Avoiding Opioid Abuse

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Avoiding Opioid Abuse A fundamental principle in medicine is to do no harm. Practitioners need to know how to prescribe opioids without doing harm – how to treat pain without…

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Chiropractic Treatment

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Chiropractic Treatment Chiropractic care is a form of integrative medical treatment concerned with mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system. D.D. Palmer founded chiropractic treatment in Davenport, Iowa in 1890. His…

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Physical Therapy

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Physical Therapy Physical therapy is used to preserve, enhance, or restore physical function and movement. The mainstays of this therapy include balance, endurance, stretching/range of motion, and strengthening. The goal…

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Complementary Treatments

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Complementary Treatments Complementary medicine is defined as medical interventions not routinely taught at American medical schools. Although there have been great strides in conventional pain management over the past two…

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Percutaneous Lumbar Disc Decompression

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Percutaneous Lumbar Disc Decompression A vertebral disc is built like a jelly doughnut. The inner jelly part is the nucleus pulposus and the outer layer is the anulus fibrosus (Fig….

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Common Nerve Blocks

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Common Nerve Blocks Nerves send sensory impulses to the brain for interpretation. These impulses travel in a regular pattern when the nervous system is working correctly. When a nerve is…

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Spinal Cord Stimulation

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Spinal Cord Stimulation Since 15 BC electricity has been used to treat pain. Ancient Roman physicians used the torpedo fish, also known as electric ray, to treat headaches and gout….

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Programmable Intrathecal Pain Pump

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Programmable Intrathecal Pain Pump There are several ways of delivering pain medication. Typical routes of administration are oral, transdermal, intramuscular, intravenous, and epidural. Programmable intrathecal pain pumps were developed to…

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Discogenic Pain: Lumbar Discography

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Discogenic Pain: Lumbar Discography A vertebral disc is built like a jelly doughnut. The inner jelly part is the nucleus pulposus and the outer layer is the anulus fibrosus (Fig….

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