Utilizing Stimulation As a Way to Help Treat Chronic Pain By Harrison Irons, MD At this point nearly every American, especially anyone in the medical community, has heard about the opioid crisis we are currently facing. With increasing scrutiny from governing bodies at the national and state level regarding opioids, pain physicians are tested in treating patients in the already ...

Diabetes can cause long-term problems throughout a patient's body especially if a patient doesn't control their blood sugar effectively. High blood sugar can cause diabetic neuropathy, which damages the nerves that send signals from your hands and feet. Common symptoms of diabetic neuropathy are numbness or tingling in your fingers, toes, hands and feet. Burning, sharp, or aching pain are ...

For most people, degenerative disc disease treatment is successful with conservative (meaning non-surgical) care consisting of medication to control inflammation and pain, physical therapy and exercise. Steroid medications delivered either through an epidural injection or orally are the most common forms of treatment. Surgery becomes the next option if a patient is still not receiving pain relief over six months ...

Not all migraines are the same. There are 5 major ways to define your headaches. Take some time and read about each one and identify the headache type that applies to you. Sometimes learning more about specific pains will help a patient understand what type of body pain treatment he/she needs. Status Migrainosus This is the migraine that is severe, ...