Patients with neck pain and/or neck stiffness without pain may not associate that their hand and finger pain is related to neck problems. Usually they attribute the hand and finger pain and/or stiffness to arthritis. Initially, self treatments are usually applied to...
Lower back pain is the foremost cause of activity limitation in people below age 45 years, the 2nd most frequent reason for physician visits, the 3rd most common cause of surgical procedures and the 5th ranked cause of admission to hospitals. (Andersson GB....
Neck pain and low back are critical public health problems. The 3-month US prevalence of back and/or neckpain was 31% (low back pain: 34 million, neck pain: 9 million, both back and neck pain: 19 million). Generally, adults with low back and/or neck pain reported more...
Fibromyalgia is a debilitating disorder characterized by chronic pain and tenderness in muscles throughout the entire body, headache, fatigue, sleep disturbance, depression, interstitial cystitis, irritable bowel syndrome and skin sensitivity. The majority of the...
Stress is often considered by patients and clinicians alike as an important factor in the onset and maintenance of widespread musculoskeletal pain, the relationship is more complex than appears on initial consideration. The types of event that lead to stress need...
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