People are often surprised to learn about how many people around them suffer silently with heel-related pain every day of their lives. The most surprising part of it is how so many of these people are willing to suffer in silence and not really do anything about it. Perhaps they don’t wish to call any attention to their little problems.

Chronic pain in multiple areas of the body, accompanied by insomnia and depression is how most patients describe fibromyalgia. Once thought to be a psychosomatic disorder (what’s in your mind is making your body worse) or a psychiatric disorder (it’s all in your mind), fibromyalgia is a recognized illness. As debilitating as it can be, relief can be found, and acupuncture and Chinese medicine can be a drug free, natural solution to find the relief you need.

We can usually provide a list of the many reasons why we suffer from head and neck pain and shoulder discomfort. As humans, on a normal, daily basis, we practice poor posture while sitting and standing and we overwork or misuse our muscles until they are strained and pained. If we add that so-called normal behavior with certain medical conditions, such as degenerative diseases, tumors, trauma, and abnormalities in the bone or joints, our human bodies become incubators for pain.

Are your feet or are your joints all stiff and sore? Perhaps you feel tired all day long? Maybe you should consider visiting your doctor or perhaps the local hospital, but maybe what you need is not medical attention. Maybe what you need are some good insoles for your shoes.

This is what I had to do, when I dropped a big wardrobe mirror closet door on my foot. I did not have any protective shoes on, I did have hiking boots on, and they did not save at all. “I was carrying the mirror by the frame, and the frame came apart, and the mirror went crashing down on my right foot, the big toe to be precise, and the mirror smashed into about 500 pieces.

Medial collateral ligament is a strong band of fibrous tissue on the medial aspect of the knee. One of the main functions is to resist excessive valgus strain (inward force) on the knee. Injuries to the medial collateral ligament (MCL) are usually seen in sports like skiing, football, rugby, etc.

Pain killers is one of the most consumed medicine by people. However many people now prefer natural herbs instead of using these chemical formulated pain medications because there are unpredictable side effects found in them. The advantage of using natural herbs is that there is no side effect found in them.

If you’re like myself and millions of others you have either one or many sore joints that could use some really good, fast relief from all the pain you have to endure on a daily basis. Trust me I think I know exactly how you feel, sure yours might be worse than mine or vice versa but none of that really matters because when your joints hurt they just hurt. For me the big one is my left knee.

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, or TENS, is used for such pain conditions as post-surgical, visceral, neurological, sympathetically mediated, arthritic, myofacial and low back. It is also used to treat bladder incontinence. It is one of the most commonly used types of electro analgesia. Neuromodulation is produced by restoration of afferent input, direct inhibition of abnormally excited nerves, endogenous pain control and presynaptic inhibition in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord.

The ankle is a complex weight bearing joint in the body that is more prone to injuries mainly because of its function and structure. Strains and sprains are common injuries that happen most often in the ankle joint. Basically, sprain refers to an injury to a ligament which is composed of connective tissues that connect joints and tendons while, strain refers to injuries to muscles. Usually sprains and strains occur together and cause severe pain that occasionally become quite severe and require immediate pain management.