Chronic Pain And A New Paradigm

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

We often associate chronic pain with the back, but chronic pain can also be a daily reality for people dealing with diabetes, glaucoma, Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, Cancer and many other disease processes. For many, the primary choices for dealing with chronic pain appear to be either narcotic drugs or sheer will power. For others, changes in [...]

Chronic Pain Syndrome And Chronic Pain Management And Treatment - Part I

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Suffer From Chronic Pain
Each year tens of millions of Americans suffer from persistent pain known as chronic pain. Individuals with chronic pain are less able to function in daily life than those who do not suffer from chronic pain.
Chronic pain patients suffer from poor sleep quality and depressed mood rather than pain intensity, duration, or [...]

Chronic Pain Syndrome And Chronic Pain Management And Treatment - Part II

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

This is not only true for chronic soft tissue type pain but also is reported in conditions such as rheumatoid Arthritis (20). Examples of chronic nociceptive pain include pain from Cancer or arthritis. This phenomenon, allodynia, is common in chronic degenerative arthritis, low back pain, and severe irritable bowel syndrome and interstitial cystitis. Common types [...]