Patients with Chronic Pain and their General Practitioners Introduction Patients with chronic pain visit their general practitioners 5 times more frequently than others. However, 69% of primary care organisations have no guidelines or recommendations...
Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is an arthritis type that is caused by the breakdown and eventual loss of cartilage of one or more joints. The main areas, which are affected by OA, include fingers, spine...
Introduction Scoliosis is a condition that involves complex lateral and rotational curvature and deformity of the spine. In other words, scoliosis is a condition where people have spines that curve from side to side....
Definitions An acute sprain is defined as the tearing or stretching of a ligament or a joint capsule, with symptoms of sudden onset and short duration. A ligament is the tissue that connects bones...
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Introduction The management of postoperative pain is one of the principal missions of the pain management specialists. Characteristics of postoperative pain Postoperative pain can be easily distinguished from other forms of pain. A few...
Introduction Hypermobility Syndrome is a condition in which hypermobile joints develop in different parts of the body due to genetic or other reasons. Hypermobile joints are those joints that move beyond the normal range...
Polymyalgia Rheumatica Introduction Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a condition typically characterized by a severe pain and stiffness in certain muscles of the body. Adults over the age of 50, especially women are more likely...
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Introduction The thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is basically a group of disorders characterized by the compression of the blood vessels or nerves in the thoracic outlet, the space between the collarbone...
Cancer Pain Syndromes The Basics Pain is defined as the impact of a physiological series of electrical and chemical events occurring in the body. According to the International Association for Study of Pain, “Pain...