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Bell’s palsy| late recovery phenonmenon by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Saturday, March 21, 2009 Bell's palsy is an idiopathic neuropathy of cranial nerve VII, and the incidence ranges from 15 to 40 per 100,000. The majority of patients recove ... Read on »

Golf backswing | Low back| Shoulder Injuries by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain March 13, 2009 Full recoil golf swings have been implicated in back pain and injury in golfers. Evidence suggests that a restricted backswing may reduce the potential for inju ... Read on »

Trigger points| Tennis elbow by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Sunday, March 08, 2009 This study investigated the presence of active and latent muscle trigger points (TrPs) in the forearm musculature on both affected and unaffected sides ... Read on »

Ulnar Nerve Symptoms| Cubital Tunnel Region by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Saturday, February 28, 2009 It is well known that cubital tunnel syndrome frequently occurs in throwing athletes. The cause of cubital tunnel syndrome is considered to be mech ... Read on »

Repetitive Stress Injury| Hand Pain by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Sunday, February 22, 2009 This study established normative values of the kinematics of the fingers and hands during computer keyboard use by studying the angles, angular velo ... Read on »

Hand Pain| Osteoarthritis by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain February 15, 2009 This study performed upper-extremity physical examinations on a sample of United States adults age 60+ yrs. Data for demographics, pain history, analgesic us ... Read on »

Teeth| Jaw| Neck Pain by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Saturday, February 07, 2009 Patients complaining of pain in tooth bearing regions of the oral cavity may be suffering from a disorder unrelated to pulpal pathology.Unnecessary ... Read on »

Chronic Pain| Neuropathic features by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Saturday, January 31, 2009 A large nationwide postal survey was performed to estimate the prevalence of chronicpain with or without neuropathic characteristics in the French g ... Read on »

Chronic Pain| Cognition| Depression by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Sunday, January 25, 2009 Patients with fibromyalgia frequently complain of cognitive problems or " fibrofog." The existence of these symptoms has been confirmed by stu ... Read on »

Trapezius Pain| Specific Strength Training by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Saturday, January 17, 2009 The prevalence of neck muscle pain has steadily increased and especially pain from the descending part of the trapezius muscle has been associated w ... Read on »

Whiplash| Muscle Fatigue by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Saturday, January 10, 2009 This study examinedif patients with whiplash injury show identifiable increases in neck muscle fatigability and associated increase in postural body ... Read on »

Pain| Tennis Elbow by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Friday, January 02, 2009 A study was performed to investigate whether an exercise program supplemented with ice is more successful than the exercise program alone in treating ... Read on »

Hypoglycemia| Pain by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Saturday, December 27, 2008 Many patients in pain also have diabetes and they should be aware of dangerous hypoglycemic (low levels of blood glucose) episodes. To prevent hyp ... Read on »

Groin Pain| Sports by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Saturday, December 20, 2008 Groin pain in athletes is a common problem that can result in significant amounts of missed playing time. Many of the problems are related to the m ... Read on »

TMJ function | Chewing by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Sunday, December 14, 2008 The study of mechanics of the temporomandibularjoint (TMJ) is important because its dysfunction and breakdown could be, at least partially, of mechan ... Read on »

Chronic Pain| Drinking Problems by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Sunday, December 07, 2008The intersection of pain and alcohol misuse by older adults has not been studied. This study involved older community-residing adults (n = 401) classi ... Read on »

Chronic pain | Depression by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Saturday, November 29, 2008 Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are a common co-morbidity in patients with a history of accident-related chronicpain and depressi ... Read on »

Chronic Pain | Insomnia by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Saturday, November 22, 2008 A chronic pain ful physical condition can be a major cause of sleep disturbances. This study included 18, 958 participants aged 15 years or older f ... Read on »

Injections|Back and Leg Pain by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Saturday, November 15, 2008Injection therapy is one of many treatments available for patients with subacute (longer than six weeks) and chronic (longer than 12 weeks) low-back ... Read on »

Coronary Disease| Muscle Pain|Heart Rate by Dr. Jennifer C. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Chronic Pain Sunday, November 09, 2008There is increasing evidence that increased heartrate may be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality both in patients wi ... Read on »

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