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New Artificial Lumbar Disc Shows Promise Compared to Currently Available Discs
Degenerative disc disease is one of the most common causes of low back pain in adults, resulting from inflammation and instability around the affected disc. Traditionally, degenerative disc disease was treated through spinal fusion surgery, which stops the motion at the pain-generating joint. However, recent developments have allowed physicians to...
New Study Indicates Safety of Mild Procedure for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
A recent observational study examined the safety of mild ("Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression" by Vertos Medical Inc.) by doing a retrospective review of 90 patients treated with the procedure between January 2008 and July 2009. Researchers found no serious complications with the mild devices or technique, concluding that mild was...
Preventing Winter Sports Injuries
February 26, 2010 by: Sylvia Marten Outdoor activities can be an excellent way to get some fresh air and exercise during the long, chilly winter months, but the cold temperatures and icy surfaces can also lead to more injuries. Following is a list of tips to help you have fun while minimizing...
Behavioral Therapy Helps Improve Sleep in Chronic Pain Patients
Many patients with chronic neck and back pain find it nearly impossible to get a good, restful night of sleep. In fact, it is estimated that 65% of people with a chronic pain condition experience sleep problems. While some turn to prescription or over-the-counter sleep aids, there is the...
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Acupuncture May Be Effective for Pain Management in Young Patients
Managing pain associated with chronic illness is a difficult task for adults, but is often even harder for children. One reason is that children are not able to communicate their pain needs as effectively as adults. Research shows that anywhere from 30-70 percent of pediatric patients with a chronic illness...
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Retail Spices Recalled in Salmonella Scare
Title: Retail Spices Recalled in Salmonella ScareCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/12/2010 11:08:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/12/2010 11:08:28 AM...
Title: New Knee May Improve BalanceCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/11/2010 10:10:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/12/2010...
Online Dating as Honest as Real Life
Title: Online Dating as Honest as Real LifeCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/11/2010 10:10:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/12/2010...
Pre-Season Test Spots Baseball Pitchers at Risk of Injury
Title: Pre-Season Test Spots Baseball Pitchers at Risk of InjuryCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/11/2010 12:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 3/12/2010...
Occasional High Blood Pressure Risky, Too?
Title: Occasional High Blood Pressure Risky, Too?Category: Health NewsCreated: 3/12/2010 11:16:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/12/2010 11:16:29 AM...
Mind Reading Moves Closer to Reality
Title: Mind Reading Moves Closer to RealityCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/11/2010 12:10:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 3/12/2010...
Musculoskeletal Consumer Review
Slipped disc – Do’s and don’ts
A slipped disc can be very painful and debilitating. However, in most cases, it should get better on its own, within six-eight weeks and there are certain things that you can do and avoid doing to aid and speed up your recovery. What happens in a slipped disc? Although people often...
Lower Back Lumbar Segmental Instability
Someone with a lower spine that frequently moves through a larger-than-normal range of movement is more susceptible to low back pain. This tendency of moving beyond its normal range is known as lumbar segmental instability. click for larger view The normal range of the movement is defined as the neutral zone. A...
Chronic Low Back Pain – The Psychological Factors
If you are a regular reader of MCR, you know that the number of people suffering from low back pain is quite staggering. The national statistics is that one out of every 5 persons suffers from low back pain at any one time and that there is an 80% chance...
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
By Dr Fong Shee Yan Surgery on the spine that once required large incisions, hours in the operating room and extensive blood loss, can, in some cases, be done through an incision less than an inch long. After the common cold, back and neck pain are the second most frequent reason that...
Jessica Ellison Education Bachelor of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, Australia Career Highlights Physiotherapist at Core Concepts Group Quick Facts Jessica is a Physiotherapist with Core Concepts. Her area of interest is the spine. Jessica Ellison is a post from: Musculoskeletal Consumer Review by Core Concepts Jessica Ellison is a post from: Musculoskeletal Consumer Review by Core Concepts...
Heat or Ice? When to use which?
When should you use heat or ice therapy? The answer is – it depends. In general, heat therapy is for chronic conditions and ice is useful in acute situations. If you recently sustained an injury or aggravated an old injury, ice should be applied for a period of 15mins each time...
Dr Davis' Back & Wrist Pain Blog
Spinal Decompression Testimonial
San Francisco Chiropractor Comments: Executive Express Chiropractic patient Julie Hart speaks out about spinal decompression and how it has changed her life. We were one of the first chiropractors in San Francisco to offer nonsurgical spinal decompression. It's been around... ...
