Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) contains a high concentration of your body’s natural healing properties. If you have an injury that’s taking a long time to heal or you suffer from a chronic joint pain condition, PRP might be the right next step for you.
Developing osteoporosis is not a normal part of the aging process. You can prevent osteoporosis by taking steps right now that focus on improving bone health. There’s no better time to get started.
Your joints connect your entire skeleton and allow you to move in many ways. However, the more mobile the joint, the greater the risk of injury and pain. But there’s no need to let your joint pain limit your active lifestyle when you can get help.
A bone spur is a bony growth that develops in the body’s attempt to repair joint damage. Though they don’t always cause problems, spurs may lead to joint pain and stiffness if the growth rubs against bone, soft tissue, or a nearby nerve.
Although your body has everything it needs to heal injured tissue, sometimes you need a little help. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy is a form of regenerative medicine that offers many benefits to support your body’s healing process.
Symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome start gradually and worsen over time. When suffering from this common pain condition, you may wonder what caused it. Click here to find answers to your questions about carpal tunnel syndrome.
Do you have concerns about your opioid use? Are you worried about opioid addiction or dependence? If so, you may be a good candidate for Suboxone®, a medication that treats adults with opioid addiction and dependence.
As with the cartilage in your knees, aging is the primary cause of degeneration in your spine. Though not everyone with disc degeneration has neck or back pain, the degenerative changes can be a source of chronic, sometimes severe, pain.
A bunion isn’t just a bump on the inside of your foot. This foot deformity tends to get worse over time and affect your day-to-day life. But with advances in surgical tools and techniques, you don’t have to live with your bunions.
Medications, injections, and surgery aren’t the only treatments available to help you control your pain. TENS therapy is a safe, noninvasive pain management tool that benefits both acute and chronic pain conditions. Click here to learn more.
Are you dependent on opioids for pain relief? Do you have concerns about opioid addiction? You may benefit from Suboxone®, a medication that helps reduce cravings for opioids and provides some pain relief. Click here to learn how it works.
A rotator cuff injury is a common cause of shoulder pain. Treating your rotator cuff injury depends on many factors. However, receiving an early diagnosis and getting a treatment plan in place promptly can reduce your pain and speed up your recovery.
Sports injuries are common, and they can put a real damper on your active lifestyle. Find out how platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy may help provide your body with the healing tools needed to speed up your recovery.
Whether from an injury or arthritis, knee pain can make it difficult to maintain your active lifestyle. But there’s no need to simply suffer in silence. Noninvasive treatments are available to alleviate your knee pain.
Your smartphone makes it easy for you to keep in touch with work, friends, and family no matter where you are. But all that time you spend with your head bent over your device puts you at risk of developing tech neck. What can you do?
Chronic pain is a complex disease that may interfere with your ability to work and socialize with friends and family. While the physical symptoms are often the focus of your chronic pain, the condition also affects your mood.
Sciatica affects about 40% of people in the United States at some point in their life. While symptoms vary, the pain condition can disrupt your daily life. When it comes to relief from your sciatica pain, however, you have many treatment options.
Aging, arthritis, and carpal tunnel syndrome affect grip strength. A poor grip not only makes it harder for you to open a jar, but may also predict future health risks. Learn how orthopedic surgeons can help improve your poor grip.
Carpal tunnel syndrome may develop from a number of causes — some you have control over; others you don’t. However, in most cases, the common wrist pain condition develops from more than one single cause.
Spinal stenosis is a common cause of neck and back pain most often diagnosed in people age 60 and older. Though not everyone with spinal stenosis has symptoms, when they do occur, they progressively worsen over time.
Your hand is a complex and delicate system made up of many parts that help you type on a computer and grip heavy objects. Hand pain can develop from many causes and interfere with your daily tasks. But with the right treatment, you can get relief.
Prescription opioids to treat chronic pain can lead to addiction. Find out how Suboxone® provides a safe alternative to pain relief.
You don’t remember damaging or injuring your shoulder, but it’s been hurting for a long time. If you’ve been experiencing chronic shoulder pain, learn more about how you could actually be suffering from a neck problem instead.
If you have persistent back pain that hasn’t resolved with other medical interventions, you may be a candidate for minimally invasive spine surgery. Learn more about how technological advances in surgery make this a great treatment for back pain.
Back and neck pain are extraordinarily common, and often a herniated disc is at the root of your pain. While you should always get a diagnosis and treatment from an orthopedist, knowing the symptoms and risk factors can help you protect your spine.
Do you have chronic bouts of sciatic pain? Sciatica can make it painful to walk, stand, sit, or lie down. If you deal with sciatica regularly, there are some lifestyle changes you can make to reduce your pain.
You rely on your joints for every move you make. The constant workload leaves the joints vulnerable to damage, which often proves quite painful. Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections are a natural regenerative solution to ease your joint pain.
Odds are that your active life is what damaged your ACL, so it’s best to proceed with caution when you’re returning to your sport of choice. Why risk suffering further consequences that can sideline you even longer?
Many everyday tasks put stress on our wrists and hands. Over time, this can cause carpal tunnel syndrome. Read on to find out how you can prevent getting carpal tunnel syndrome before it starts.
Blog Snapshot: • Drop foot is a condition that is characterized by an inability to manipulate the toes or ankles of a foot. • This condition can prevent a person from raising their foot at the ankle, pointing their toes, or moving their ankle inward and
Blog Snapshot: • Chiari malformation is a relatively common condition that causes brain tissue to extend downward into the spinal canal. • This condition falls under two major categories. Chiari malformation type I occurs during fetal development, causi
Blog Snapshot: • According to a recent study, behavioral health disorders, such as anxiety and depression, are considered early risk factors for chronic pain in adolescents. • The research study was published in The Journal of Pain, and it looked into th
