Tennis elbow, also called lateral epicondylitis, is a painful condition of the elbow caused by overuse in the joint. Not surprisingly, playing tennis or other racquet sports can cause this condition because of the constant use of the arm. However, several other sports and activities can also...
Living with complex regional pain syndrome symptoms can greatly decrease your quality of life. The constant, excruciating pain felt from complex regional pain syndrome makes it hard to focus on the important things in your day, sometimes causing you to be completely immobile. Damaged nerves...
Elbow pain can be extremely inconvenient because we use our arms for most tasks during the day, greatly limiting mobility in active adults. Although lateral elbow pain is generally manageable and clears up quickly, a small number of people have symptoms that persist for a...
One of the most common injuries in athletes is a torn hamstring. Hamstrings tend to heal slowly because the muscle does not have the best circulation. Platelet-rich plasma therapy can bring that vital blood flow back into injured hamstrings. Some world famous athletes have publicly...
Knee bursitis can greatly limit your mobility, making normal tasks that used to be easy very difficult. The inflammation causes in your knee bursa can also produce a lot of pain. Bursae protect the knee from the friction of movement, protecting the bones from rubbing...
Injuries can occur on the job more often than you think. Workers compensation cases are confusing for employees who have never had to deal with an injury in the workplace, especially when you are dealing with the pain of the fall. Trained physical therapists have...
Choosing between pain medications can be tough, especially with the large media involvement in opioid overdoses and misuses recently. The choice should be a much easier one than it is because patients need relief from pain to manage their daily lives. The intensity and duration...
Acupuncture therapy has been around for centuries as a method of pain management and physical therapy. Acupuncture in the process of sticking small, sterile needles into pressure points of the body to relieve tension and pain. Migraines can be relieved through the use of acupuncture...
Radiofrequency ablation therapy has been used to reduce the chronic pain associated with many different conditions. Pain begins as a signal from your nerves to your brain, where it processes that signal and responds by telling you something is wrong. Chronic pain is when this...
Any kind of knee injury can be devastating, but ACL and MCL tears are some of the worst. They can limit a person’s mobility while it heals, preventing them from doing the things they love. These tears have a very long recovery period, and the...
