Neck Pain – Conditions and Treatments Find in-depth information including the common causes of neck pain and treatments that can bring relief. The most freely moving part of the spine, the neck has to support about 1/7 of the total body weight. It has seven vertebrae that can become painful through a host of conditions […]
Read MoreMany of the world’s top athletes swear by the effectiveness of PRP (platelet-rich plasma) therapy for soft tissue injuries and other painful musculoskeletal conditions. Eli Loch, DO, of Coastal Spine and Pain Center, specializes in using Regenexx® PRP. Regenexx technology produces PRP with the purest and highest concentration of platelets anywhere in North Florida. Call […]
Read MoreApplies to: Neck, Shoulder, Elbow/Hand/Wrist, Back, Hip, Knee Fifty-three percent of all patients with cancer experience pain and 59 percent of patients receiving anticancer treatment report pain. Most of the pain experienced when a patient has cancer is caused by the illness itself. Tumors can compress, invade, or infiltrate the bone, tissue, vascular and nervous […]
Read MoreApplies to: Neck, Back Spinal stenosis is an abnormal narrowing of the spinal canal. This narrowing causes a restriction to the spinal canal, which in turn, results in a neurological deficit. Symptoms may include: pain numbness tingling, prickling, burning sensation loss of motor control The most common areas affected are the neck and the lower […]
Read MoreApplies to: Neck, Shoulder, Elbow/Hand/Wrist, Back Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is characterized by chronic pain that is caused by multiple trigger points and fascial constrictions. Pain is localized and often unremitting. There is associated focal point tenderness and pain when a trigger point is touched. In addition to the pain, a patient may experience a […]
Read MoreApplies to: Head, Neck, Shoulder, Elbow/Hand/Wrist, Back, Hip, Knee, Foot/Ankle Medication management includes assessing the patient and reviewing medications, creating a treatment plan and monitoring the safety of medications. Medication management also includes empowering patients through education about their medications and treatment.
Read MoreApplies to: Neck, Shoulder, Elbow/Hand/Wrist, Back, Hip, Knee, Foot/Ankle Osteoarthritis (OA) also known as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease is a group of mechanical abnormalities involving degradation of joints. Symptoms may include: joint pain tenderness around joints joint stiffness locking of joints joint effusion There are a variety of causes for osteoarthritis including: hereditary factors […]
Read MoreApplies to: Neck, Back The facet joints are a pair of joints in the posterior aspect of the spine. Facet Syndrome is caused by injury to the cartilage in the joints such as through an accident, over-use or arthritis of the spine. Another cause is when a vertebra slips in relation to adjacent vertebra. Symptoms […]
Read MoreApplies to: Shoulder, Back, Neck Trigger points are bands of muscle or palpable nodules which are painful points in the skeletal muscle. These points radiate unexplained pain. Pressing on a trigger point may elicit local tenderness, referred pain, or a twitch response. Injections into these points may provide relief where other methods fail.
Read MoreApplies to: Head, Neck Occipital Neuralgia is a condition caused by damage to the occipital nerves by trauma such as concussions, physical stress, repetitive neck movements, and, more rarely, osteochondroma, CSF Leaks, radiofrequency nerve ablation or certain cancers of the spine. The main symptom of Occipital Neuralgia is a chronic headache. Secondary symptoms include: chronic […]
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