People who take opioid medications for chronic pain may have a hard time finding a new primary care clinic that will take them on as a patient if they need one, according to a new “secret shopper” study of hundreds…
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How Men Over 40 Can Build Core Strength Without Back Pain
Author, fitness model, and trainer Kirk Charles, NASM-CPT CES, knows that as you get older, life can get more complicated. But that shouldn’t prevent you from being on top of your game. He’ll help to answer the tough training questions…
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Which exercise regimen works best to ease lower back pain?
Chronic lower back pain can make the most routine tasks difficult. But a new study suggests patients can learn new, practical and less painful ways to move through individualized “motor skills training,” or MST. A two-year study of nearly 150…
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Need an IV or Stitches? Virtual Reality or Hypnosis Might Ease Pain
TUESDAY, Dec. 1, 2020 — Virtual reality glasses or hypnosis can relieve pain and anxiety in people having short medical procedures, a new study finds. For those getting an IV catheter or stitches to close a wound, for example, these…
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Teeth grinding and facial pain increase due to coronavirus stress and anxiety
The stress and anxiety experienced by the general population during Israel’s first lockdown brought about a significant rise in orofacial and jaw pain, as well as jaw-clenching in the daytime and teeth-grinding at night, according to a new study from…
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Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds Reflects on His AS Diagnosis and Chronic Pain
Not backing down. For years, Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds has been suffering from chronic pain due to ankylosing spondylitis — but he hasn’t let the condition break his stride. The Grammy-nominated musician looked back at his journey to discovering…
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Spinal cord stimulation reduces pain and motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease patients
A team of researchers in the United States and Japan reports that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) measurably decreased pain and reduced motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, both as a singular therapy and as a “salvage therapy” after deep brain stimulation…
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Using "pain sketches" to optimize migraine surgery outcomes
Credit: CC0 Public Domain “Can you draw me a picture of your headache?” may sound like an unusual question—but drawings of headache pain provide plastic surgeons with valuable information on which patients are more or less likely to benefit from…
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Caroline Wozniacki Opens Up About Her Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis: "I was in so much pain and felt exhausted"
Professional tennis player Caroline Wozniacki was at the top of her game in 2018, but when the 30-time Women’s Tennis Association singles title winner began feeling ill in August—after playing at Wimbledon, no less—she knew something was wrong. “After Wimbledon,…
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Could TURMERIC fight off the pain of arthritis?
Could TURMERIC fight off the pain of arthritis? Scientists reveal the yellow spice is more effective than a placebo at relieving knee pain Turmeric is widely used as a flavouring in South Asian cooking It has been used as a…
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