“Occipital Neuralgia is a rare neurological condition in which the occipital nerves (the nerves that run through the scalp), are injured or inflamed. This causes headaches that feel like severe shooting, piercing, burning, throbbing,...
“The concept and description of Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) started in the field of haematology (the study of blood and blood disorders). Haematologists created the term PRP in the 1970s in order to describe the...
As a Pain Doctor will tell you: PRP is the result of a step-by-step therapeutic procedure, in which a Pain Specialist extracts platelets from a patient’s blood, and directly places them in a specific...
As a Pain Doctor will tell you: “Migraines are about 3 times more common in women than men, & may affect more than 12 percent of the adult population. Migraines often run in families,...
As any Pain Doctor will tell you: “headaches can interfere with daily life, but healthy lifestyle choices can help you head off the pain. Start with diet, exercise and relaxation. Nearly everyone knows the...
“Most people have headaches from time to time. But if you have a headache more days than not, you might have chronic [long-term] daily headaches. Rather than a specific headache type, chronic daily headaches...
As a Back Pain Specialist will tell you, ‘chiropractic adjustment,’ refers to a procedure during which a trained specialist (chiropractor), uses their hands, (and on some occasions, a small instrument), in order to apply...
As any Pain Doctor will tell you: “Most of us get back pain at some point in our lives. It may be due to a sports-related injury, an accident, or a congenital condition such...
As any Pain Doctor will tell you, sciatica refers to pain which derives from the sciatic nerve. It normally comes about due to a back injury, spinal stenosis, or spondylolisthesis. Of note, sciatica is...
Pain can be an overwhelming and debilitating experience, which can negatively affect every aspect of our lives. – And this can be especially difficult when the pain is long-term. Understanding what is causing our...