Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a severe and chronic pain disorder often associated with intense pain, throbbing, burning, hypersensitivity, and swelling in the affected body area following an injury. The Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is diagnosed with validated and specific criteria referred to as the “Budapest Criteria.” Budapest Criteria These four criteria must be …

Regenerative medicine is an integral component of helping people alleviate pain, improve mobility, and enhance their quality of life. It often involves the use of your body’s own tissues to initiate the natural healing process to repair tissues lost due to disease, degeneration, age, or injury. This can reduce the need for medications which can …

Millions of people around the world and in the United States specifically can benefit from stem cell knee therapy. Millions of people suffer from knee pain every day, and knee problems can hinder activity. Because knees bear such a heavy load, a knee injury can hamper movement. Your knees, although treated with anti-inflammatory medication, may …

Sciatica refers to pain in the distribution of the sciatic nerve, which starts in the buttocks and travels down both legs. Sciatic pain often gets worse with sitting, especially on hard or uneven surfaces, or with certain activities. Sciatica can be caused by nerve irritation anywhere along the course of the nerve, but is often …

Spinal stenosis is a disorder involving the narrowing of the spinal canal. The spinal canal houses the spinal cord and nerve roots, and narrowing of this passage can cause compression and irritation of these structures. Causes of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Any condition or disease process that takes up space or causes narrowing of the spinal …

There are two kinds of CRPS which are differentiated by the initial injury or trauma CRPS Type 1 CRPS Type 1, also referred to as RSD, is often triggered by a more significant surgery/trauma or a minor injury, resulting in unrelenting and disproportionate pain. Note that there is no direct nerve injury involved in CRPS …

Coccydynia, which may also be referred to as Coccygeal pain or Tailbone pain, describes a pattern of symptoms that cause persistent or intermittent pain in and around the coccyx (tailbone) area. Coccydynia affects women more often than men as some of the causes are unique to women. The pain may be activity-related or aggravated by …

The human spine is made up of vertebrae (bones) that are stacked on top of each other. Each segment is connected in the front by an intervertebral disc and in the back by small facet joints. Damage, irritation, or degeneration of these small facet joints can lead to significant impairments. The painful conditions caused by …

What is Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA)?  Radiofrequency ablation is a minimally invasive non-surgical procedure that utilizes radio waves to stop the transmission of pain. It is a procedure that will get radiofrequency waves to turn off the nerves that transmit pain signals to the brain.  What are the benefits of RFA/Rhizotomy?  Radiofrequency ablation has several benefits, …

Diagnosis Neurologists usually diagnose chronic migraines by ruling out other underlying causes of headaches.  The symptoms presented and the family history of the individual. Furthermore, the affected individual can diagnose this ailment. This self-diagnosis is possible by looking out for the throbbing headache in different parts of the head.  Treatment The neurologist, post-diagnosis, treats migraines …