San Francisco Chiropractor: Health Update Fibromyalgia – Important “Fibro Facts” So you think you may suffer from Fibromyalgia (FM) and you’re trying to find out more information about FM…..but where do you start? Certainly you can “Google” the word “fibromyalgia”... ...
Spinal Exercises you can do in your chair at work or at home
San Francisco Chiropractor Comments: Most of the patients we treat at Executive Express Chiropractic in downtown San Francisco spend the majority of their day sitting at a desk in front of a computer. Then, they go home and do it... ...
Can Cervical Disc Herniations be Treated Without Surgery?
San Francisco Spinal Decompression Doctor Comments: We have been helping patients avoid neck surgery with nonsurgical spinal decompression for many years now at Executive Express Chiropractic. Some of our patients have even had before and after cervical MRI films taken... ...
What is Kyphosis? Is it preventable? Is it treatable?
San Francisco Chiropractor Comments: We have been helping patients with kyphosis for over 18 years at Executive Express Chiropractic(formerly Front Street Chiropractic) in downtown San Francisco. How much we can help depends on the following: 1. The underlying cause of... ...
What is Arthritis and can Chiropractic Help?
San Francisco Chiropractor Comments: Arthritis is one of the more common conditions that a patient presents with at Executive Express Chiropractic. So what is arthritis anyway? The word arthritis comes from the Greek arthron meaning joint and the Latin itis... ...
ChronicPainConnection.com - Latest Chronic Pain News
Scientists Unlock How Opium Poppy Makes Painkillers
Scientists have identified the genes that allow the opium poppy to make painkillers such as morphine and codeine, a discovery that has eluded researchers for more than 50 years....
Doctors Make Strides in Orthopedic Surgery for Children
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that combining anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with repairing a torn knee meniscus is safe and effective in children....
Foot Pain? It Could Be Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis pain is a type of foot pain that is caused by overuse, experts say....
Osteopaths May Ease Pregnant Women's Back Pain
Results from a new study suggest that gentle manipulation by an osteopathic doctor may help ease the late-pregnancy back pain that often keeps women from bending, walking, or lifting....
Study: Kids Will Outgrow Growing Pains
Israeli researchers have found that most children who suffer from the otherwise unexplained muscle and bone pains known as "growing pains" outgrow them before entering adulthood....
Medication Fears Worsen Side Effects
According to a new study, patients who are worried about their medicines are more likely suffer side effects from them....
About.com Back & Neck Pain
Senator Reid's Wife and Daughter Suffer Neck and Back Injuries from Car Accident
Photo: (c) Alex Wong Getty Images Sad news today. The wife and daughter of Senator Harry Reid D-NV suffered a rear end car accident. Mrs. Reid is in a DC hospital with a broken neck and back. She's listed in serious condition. UPDATE: On Friday, she had surgery. The...
Do You Really Need All That Treatment for Your Back Pain?
Illustration: (c) Anne Asher 2007 Licensed to About.com Back pain is ubiquitous. Lots of new treatments and tests have emerged in recent years to try to address it. A 2009 study led by Richard Deyo, MD, PhD, and notable patient advocate specializing in spinal treatments, found that Medicare payments...
A Low Cost Way to Cope with Back Pain
If you have chronic or subacute low back pain, what do you do to cope with it? A recent study from England looked at 700 people with back pain lasting longer than about a week (subacute and chronic back pain patients). They gave approximately half of the patients an assessment...
Photo: (c) Alvimann The recent tragedy at the Winter Olympics site in Vancouver has me thinking a lot about the risk-taking I do (and refuse to do). Wearing a helmet, for example, can reduce the risk of a serious neck or head injury. So I wear one, along with...
Elderly People Can Prevent Falls
Falling is a leading cause of neck fracture in senior citizens and the elderly. Falls can have devastating consequences, so prevention is the best medicine. The Daily Spine has a few tips on ways to prevent falls in elderly people. More from The Daily Spine: | You Don't Have to...
Backpacks and Back Pain - Is Your Child at Risk?
Photo: (c) kingvald About 90% of kids wear backpacks. Have you ever wondered what this does to your child's spine? A new study, published in the Jan 1 issues of Spine found that heavy backpacks can damage children's spinal discs, increase spinal curvature and cause back strain (and pain). According to press...
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So that's where all the chihuahuas have gone . . .
The pain I mentioned yesterday subsided considerably during the course of the day: clearly all the c...
