We have all at some point in our lives suffered with neck pain. Neck pain can have many causes. The most common causes of neck pain are: Pinched Nerve – a vertebrae is out of alignment and impinging upon a nerve in the neck. Whiplash – neck is injured by the trauma of being thrown forward and backward or side to side pulling muscles in the neck often accompanied by muscle spasms.

Gravity, back injuries, and physical activity cause pressure on the spinal column, and over time this leads to narrowing channels in the spinal column area. Spinal decompression is for relieving the pressure on the spine, which can lead to sciatica and herniated discs. The process of compression is called spinal stenosis, and it causes pain, bulged discs, and the aforementioned other problems.

One of the biggest epidemics facing America today is pain. One third of Americans are afflicted with either acute or chronic pain according to the Institute of Medicine study from last year. But this is not a new phenomenon. How did the fifth vital sign come about?

Do you have a TMJ disorder? You don’t have to suffer in silence from TMJ pain. There are many medical and therapeutic solutions to treat your TMJ disorder. Your doctor will most probably prescribe you medicine to ease the pain or suggest surgery for severe TMJ cases. There are alternatives available other than pain relievers and surgery. New breakthroughs in TMJ pain research have shown that TMJ therapy can offer pain relief and may even lessen the pain to the point that surgery will no longer be necessary.

About 10% of all acute injuries seen by physicians are to the ankle. Most ankle sprains are on the outside of the ankle. The ligament (connecting tissue) between the tibia and fibula is called the syndesmosis.