If you've fallen or had a recent blow to your rib area, that could be to blame. "Overuse or injury to the muscles in the ...

And scattered all along these nerve fibers are these sodium channels ... Broadfoot: Yeah, I mean, I think all the pain meds, one thing you’re trying to do is balance safety and effectiveness.

Spinal nerves and peripheral nerves (in the limbs) are prone to being pinched. Typical symptoms of a pinched nerve are pain, tingling, numbness, or weakness. These symptoms may be felt anywhere in the ...

The trigeminal nerve is most commonly associated with trigeminal neuralgia, a condition characterized by severe facial pain. Since it is large and has several divisions, the trigeminal nerve or its ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is urging patients not to stop taking their prescribed medication if it falls under the ...

and spasms in the muscles and nerves along her neck and upper back. “I’ve tried muscle relaxers, OTC pain meds and creams, Lidocaine patches, Voltaren, botox in my head, neck, and shoulders ...

pain, drug addiction, and more. But how could stimulating a single nerve potentially have such wide-ranging psychological and cognitive benefits? To understand this, we must understand the vagus ...

Nerves are very fragile and prone to injury. When they are damaged, they may cause pain, or if severely affected, they may stop relaying information to and from the brain, which leads loss of ...

If your office chair isn't the most comfortable or the driver's seat gives you backaches during long road trips, you might ...

Why are so many people being diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome and opting for surgery? Hand and orthopedic surgeons ...

We describe the case of a 51-year-old man presenting with 7 months of right lower quadrant abdominal pain on the background of known Crohn’s disease. A circumspect surgical approach and ...