While transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) units are commonly used for pain management, they may not be the most effective treatment option for hip pain. When it comes to hip pain, the underlying causes are often complex and diverse, including issues with the joint, muscles, tendons, or nerves. Hip pain may require a more comprehensive...
Dealing with any kind of foot pain can be an incredibly frustrating experience. If you have an issue with your foot that’s causing pain, it can be easy to aggravate it every time you put pressure on it. As a result, foot pain can be highly debilitating since something as simple as standing or walking...
With a sometimes undeciphered origin, patients experience shoulder pain at a level and frequency that quickly becomes unmanageable. While shoulder pain can be a result of several factors, at times the diagnosis of shoulder pain is not what matters to patients, it’s an option to relieve it. There are times when patients experience a level...
Fibromyalgia is another complex and misunderstood condition with many possible variations of symptoms and comorbidities, making it very difficult to treat. The fact remains that many doctors, patients, and the medical community as a whole have a difficult time understanding and working with this condition. It is therefore unsurprising to learn that many physicians can’t...
Almost half of the women worldwide experience the conditions of endometriosis and a lot of them experience it as soon as early puberty. Even considering that this condition is common, most who experience the pain do not seek medical attention or look for treatment. For the most part, this is not due to patients not...
Osteoporosis is diagnosed in over three million people every year and remains a major health concern for 54 million Americans. But despite how widespread this condition is, its “silent” nature makes it difficult to diagnose and treat. Indeed, besides living on a daily basis with osteoporosis pain, patients are often unable to self-diagnose the origin...
When patients have back pain that has been chronic and spreads across the length of the back, it is often difficult for those patients to determine its origin. For many patients with chronic pain that worsens over the years, it may seem practically impossible for a doctor to diagnose their condition and its cause. It...
Plantar fasciitis is one of those conditions that you don’t usually hear much about until you or someone you know develops it themselves. It’s very painful and debilitating because the pain in your feet makes it nearly impossible to get around normally and handle the daily activities of life. Since most patients are unfamiliar with...
If you have ever experienced a true migraine or suffer from chronic, recurring headaches that last for four hours, you certainly understand the urgency for an effective form of pain relief, as well as some ways to prevent them from occurring. Moderate to intense throbbing pain that fluctuates for hours and sometimes days, debilitating nausea,...
Osteoarthritis is a chronic pain condition and a pervasive medical problem across the world. It is often referred to as a wear and tear condition that continues to progress throughout a patient’s adult life until they are driven to seek treatment. Osteoarthritis often presents in knees, fingers, and toes, but most joints are capable of...
