Treatment of Pain

Treatment of Pain and Inflammation

Pain

Pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in term...

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Fascia lata can substitute for nasal lining in reconstruction

(HealthDay)—Fascia lata, which is a thin, pliable, and vascularized tissue, can be effectively used as a substitute for nasal lining in complex total and subtotal nasal reconstruction procedures, ac...

No Glutes, No Glory

By Shalmali Pal I'm fine with cooling my heels in the supermarket line because it gives me a chance to browse -- but rarely buy -- the checkout stand reading materials. Recently, I came across a new-t...

New Strides in the Treatment of Heel Pain with FasciaDerm® Foot Pain Relief System

On July 12, 2012 Applied BioKinetics LLC was granted a patent for its breakthrough heel pain relief system FasciaDerm. FasciaDerm offers fast and effective relief for the most common cause of heel pai...

Botox 'better than steroids' for treating plantar fasciitis

People with a painful foot condition called plantar fasciitis are more likely to benefit from injections of botulinum toxin (Botox) than the application of steroids, a new study has found.Plantar fasc...

What Does Fascia Have to do with Your Pain and Discomfort?

Vancouver, Canada, August 30, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The Vancouver Massage Therapists (RMT) at Broadway Wellness strive to adapt and learn through continuing education. In order to successfully heal, ther...

Personalized Treatment For Pain A Possibility

An investigation into the molecular causes of a debilitating condition known as "Man on Fire Syndrome" has led Yale researchers to develop a strategy that may lead to personalized pain therapy and pre...

Unmet Needs in Pain Therapeutics

This symposium addressed clinical applications and new pain mechanisms for the treatment of chronic pain syndromes, and provided an update on the progress and barriers to developing effective preclini...

UI professor highlights future challenges for improving tools for evaluating pain in older people

Although several types of pain assessment tools are available to help clinicians evaluate pain in older people, too often the sole initial emphasis is to gauge pain intensity instead of determining ho...

Smaller insertion area and inefficient mechanics of the gluteus medius in females.

PURPOSE: Tears of the gluteus medius are most prevalent in middle-aged females. Recently, focus has been placed on diagnosis and treatment of tears, but an explanation for the increased prevalence sti...

Ultrasound revealing subclinical enthesopathy at the greater trochanter level in patients with spondyloarthritis.

This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of subclinical entheseal involvement at the greater trochanter level by ultrasound in patients with spondyloarthritis. Forty-six patients with spon...

Repair of chronic ruptures of the gluteus medius muscle using a nonresorbable patch.

OBJECTIVE: Repair of a chronic rupture with a defect of the gluteus medius muscle with or without a total hip replacement. Improvement of gait and limping by functional stabiliza...

Age-related muscle atrophy in the lower extremities and daily physical activity in elderly women.

This study investigated the relationship between age-related declines in muscle thickness of the lower extremities and daily physical activity in elderly women. The subjects comprised 20 young women a...

Variations in dynamic knee valgus and gluteus medius onset timing in non-athletic females related to hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle.

It has been suggested that activities of daily living could contribute to the occurrence of ACL injury in females. Currently, no studies have focused on the lower extremity behavior of a non-athletic...