Back Buzz / Other Pain

Researchers have been investigating which brain circuits are changed by injury, in order to develop targeted therapies to reset the brain to stop chronic pain. 

Dr. Forest Tennant may no longer be practicing medicine, but he continues his groundbreaking research into the causes and treatment of adhesive arachnoiditis (AA), a chronic, progressive and painful i...

New research in mice suggests that targeting a particular protein in the spinal cord could form the basis of a new pain relief medication that could relieve chronic pain for thousands of people.

Don't ignore back pain, height loss, or osteoporosis. They could be signs of a compression fracture. You didn't fall, and you didn't do anything strenuous. So it may come as a surprise whe...

Although tailbone pain can be uncomfortable, in most cases it will go away on its own within a few months. During that time, there are steps that you can take to lessen the pain. If your pain lasts fo...

Have you ever been struck by a sudden excruciating pain, concluded you need to get to the hospital, only to be totally fine and pain-free two seconds later?  What causes these pains to appear in...

Researchers have reported the first case of successful, long-term relief of chronic refractory shoulder pain in a wheelchair user with spinal cord injury.

Innovative ways to measure, understand and treat pain are allowing doctors to ease patients' suffering, without relying on dangerous drugs. Advances in measuring pain could show doctors how much p...

Piriformis is a small muscle that lies deep under the larger butt muscles. The piriformis stabilizes the hip joint and rotates the thigh away from the body. The piriformis might be small muscle but pl...

Chronic pain is a disease in itself that can affect productivity. A vital sign that helps assess the physical health of a person, pain may be the result of some injury or illness.

Chronic pain can damage and change your brain. If you live with chronic pain, you will know how devastating and wide-ranging the effects can be on your mental processing speed, your mood, and your mem...

Sue Hitzmann, the creator of the MELT Method has been focusing on fascia and now education and awareness for her method that helps with joint pain. Hitzmann has been about to help people  allevia...