Medicare administrative contracts have proposed eliminating coverage for peripheral nerve block procedures for chronic pain ...

A number of studies have shown that certain vitamins and supplements can play a role in treating neuropathic pain. But more research is needed focusing specifically on occipital neuralgia headaches.

Botulinum toxin injections provided greater short-term relief for "phantom" limb pain than standard medical and surgical ...

Botulinum toxin injections provide greater short-term relief for phantom limb pain than standard medical and surgical care ...

What do chronic migraines, back pain, and irritable bowel syndrome have in common? These seemingly unrelated conditions share a common underlying problem—sensitization of the nervous system. When I ...

Vertebrogenic pain is a type of chronic (ongoing) pain in your lower back caused by damage to vertebral endplates. An endplate is a layer of bone and cartilage at the top and bottom of each of your ...

Whether it’s a dull ache or sharp spasm, pain between the shoulder blades can be caused by a variety of things. It can be due to bad posture while staring at a computer screen all day, an exercise ...

Chronic pain affects over 50 million adults in the U.S. alone and is a leading cause of disability worldwide (Dahlhamer et al., 2018). Yet not all chronic pain is the same, and understanding what kind ...

Worldwide, cancer chemotherapy is linked to persistent severe peripheral nerve pain (neuropathy) for around 4 in every 10 patients treated with these drugs, suggests a pooled data analysis of the ...

A new study may help to explain why there is an over-representation of women experiencing chronic pain compared to men and why pain medication may not be as effective for women as it is for men.