Okay, this is really starting to make me mad… for two weeks straight now, pain has been my ala...
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Why live with pain when you don’t have to? Don’t let pain restrict you from enjoying your life...
Nothing like a dose of reality and making the grade
I’ve had a really hard day…. For those who read my post earlier today, my day started wi...
The Pain Diaries: A Love Story Laugh or cry? When those are your only two options, wouldn’t you ra...
Torn Tendor - No Longer Walking With Lift In Her Shoe
Alice gave a great testimonial about her experience with Egoscue. She is now able to walk without he...
Chronic Pain News
Calgary doctor talks via video
Do you live with chronic pain and worry about having difficulties with your memory and attention? The Comox Valley Chronic Pain Support Group is hosting a web-based video presentation featuring Dr....
Self-discovery - Tue, 09 Mar 2010 PST
Kristen Dodson, pictured in her Post Falls home, has been a practicing hypnotherapist for 12 years....
Pediatricians Say Colleagues Cautious About Treating Chronic Pain In Children
Main Category: Pain / Anesthetics Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Many pediatricians don't think it's their responsibility to treat severe, chronic pain in their patients, according to a new study co-authored by several University of Florida College of Medicine researchers and an investigator from Molloy College....
New medical technology shows that the best way of treating chronic pain may be with CBT-style brain retraining Professor Irene Tracey is busy burning my hand....
Alun Malone Joins Millennium Laboratories As New Business Development Executive
Millennium Laboratories, Inc., a leading provider of therapeutic drug monitoring and education to physicians and staff treating chronic pain patients, announced today that Alun Malone has joined the company as Business Development Executive....
FDA Approves Exalgoa Extended-Release Tablets
CombinatoRx, Incorporated announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the New Drug Application for Exalgo extended-release tablets, for the management of moderate to severe pain in opioid tolerant patients requiring continuous, around-the-clock opioid analgesia for an extended period of time....
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Improvisational Obstacle Course
Coursing Around is a recent book for encouraging physical activity and creative challenges in kids through chalk-drawn obstacle courses. We wrote about it back in one of our 2009 Gift Guides (you can find all five of them here) and it has served us ever since for ongoing inspiration in...
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Australia strengthens product-safety reporting law "Retailers will have to tell the federal government every time a customer is badly hurt using one of their products -- including tripping over a toy or crashing a car -- under Australia's first national law on product safety." Study links violent video games to violent thought,...
Concerns raised over performance of Safety 1st harness adjuster
There has been a lot of great conversation surrounding our post earlier this month in which we did something we don't usually do: Recommend against a product (the Safety 1st Air Protect car seat) based solely on the track record of the company that developed it. Depending on whether or...
Hands-on building and creativity toys from the 2010 Toy Fair
As a regular attendee of the American International Toy Fair, one thing that has struck me this year is less technology overall, rather than more. Last year it seemed like every toy touted the code that would unlock some (un)fabulous new virtual world. This year, there's a refreshing amount of...
Pain Care Blog
February 18, 2010www.medicalnewstoday.comThe results of a study of more than 4500 patients from six Italian EVEREST (European Vertebroplasty Research Team) Centers (Dr. G.C. Anselmetti-Candiolo Torino, Dr. G. Bonaldi-Bergamo, Dr. P. Carpeggiani-Pisa, Dr. S. Masala-Roma, Dr. M. Muto-Napoli,) confirms the effectiveness of vertebroplasty in treating vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), finding that...
The Silent Epidemic - Pediatric Sports Injuries
March 11, 2010 www.medicalnewstoday.com At the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), two separate studies focus on the dramatic rise of pediatric sports injuries in recent years. However, despite this alarming trend, awareness, education, warning signs and early treatment can make a significant difference and help keep...
Heel Pain Continues To Plague Adults
February 26, 2010www.medicalnewstoday.comIf you are suffering from heel pain, you're not alone. According to foot and ankle surgeons attending the 68th Annual Scientific Conference of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons in Las Vegas this week, heel pain continues to be the most common reason patients seek care....
What Is Morton's Neuroma? What Causes Morton's Neuroma?
February 19, 2010www.medicalnewstoday.comMorton's neuroma, also called Morton's metatarsalgia, Morton's disease, Morton's neuralgia, Morton metatarsalgia, Morton nerve entrapment, plantar neuroma, or intermetatarsal neuroma is a benign (non-cancerous) growth of nerve tissue (neuroma) that develops in the foot, usually between the third and fourth toes (an intermetatarsal plantar nerve, most commonly of...
