What is Frozen Shoulder? Frozen shoulder is a seriously debilitating condition that can significantly affect your daily functioning and cause a lot of pain and discomfort. It is characterized by a loss of shoulder mobility in nearly every direction of movement as if the shoulder has literally frozen in place. Any attempts to move it…
Piriformis Syndrome Information The sciatic nerve is compressed by the piriformis muscle in the buttock. The piriformis syndrome may be associated with lower lumbar radiculopathy similar to spine pathology. Some patients may have spine surgery without improvement. With regards to symptoms, we have very limited information about this topic. It may develop from blunt trauma…
Low Back Pain & Chronic Disease Link? Chronic diseases have been in the news a lot lately with the debate about health care costs and reform. When you hear about chronic diseases, you most likely think about diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and obesity. But what about low back pain? Although many medical sources…
Improving Posture and Eronomics Over time, poor posture may be caused by habits from everyday activities such as sitting in office chairs, staring at the computer, cradling a cell phone, carrying a purse over same shoulder, driving, prolonged standing, caring for small children or even sleeping. Poor posture can easily become second nature, causing and…
Trigeminal Neuralgia? Trigeminal neuralgia, also called tic douloureux, is a chronic neurologic pain syndrome that affects the trigeminal or 5th cranial nerve, one of the most widely distributed nerves in the head and face. Trigeminal neuralgia is considered by many specialists to be the one of the most debilitating and painful syndromes a person can have. The…
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