Do you suffer from any number of TMJ symptoms? Find out more about these symptoms and how TMJ dysfunction may affect your health.

When a patient is in chronic pain and is working through options for pain relief, at a certain point the options appear to run out. This includes chronic narcotics having been tried, physical therapy, interventional pain management, and other alternative treatments such as chiropractic, spinal decompression therapy, massage, and acupuncture. A spinal cord stimulator can be an extremely effective option for people in this situation, and new research shows it is only getting better with new methods.

When a patient has an epidural steroid injection for pain management, the procedure involves placing a needle into the area around the spinal cord (or its remnant called the dural sac) and the nerve roots. This needle can at times inadvertently enter into the covering around the spinal cord (called the dural sac) and cause some of the cerebrospinal fluid to leak out. This is an infrequent occurrence and typically the tiny little hole generated will heal up uneventfully.

Jaw pain can cause a variety of aches that you don’t want. Find out how best to reduce this nuisance.

Living with any kind or intensity of pain is difficult. It is important to get pain relief with the right treatment early on, especially since pain is a common part of life seen with injury, disease, tension, strain, and infection. However, when pain does not respond to treatment, worsens, or additional symptoms appear, it would be important to take the situation more seriously.