What Are NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs)? What Are NSAIDs Used For?
February 15, 2010www.medicalnewstoday.comNSAIDs are non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, also known as NAIDs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents/analgesics (NSAIAs) or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (NSAIMs). They are medications with analgesic (pain reducing), antipyretic (fever reducing) effects. In higher doses they also have anti-inflammatory effects - they reduce inflammation (swelling). Non-steroidal distinguishes NSAIDs from other drugs...
What Is Osteoarthritis? What Causes Osteoarthritis?
February 10, 2010www.medicalnewstoday.comOsteoarthritis, also known as degenerative arthritis degenerative joint disease, OA, or osteoarthrosis, is a form of arthritis caused by inflammation, breakdown, and the eventual loss of cartilage in the joints - the cartilage wears down over time. Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis. According to the...
Psychology of Pain
My Pain Diary was developed to eliminate some of the overhead in keeping a pain diary and communicating the information to health care professionals. My Pain Diary has a unique story behind it in that the developer was diagnosed in 2008 with Type 1 CRPS. http://www.damonlynn.com/my_pain_diary.php ...
Chronic Pain Tracker - iPhone app
Chronic Pain Tracker has been designed to improve the Patient-to-Doctor exchange of pain information. Using Chronic Pain Tracker, the patient can monitor three key pain metrics: · Pain Level - or the intensity of the pain · Pain Location - where the pain is being experienced · Pain Description - what the...
Gene Linked To Pain Perception - Science News
One form of a common genetic variant may ratchet up pain sensitivity in people who have it, researchers report online March 8 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The discovery could lead to more powerful pain treatments that lack the debilitating side effects of current drugs. "We could fill...
In the Face of Pain Advocacy Toolkit provides you with a series of tools to advocate for people in pain. You can learn the basics of how to share messages about the rights of people in pain through your community, your local media outlets, your elected officials and your professional organizations.You also...
Partners Against Pain® is a resource that serves patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals to help alleviate unnecessary suffering by leading efforts to advance standards of pain care through education and advocacyPartners Against Pain® offers people living with pain, their friends and families comprehensive and clear information on:- Pain Assessment and...
BBC News - Back pain 'eased by group therapy sessions'
A form of group "talking therapy" is a cheap, effective way to alleviate low back pain, a UK trial has shown.The positive effect was still seen a year after the short six-session therapy programme, The Lancet reported.The 600 patients taking part in the trial were also offered standard GP treatment...
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Junk Food in Schools: Child Abuse?
What do human trafficking, “The Lovely Bones,” and school cafeterias have in common? In varying degrees, they all involve a bit of child abuse. Bear with us: We’re not living out childhood antagonism ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
Cycle Style - Bike Blogs Blisstree Loves
Commuting on two wheels is healthy, good for the environment, and a cheap alternative to fueling up your car or buying a train ticket every day. Plus, Google’s Bike Maps make it ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
Lifetime Movies We Love...And Make Fun Of
We’re staying in this Saturday night. Why? Because “Who Is Clark Rockefeller?” premieres March 13 (9 p.m. ET) on Lifetime, that’s why. (Remember the con-man who pretended to be a Rockefeller, duped ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
“Are canned foods good for you?” is what the guys over at AskMen.com wonder. But dudes aren’t the only ones eating canned chili. In a pinch for time or money, cooking with ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
Cool Clocks in Time for Daylight Saving
Daylight Savings is this Sunday, and unfortunately, this is the one we dread: we lose an hour of precious sleep. Though we can’t help you make up for the lost time, we ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
Things That Smell Like (Happy) Things
Taken from TheGloss, our splendid sister site. Thanks to Deputy Editor Jennifer Wright for this delicious and nostalgic post: Lilit and I are fairly skeptical about things that smell like things, especially after ... MorePost from: BlissTree...
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H Street businesses feel pain of progress in DC (The Washington DC Examiner)
WASHINGTON — Shop and restaurant owners who moved to northeast Washington's H Street corridor with the promise of big changes in the area are feeling the pain of progress....
Varitek appears for Red Sox in 6-4 win vs. Twins (AP via Yahoo! News)
Kevin Slowey threw three perfect innings for Minnesota. He was even happier to be pitching pain-free....
Varitek appears for Red Sox in 6-4 win vs. Twins (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Kevin Slowey threw three perfect innings for Minnesota. He was even happier to be pitching pain-free. Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia and Kevin Youkilis drove in fifth-inning runs for the Boston Red Sox in a 6-4 victory over the Twins on Sunday, after Slowey's strong start. After missing the last half...
