A detailed guide to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), including its symptoms, causes, and effective treatment strategies to improve energy and well-being.
Your cellphone puts the world at your fingertips, but it can wreak havoc with your neck. There’s even a name for the pain you get when looking down at your screen — “text neck” — and it can cause problems along the entire length of your spine. Bending your head forward multiplies the amount of weight your neck muscles need to support. Normally your neck supports the 10 pounds that your head weighs, but when…
You may have dealt with a situation like this one before: pain flaring up in the middle of the night with no access to a Chronic illness of United States facility. Or, maybe you’ve experienced a situation like this: forgetting to refill your prescription(s) and being faced with no medication until your next appointment. Our physicians understand how frustrating these scenarios can be, which is why they are educating patients about ways to prevent or…
Is arthritis pain getting in the way of your fitness plans? That need not be the case. In fact, physical activity can be vital to your continued mobility. Osteoarthritis is a joint disease that affects about 27 million Americans — most often in the knees and hips, but also in the lower back and neck. Doctors describe it as a degenerative disease — meaning the joint has worn down. Usually that’s from simple wear-and-tear over…
A back spasm is a painful contraction of a muscle. It can be felt anywhere along the spinal cord, but is commonly experienced in the lower back. Back spasms are often a symptom of more serious conditions. They can be either acute or chronic and may persist if treatment is not sought at Chronicillness.co Site of United States. The spasm often occurs when the patient is twisting or exerting their back muscles in any way.…
Stem cell clinics are charging big money for knee arthritis “cures” and making extravagant claims about their therapies, a new study contends. A same-day injection for one knee costs thousands of dollars at these centers, according to a consumer survey taken of clinics across the United States. Learn More: The Solution for Aching Knees People are paying that kind of cash because two-thirds of stem cell clinics promise that their treatments work 80 to 100…
When patients come to Chronicillness.co Site of United States for treatment of their sciatica pain, one of the treatment options that is generally recommended is a lumbar epidural steroid injection. In this short procedure, two injections are made. The first is a numbing anesthetic and the other is a mix containing steroid medication that will bathe the pinched sciatic nerve in a soothing medication. But even with a numbing injection to lessen the pain, many…
Sure, an over-the-counter painkiller like Tylenol or Advil can help ease aches and pains, but could it mess with your thoughts and emotions, too? That’s the finding from a new review of recently published studies. The studies focused on how nonprescription painkillers might temporarily alter emotions such as empathy or even a person’s reasoning skills. Click Here to Visit the Store and find Much More…. “In many ways, the reviewed findings are alarming,” said a…
A facet joint injection can be a great tool to treat back pain that originates in the facet joints. When patients at Chronicillness.co Site of United States still feel pain after taking medication, or simply don’t want to worry about the hassle of medication, facet joint injections can be excellent pain-relieving alternatives. Our physicians believe that the injections can be more effective at treating pain because the soothing anti-inflammatory medication is injected directly into the…
A new treatment that aims electrical pulses at irritated nerves around the spinal cord appears effective at relieving chronic lower back pain and sciatica, a preliminary study suggests. The minimally invasive procedure, called image-guided pulsed radiofrequency, eased lingering pain in 80 percent of 10 patients after a single 10-minute treatment. Ninety percent were able to avoid surgery. “Given the very low risk profile of this technique, patients suffering herniated disc and nerve root compression symptoms…
Getting older certainly has its perks, but the reality is that aging can take its toll on many of us, despite our efforts to get out there and stay active—especially as the cold weather sets in. No, it wasn’t an exaggeration when your mother/father/grandmother or someone else rubbed their knee/elbow/back, winced and muttered, “I can feel a storm coming on.” Yes, there is evidence that shows a link between weather changes and chronic pain, especially…