We all experience pain at one time or another. When it appears, we know it’s there, no one has to tell us what it is. Pain can be acute or chronic, and can be disabling. It is important to treat pain in such a way that it does not become chronic, and so it does not bring about dangerous drug dependency. When severe pain persists, it is important to control it so that the patient can return to the mainstream of life and become functional despite the pain.

I have aches and pain that weren’t here last year and I just don’t have the get up and go that I use to. When I get sick and it takes me longer to get up on my feet again. Unfortunately having pain or getting sick is a part of life and living.

Sciatic nerve pain is a type of pain that starts on the lumbar area or lower back down to the posterior thigh. It isn’t just the normal type of pain that would just eventually go away, its underlying cause must be determined so that it can be treated. Read on to learn more about it.

A number of treatment modalities are available for pain. LLLT or low level laser therapy is one of the modern ways to do this. LLLT uses low intensity or low levels of laser light.

One of the most mobile joints in the body is the shoulder, and an injury to this area of the body can cause limited activity because it restricts the use of your arm. When a person is experiencing should pain, they will often have soreness in their rotator cuff, which is actually four tendons that work together to move the joint.