Understanding and treating breast pain (Galveston County Daily News)
A radiologist at The Rose writes about some of the common causes for breast pain and a few simple steps to help alleviate the pain....
Hospital: Lee Memorial offers pain management centers (The News-Press)
Life can send us all kinds of unexpected joys and blessings. It can also visit us with many frustrations, including chronic and debilitating pain....
Pain, pain, go away ... (The Star)
All about pain, of the physical sort, of course....
Back Pain Blog
Mar 11, Pain from a Herniated Disc
Pain from a Herniated Disc story sent in by Mar and published on Cure-Back-Pain.Org....
Mar 11, Top Performance to No Performance
Top Performance to No Performance back pain story sent in by Shaun and published on Cure-Back-Pain.Org....
Honest & Understandable Info about Relieving Back Pain written y a fellow patient. Article details some things to keep in mind as you attempt to cure your chronic pain for good....
Honest & Understandable Info about Fibromyalgia Drugs written by a back pain sufferer. Article details pharmaceutical therapy for FMS....
Religious Back Pain story sent in by Pastor Thomas Shaw and published on Cure-Back-Pain.Org....
Honest & Understandable Info about Laser Spine Surgery written by a back pain patient. Article details back surgery using laser technology....
ChronicLife.org
No More “SUFFERING IN PAIN” for YOU!
I choose to call myself a Chronic. I like the idea that I am "long-lasting" and "always present". Those are the messages/words I want repeated throughout the days, and weeks, and years of my life. I want to be thought of and remembered as "long-lasting and always...
Questions for the Chronic or Xiney…un-capped
This questionnaire was designed by Aggie Villanueva for a project she’s working on. Answering these questions was challenging but I feel like it was worth the effort. At the very least I came up with a few good “sound bites”, and at best…well, I didn’t work on it for very long so...
When you have less Physical Currency available to “purchase” activities or experiences, it’s important to spend wisely. I use the money analogy often because I think it illustrates well the phenomenon of physical limitation; The more money you have means the more things you can have and do, and...
My relationship with my body changed one day, abruptly and completely, by the wise words of a masseuse I was seeing at the time. I was on his table getting ready for the massage and I casually said something about how my back was totally messing with me and...
If you keep making that face it’ll stay that way!
Repetition is the way in which we learn almost everything; the more often you do something, the easier that thing is to do. Our muscles, just like our minds, have “memory” and the more often thoughts or movements are practiced the stronger the memories become. For this post I...
Chronicity…Nature or Nurture? This is a question that’s been circling in my mind for quite a while now and the more I think about it, the tighter the circles get. I think it may be one of those unanswerable “chicken v. egg” questions that only serve to produce...
Pain / Anesthetics News From Medical News Today
Malignant Hyperthermia Travel Award To San Diego, CA
MHAUS announces availability of a $1,500 Travel Award to anesthesia resident/fellow or anesthesiologist who is within five years of ending his/her training to attend the 2010 annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in San Diego CA. The Daniel Massik Fund at The Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies in...
General Practitioners Participate In National Pain Summit On 11 March 2010 In Canberra
Concerns about the alarming number of Australians suffering from persisting pain during their lifetime underpins the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' (RACGP) participation at the National Pain Summit, which will be held in Canberra at Parliament House on 11 March 2010......
Pediatricians Say Colleagues Cautious About Treating Chronic Pain In Children
Many pediatricians don't think it's their responsibility to treat severe, chronic pain in their patients, according to a new study co-authored by several University of Florida College of Medicine researchers and an investigator from Molloy College. Writing in the February issue of the Journal of Palliative Medicine, researchers...
Hundreds of thousands of Americans travel abroad for surgical procedures each year. As the guardian of patients' vital health, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is urging those considering traveling internationally for medical care to educate themselves, and take the necessary precautions to avoid unexpected complications......
A Child's Ability To Learn Can Be Adversely Affected By Repeated Anesthesia
There is a link between repeated anaesthesia in children and memory impairment, though physical activity can help to form new cells that improve memory, reveals new research from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The study has been published in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow &...
Abused Children More Likely To Suffer Unexplained Abdominal Pain, Nausea Or Vomiting
Children who have been abused psychologically, physically or sexually are more likely to suffer unexplained abdominal pain and nausea or vomiting than children who have not been abused, a study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers concludes......