Spinal cord stimulation, also known as SCS, uses electrical impulses to relieve chronic pain of the back, arms and legs. It is believed that electrical pulses prevent pain signals from being received by the brain. SCS candidates include people who suffer from neuropathic pain and for whom
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
Electrical stimulation was first used in ancient Rome in order to relieve pain by using electric eels. More conveniently, Trans-cutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is now used to treat nerve-related pain conditions and muscle spasms using the same principles of electrical
Trigger Point Injections
When your muscles become a source of pain a nodule or band may be felt by pressing the skin over the muscle. This nodule or band when pressed causes pain that radiates to another part of the body -- these areas are called trigger points. These small, tender knots can form in muscles or in the fascia
How Has Covid-19 Impacted Practices?
Dr. Christopher Burton recently asked a number of physicians in a variety of practices how the Covid-19 crisis has impacted them. He received a lot of feedback and compiled an article that covers the trends we are seeing, including what some physicians are doing differently to thrive while so
The PainExam Podcast
Interview with Dr. Bryan Marascalchi Co-Founder of Patient Premier Check out our latest podcast with David Rosenblum of PainExam where Dr. Bryan Marascalchi discuss PainScored.com - a better tool for the collection of actionable data for shared decision making. Pain Scored, Patient
The Future of Pain Management – Pain Scored
The pain diary is a standard, but basically useless, way of managing pain. We started our app, Pain Scored, with a simple premise: if we make the pain diary easy to use daily and help people see their own data, they make better decision. When given the proper tools, managed by a physician, their
Food, Pain and You
What you eat affects what you feel. How the "Pain Diet" may help you have an awesome New Year! The holiday season gives us time to reflect on the year and our goals for the year before us. Like many, I pledge to eat healthier and wiser. I’m sure this is true for many of you. As a special bonus,
Amar Setty: Nation needs a ‘moonshot’ on solving opioid problems
When President Donald Trump declared opioid abuse a public health emergency last October, it was unclear if this announcement would become a defining moment in ending our nation’s worst-ever drug epidemic. As the Charleston Gazette-Mail‘s Pulitzer-Prize winning reporting revealed, West Virginia