Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain as a Disease: Why Does it Still Hurt?

spine-health — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:06:03 -0800

All About Neuropathy And Chronic Back Pain

spine-health — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:13:15 -0800

Chronic pain that results from damage to or pathological changes of the peripheral or central nervous system is called neuropathy. Peripheral neuropathic pain has also been referred to as painful neuropathy, nerve pain, sensory peripheral neuropathy, or peripheral neuritis. Patients with neuropathy often describe it as unlike any pain that they have felt before.

Anatomy Of Nerve Pain

spine-health — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:16:48 -0800

The spinal cord is the main part of the body's central nervous system that conveys signals from the brain to the nerves throughout the body. Nerves coming from and leading to all parts of the body enter and exit the spinal cord along its entire length.

Chronic Pain and Pain Management: Doctor Answers Patient Questions

spine-health — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:06:03 -0800

Pain management and surgery for facet joint pain

Deciding Against Spine Surgery for Chronic Pain Relief- Patients' Advice: Part I

spine-health — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:03:12 -0800

Back-to-Back

Patients share advice about deciding against spine surgery
In this section, patients share their insights about why they made the decision not to have spine surgery.

Neurostimulator brings more pain relief than I had imagined

I'm 56 years old and have fought a severe lower back problem for the last 16 years. My left SI joint has been fused, I have dextroscoliosis in my lumbar spine along with bilateral facet degeneration, bilateral disc degeneration, bulging disc along my
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IDET: an Alternative to Invasive Surgery for Chronic Low Back Pain

spine-health — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:03:13 -0800

Managing Chronic Back Pain

spine-health — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:06:04 -0800

Regardless of which medical treatments you are undergoing, it can always be helpful to understand your non-medical treatment options as an adjunct-- or as a primary means -- to help manage your back condition.People often report that such techniques are very helpful in reducing chronic pain.And even if these techniques don't work for you, these options are usually non-invasive and inexpensive (or free) to try.

Modern Ideas: The Gate Control Theory of Chronic Pain

spine-health — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:06:04 -0800

Due to the observations that raised questions, a new theory of pain was developed in the early 1960s to account for the clinically recognized importance of the mind and brain in pain perception. It is called the gate control theory of pain, and it was initially developed by Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall.

Modern Theories of Chronic Pain

spine-health — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:06:04 -0800

One of the more interesting recent advances in modern medicine is a new theory about chronic pain. This article discusses how this new theory - the Gate Control Theory of chronic pain - is changing the way chronic back pain may be understood, diagnosed and treated.

Opening and Closing the Pain Gates for Chronic Pain

spine-health — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:06:04 -0800

So far, we have seen that pain signals can be of different types (slow or fast), can travel along different pathways in the brain, and can be influenced by such things as endorphins in the brain stem. But even with all of that, the human pain system is still more elegant.