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...
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...
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...
Overview Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain condition that affects the trigeminal nerve, which is responsible for transmitting sensations from the face to the brain. Trigeminal neuralgia is characterised by intense, stabbing, electric shock-like...
Pain Doctors regularly explain that: “migraine affects many aspects of a person’s life – their work, education, relationships & mental health” [1]. Did you know that: “people in the UK lose a total of...
When it comes to thinking about upcoming surgery, or even making a short visit to a Pain Doctor to have a minimally invasive pain management procedure, such as spinal cord stimulation or a nerve...
As any Pain Doctor will tell you: “Pain interventional therapy is regarded as the most promising medical technology in the 21st century”. It refers to clinical treatment technology based on neuroanatomy, neuroimaging, and nerve...
“The experience of pain is different for every person, and there are various ways to feel and describe pain. This variation can, in some cases, make it challenging [for GPs] to define and treat...
As a Pain Doctor will tell you: “nearly everyone has had headache pain, and most of us have had it many times. But if your headache is severe or unusual, you might worry about...
The Low-Down Male pelvic pain (which is known as prostatitis), refers to: “inflammation of your prostate gland. Your prostate gland sits below your bladder, in front of your rectum. Your urethra (the tube that...