Common Pain Conditions seen at Pain Clinic
Common Pain Conditions seen at Pain Clinic
- Back pain: Pain in the back that can be caused by a variety of factors, including injury, inflammation, and degeneration.
- Herniated or degenerative disc disease: A condition in which the soft, jelly-like center of an intervertebral disc bulges out or ruptures, putting pressure on nearby nerves.
- Radiculitis: Inflammation of a nerve root, which can cause pain, numbness, and tingling in the area served by the nerve.
- Spinal stenosis: A narrowing of the spinal canal, which can put pressure on the spinal cord and nerves.
- Sciatica: Pain that radiates from the lower back down the back of the leg, caused by compression of the sciatic nerve.
- Neck pain: Pain in the neck that can be caused by a variety of factors, including injury, inflammation, and degeneration.
- Failed back surgery syndrome: A condition that occurs when surgery to relieve back pain does not work or makes the pain worse.
- Post-laminectomy syndrome: A condition that occurs after laminectomy surgery, which is a procedure to remove part of the spinal bone to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or nerves.
- Post-fusion syndrome: A condition that occurs after spinal fusion surgery, which is a procedure to join two or more vertebrae together.
- Facet joint pain: Pain in the facet joints, which are the joints that connect the vertebrae in the spine.
- Pain from automobile, work-related, or other injuries: Pain that is caused by an injury, such as a car accident, a fall, or a work-related injury.
- Migraines and other headaches: Headaches that can be caused by a variety of factors, including stress, hormonal changes, and certain foods.
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD): A condition that causes chronic pain, swelling, and changes in skin color and temperature.
- Cancer pain: Pain that is caused by cancer or its treatment.
- Phantom limb pain: Pain that is felt in an amputated limb.
- Neuropathy: Damage to the nerves that can cause pain, numbness, and tingling.
- Postherpetic neuralgia: Pain that is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, which causes shingles.
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