BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The Space Coast Pain Institute will host a special open house on Thursday, Sept. 2, in recognition of the American Pain Foundation’s National Pain Awareness Month.
Space Coast Pain Institute To Host Pain Awareness Open House
By SpaceCoastMedicine.comAugust 25, 2010 0 Comments
Pain Awarness Invitation to Physicians
By SpaceCoastMedicine.comAugust 1, 2010 0 Comments
For many physicians, finding a path to relief for chronic pain patients can be challenging. Oral opioids provide short-term control, but they may be accompanied by side effects and other risks.
What a Pain in the Rear
By SpaceCoastMedicine.comDecember 15, 2009 0 Comments
Pyriformis syndrome is a condition characterized by abnormal tension or spasm of a muscle in the buttocks called the pyriformis muscle. The tensions in the muscle may lead to irritation of the sciatic nerve.
Radiofrequency Ablation Alleviates Chronic Pain
By SpaceCoastMedicine.comDecember 9, 2009 0 Comments
Dr. Tejash Dungarani, of Health First Physicians Pain Management practice in Cocoa Beach, specializes in radiofrequency ablation, or “zapping,” of nerves in order to alleviate patients’ chronic pain.
Take Walk On the MILD Side
By SpaceCoastMedicine.comDecember 1, 2009 0 Comments
Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression (MILD) is now a procedure that can be performed on an outpatient basis for individuals suffering with progressive leg pain secondary to spinal canal stenosis due to ligamentum flavum hypertrophy.
Cone Snail Venom Effective Remedy For Pain
By SpaceCoastMedicine.comNovember 26, 2009 0 Comments
Broadly speaking, there are two types of pain. There is nociceptive pain, which is caused by tissue injury or inflammation. This pain tends to be temporary, lessening as the tissues heal. The second type of pain is far more difficult to manage and is called neuropathic pain.
Osteoarthritis Caused By Wear-and-Tear Between the Joints
By SpaceCoastMedicine.comJune 17, 2009 0 Comments
MORE THAN 10 million Americans have knee osteoarthritis, which is the number one cause of disability in the United States.
Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis Causes Back, Leg Pain
By SpaceCoastMedicine.comJune 14, 2009 0 Comments
AS THE lumbar spinal canal narrows, the nerves that go through it are squeezed. This squeezing may cause back pain, leg pain, weakness and numbness.
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Causes Hand, Wrist Pain
By SpaceCoastMedicine.comJune 11, 2009 0 Comments
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME occurs when the median nerve, which runs from the forearm into the hand, becomes pressed or squeezed at the wrist.
Percutaneous Discectomy Promising Therapy for Degenerative Disc Disease
By SpaceCoastMedicine.comJune 7, 2009 0 Comments
Percutaneous Discectomy is one of the most promising and least traumatic of all the available therapies for degenerative disc disease.
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