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What are the Symptoms of Sciatica?

What are the Symptoms of Sciatica?

Sciatica is a condition that happens to many individuals, and that affects the sciatic nerve. This nerve runs from the lower back down to the legs. There are a wide range of symptoms of sciatica, which can range from mild to severe, and can include...

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Is Back Pain Permanent?

Is Back Pain Permanent?

It’s a feeling of constant agony, always present in the background of life. No matter what you do, the back pain never truly goes away. It’s a burden you carry everywhere, weighing you down and making even the simplest tasks seem impossible....

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How to Relieve Radiculopathy

How to Relieve Radiculopathy

Radiculopathy is a medical condition where a pinched nerve in your spine causes back or neck pain. It is more common in older adults because disorders that can pinch or irritate a nerve are more prevalent among the elderly. That includes herniated...

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What Causes Kyphosis?

What Causes Kyphosis?

Discover the Most Common Causes of Kyphosis Kyphosis is a spinal condition characterized by an abnormal curvature forward in the upper spine, which causes a hunchback. The most common symptoms include back pain, stiffness, and neck aches.People...

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How to Treat Kyphosis

How to Treat Kyphosis

Kyphosis is a spinal condition characterized by an excessive spine curvature forward. The result is a round or hunched back that can affect your posture and make it difficult to perform certain activities. However, being diagnosed with kyphosis is...

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What Can Cause Lower Back Pain in Women?

What Can Cause Lower Back Pain in Women?

Lower back pain is one of the most common health complaints, and research shows that 1 in 4 Americans experienced it in the last three months. Most cases are only acute and resolve within days or weeks. However, it’s important to mention that lower...

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What Is the Best Treatment for Neuropathy?

What Is the Best Treatment for Neuropathy?

Imagine feeling pain in your body all the time. Unfortunately, that is how people with neuropathy feel every day. This condition results from nerve damage caused by injury, infection, or health disorders. The best treatment approach depends on each...

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How Does Scoliosis Affect Your Body?

How Does Scoliosis Affect Your Body?

Our spine has a natural curvature that supports movement, improves flexibility, and decreases pressure on our backs. Scoliosis is a condition that increases the curvature of the spine, shifting it more to the left and right. Some estimates show...

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Can Sciatica Cause Foot Pain?

Can Sciatica Cause Foot Pain?

When you experience foot pain, you rarely suspect your back as a culprit. However, sciatica is a problematic disorder that can cause shooting pain down through your leg. This condition occurs when something affects the sciatic nerve, which extends...

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Does Cracking Your Knuckles Cause Arthritis?

Does Cracking Your Knuckles Cause Arthritis?

If you like to crack your knuckles, there is a good chance people around you are annoyed by this habit. They might have even told you that it is bad for your fingers and could cause arthritis. But is it true? Can cracking your knuckles really cause...

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What is a bursitis?

What is a bursitis?

A bursitis is the inflammation of the bursa, or the small sac found inside some joints of the human body that contains a small amount of fluid, functioning as a kind of cushion for the structures that make up the joint: muscles, tendons, and bones....

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Types of back pain

Types of back pain

Being one of the most frequent conditions pertaining to the musculoskeletal system, back pain easily can become a chronic pain, which can affect the person's quality of life. For this same reason, it is important to know the cause and type of back...

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Types and causes of sciatic pain

Types and causes of sciatic pain

Undoubtedly, sciatica, or the pain produced by the involvement of the sciatic nerve, is one of the most disabling. It is usually described as a moderate to severe pain in the upper buttock and the right or left lower limb, accompanied by numbness,...

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What to know about peripheral neuropathy?

What to know about peripheral neuropathy?

Our nervous system uses nerves and ganglions that are in the periphery of our body to receive and send relevant information through these pathways. When these are affected we could be in front of a medical condition, which for many is a...

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Main causes of back pain

Main causes of back pain

One of the most frequent conditions in the human being, as far as the musculoskeletal system is concerned, is back pain. It is one of those things that we will all suffer from at least once in our lives. From minor discomfort to severe and constant...

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Sciatica treatment methods

Sciatica treatment methods

Undoubtedly, sciatica, or the pain produced by the involvement of the sciatic nerve, is one of the most disabling, requiring prompt resolution through a correct treatment plan. For most patients with sciatica, conventional conservative treatments...

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Sciatica Pain

Sciatica Pain

Many of us have experienced leg pain or pain shooting into our legs.  Most commonly, a minor injury to a muscle, tendon, or joint could cause shooting leg pain.  Still, sometimes the reason might be a pinched nerve coming from your back and spinal...

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Back Pain

Back Pain

Unlike many mammals that can walk on two legs, human beings exclusively walk upright, in a vertical fashion, on two legs.  We do not use our arms, dragging on our knuckles like closely related species such as apes and chimps nor, is our spine more...

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What is a pain specialist?

What is a pain specialist?

Patients often asked, "What is a pain specialist?" or "How can I find a good pain specialist?"  Like any medical professional, the answer lies within the doctor's education, clinical training, and subsequent certification by a related medical...

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Resolve your knee pain at Space City Pain

Resolve your knee pain at Space City Pain

Doing certain basic activities, such as climbing stairs, getting out of bed or walking can be greatly affected when suffering from knee pain, a very common symptom nowadays. If we consider that chiropractic is a therapy based on a combination of...

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Heal your sciatica at Space City Pain

Heal your sciatica at Space City Pain

Suffering from sciatica means to suffer from a type of pain described by patients as a shooting, shock-like, burning, or cramping sensation, which increases its intensity when prolonged sitting, bending, or twisting is done. Following this nerve's...

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Attend your back pain at Space City Pain

Attend your back pain at Space City Pain

Back pain, both acute and chronic, is a common medical condition with numerous causing factors that can become seriously debilitating, affecting day-to-day life for even the strongest of individuals. While this condition has been treated with...

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Nimbus For Shoulder Pain

Nimbus For Shoulder Pain

Formed by the humerus, scapula, and collar bone, and supported by a series of muscles, tendons, and ligaments, the shoulder is a great joint that allows us to have a wide range of motion while using our arms as an extension of our bodies. However,...

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Exercises for Back Pain Relief

Exercises for Back Pain Relief

February 6, 2018 If you suffer from chronic back pain, you know how important it is to find back pain relief, but pain management might be easier than you thought. Your answer to pain relief could be exercise! Exercise has shown many benefits for...

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Fibromyalgia, a Balancing Act

Fibromyalgia, a Balancing Act

Written by Sheri New, Patient Advocate at Space City Pain Specialists Anyone that has experienced chronic pain or a chronic illness, like fibromyalgia, can tell you that finding a balance between what you need to do, what you can do, and what you...

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