Raise awareness about chronic illnesses by understanding their impact, symptoms, and the importance of support and education.
When Two Pain Conditions Overlap Living with fibromyalgia is already a complex experience, involving widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disruption, and heightened sensitivity in the nervous system. When sciatica is added into the picture, the discomfort…
Introduction Low back pain is one of the most common and disabling symptoms experienced by people with fibromyalgia. While fibromyalgia is primarily a disorder of pain processing in the central nervous system, many individuals still…
What is “The Spoon Theory?” The spoon theory is relatively simple: living with chronic pain is very different from living a pain-free lifestyle. That living pain-free theoretically has an unlimited number of spoons—whereas those living…
Causes A disc extrusion, also known as a disc herniation, usually occurs from degeneration due to a disease like osteoarthritis or the natural aging process. Other causes may include injury, trauma, overexertion, illness, or obesity.…
Understanding the Complex Relationship Between Trigger Points and Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances, cognitive difficulties, and a…
Introduction Living with chronic pain can be physically exhausting and emotionally overwhelming, especially when it results from serious medical conditions such as multiple myeloma. One of the most common and debilitating complications experienced by multiple…
Introduction Living with chronic pain can be physically exhausting and emotionally overwhelming, especially when it results from serious medical conditions such as multiple myeloma. One of the most common and debilitating complications experienced by multiple…
You may have perused the “Providers” section of our website and wondered what the D.O. and M.D. behind a physician’s name stood for. You may have also wondered if the difference between the two degrees…
If sit-ups are a part of your regular workout routine, you may want to reconsider. The Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps are already doing so after a study found that 56% of fitness–related injuries…
At a young age, we were warned not to twist to crack our backs so we don’t get arthritis. The sensation may feel good and is most likely not a cause of an existing arthritic…