the most common diseases that afflicts pets. In fact, according to most estimates, 1 in 5 dogs is affected by osteoarthritis. Additionally, it is estimated that 40-92% of cats are affected by arthritis. There are numerous potential treatment modalities for arthritis including medications, rehabilitation, and even VetStem Cell Therapy. Another ...
Peripheral nerve injury can result in the formation of neuroma/nerve entrapment, a persistent peripheral neuropathic pain state which is often refractory to invasive interventions or medications. Therefore, there is a need in the field of pain management to develop innovative noninvasive therapy in treating post-traumatic peripheral neuropathic ...
What is Lumbar Spinal Stenosis? Lumbar spinal stenosis, or LSS, is a common condition in which the lower spinal canal narrows and compresses the nerves in the lower back. Lumbar spinal stenosis is generally caused by aging and natural wear and tear on the spine. With lumbar spinal stenosis, thickened ligament, overgrowth of bone, and/or bulging discs in the lower back put pressure on the ...
In honor of National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day this month, we are doing our part to set the record straight on Fibromyalgia, a condition the MayoClinic calls “one of the most misunderstood disorders in medicine today.” Once thought to be an autoimmune or inflammatory disorder, specialists now agree that fibromyalgia is a disorder of the nervous system. It most commonly affects women ...
Most will suffer repeat occurrences, up to a dozen or more in childhood. These painful episodes are difficult for children, parents, and caregivers. ...
Back pain and osteoarthritis are “leading causes of disability worldwide.”[1] So it is surprising to learn that doctors today are prescribing antidepressants to alleviate the pain associated with these conditions, despite the findings that there are very negative side effects to these drugs including dependence and withdrawal, not to mention the fact that the patients are not ...
Everyone at some time in their life has suffered from the throbbing, aching, and annoying pain of a headache. Headaches can be mild, or they can be severe and even debilitating. While most people experience a headache occasionally, others deal with recurrent head pain, sometimes experiencing headaches weekly, or even up to 15 or more times each month, as in the case of chronic ...
Since 2013 Andrea has been a private concierge home care PT who specializes in the treatment of chronic pain. She has delivered numerous presentations to the New York State Pain Society on the role of physical therapy in pain management. In prior years, she spent nine years as the Director of Physical Therapy at ...
Long-term success for these patients is observed in wound healing, maintenance of ambulation, and pain reduction. Complete wound healing can be hugely impactful for these patients and demonstrates the impact of the therapy in a patient population headed for major amputation. ...
Cryotherapy Cryotherapy (also known as cold therapy) is broadly defined as the use of very cold temperatures for medical or general wellness purposes. ...
If you’re considering HBOT, it’s important to understand the benefits and risks this therapy entails. The treatment should be discussed with a certified healthcare professional to develop a plan of action based on scientific evidence and tailored to your exact condition. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can be used as complementary ...
However, our goal at DiscGenics is to provide a cell therapy option that eliminates the need for sufferers of chronic low back pain to turn to opioids in the first place. We are developing an injectable disc cell therapy (IDCT) that has the potential to disrupt the way chronic back pain is treated. ...
Combined Low-Dose Radon- and Hyperthermia Therapy (LDRnHT) causes pain reduction in patients with AS and induces the cytokine transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1). ...
Radioactive radon therapy is a little-known pain relief modality in the US, although it is an accepted therapeutic choice in many parts of Europe and Japan. Radon therapy has been extensively studied by European and Japanese physicians and scientists but information about the specific therapeutic applications of radon in the US is limited to ...