Lateral Epicondylitis or also known as tennis elbow can be a very painful and annoying proposition. This condition is a very straight forward over-use condition which means no real traumatic event is going to cause it. When the arm is over-used while in certain positions over time this condition will manifest itself.

Recently, we asked our neuropathy patients to ask us questions about what bothers them most about peripheral neuropathy and chronic pain. Not surprisingly, a lot of the questions were the same…

Documentation is your best friend and it is the key to reimbursement. But if your documentation isn’t up to snuff, it could be your worst enemy.

Neuroma is due to a pinched or compressed nerve. When this occurs in the foot, it is termed Morton’s neuroma. This causes foot pain and swelling, more commonly occurring between the third and fourth toes. Initial symptoms may be a tingling sensation which gets worse over time.

TENS stands for transcutaneous electrical neural stimulation and works by stimulating the sensory nerves with a small electrical charge in order to relieve the user from pain. TENS has been approved by the FDA and has slowly become one of the most popular choices for pain management. While there are other treatments for pain on the market, they often do not have the same success rate as TENS, and in many cases they tend to be more expensive. TENS is also a drug free approach to pain relief which allows people with certain allergies, or who are against using pain medication to use a pain management treatment that they can live with.