Navigating Chronic Pain: Effective Management Strategies
“Living with chronic, persistent pain is a fact of life for 3 out of 10 people. Chronic pain can develop in various ways, including from injury or illnesses. When pain lasts beyond three to...
Common Types of Neck Pain Caused By Desk Work
Pain Doctors commonly use the term Tech Neck. – This is a perfect description of the act of stressing our muscles when we are sitting at our desks using our computers or looking down...
Botulinum Toxin For Peripheral Neuropathic Pain
As Pain Doctors regularly explain to their patients, Botox is not simply a muscle re-laxer. “Since 1989, botulinum toxin-A (BTX-A), has been used to treat neuropathic pain (neuralgia). Botulinum toxin-A shows significant potential as...
Anterior vs Posterior Pelvic Tilt and How to Fix Them
As Pain Doctors explain: “a pelvic tilt is a common postural abnormality that happens when your pelvic muscles lean too much towards one side. This deficiency typically develops when your pelvic muscles stay in...
rTMS Treatment for Fibromyalgia
Overview A recent study has evaluated the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in treating fibromyalgia by targeting the prefrontal cortex. Participants were randomly assigned to receive either active rTMS or a placebo...
Facial Pain and Trigeminal Neuralgia Care
As any Pain Doctor will tell you, pain from “trigeminal neuralgia (TN), typically involves the lower face & jaw, although sometimes it affects the area around the nose & above the eye. This intense,...
How Teeth Grinding (Bruxism) Causes Headaches
“Do you always have headaches early in the day? Do you wake up in the mornings with pain radiating down your face? Or maybe you feel exhausted from poor sleep. Any of these mysterious...
How Botox Became a Therapeutic Treatment for Pain
As any Pain Doctor will tell you, the neurotoxin Botox, (which is injected into the body with a fine needle), can serve as an excellent therapeutic treatment for ameliorating pain. This is because...
What is Occipital Neuralgia?
Overview Occipital neuralgia is a chronic pain condition that affects the occipital nerves, which run from the top of the spinal cord up through the scalp. This condition is characterised by piercing, throbbing, or...
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders (TMD)
Overview Temporomandibular joint disorders (TMD) encompass a range of conditions that cause pain and dysfunction in the jaw joint and the muscles that control jaw movement. Symptoms • Pain or tenderness in the jaw...
