TRACKING YOUR PAIN
Diagnosing, treating and managing a patient’s chronic pain can be the most challenging task for a medical provider. Your physician has only a short span of time during your visits to obtain a comprehensive history of your pain and it’s components. The various features of your chronic pain including but not limited to the [...]
HERNIATED DISC: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS & TREATMENT
Patients who develop pain, numbness or weakness in the arm or leg are often diagnosed with an acute disc herniation. When a patient comes in for a consultation, a couple of preliminary questions typically arise; “how did this happen or what caused this?” and “is this a slipped disc, a herniated disc, a ruptured disc-what is [...]
GET TO THE ROOT OF ARM NUMBNESS OR TINGLING
Don’t underestimate tingling, numbness, or pain in your arms. Get to the root of the problem — it could be caused by a pinched nerve in your wrist, elbow, or neck. Tingling in your thumb as well as index and middle fingers? This is often related to irritation of the nerve at the wrist. If [...]
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