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Cervical radiculopathy is when a spinal nerve in your neck becomes pinched, compressed, or inflamed and causes pain down the arm or arms. It can be very painful. There are multiple causes for cervical radiculopathy, including herniated disc, spinal stenosis, and facet arthritis. Disclaimer:

A headache is pain or discomfort in the head, scalp, or neck. Typical types of headaches are tension, migraine, and cluster headaches. Headaches can also be secondary to certain conditions, such as high blood pressure. It is important to seek medical attention if you have a persistent or severe headache

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain condition. It causes intense pain, usually in the arms, hands, legs, or feet. It may happen after an injury, either to a nerve or to tissue in the affected area. Symptoms include burning pain, skin sensitivity, swelling, redness, and color changes

Diabetes can harm your nerves. Damage to the nerves from diabetes is called diabetic neuropathy, and may be painful or cause numbness and loss of sensation. Nerves get damaged when blood sugar levels being too high for too long. To prevent it, work with your doctor to manage your blood sugar.

Osteoarthritis is a common disease of the joints that primarily occurs in older adults. When arthritis occurs in the joints of the Spine, we call this facet joint arthritis. This condition is characterized by the breakdown of cartilage. Facet joint arthritis usually develops slowly, causing pain, stiffness,

Fibromyalgia is a common condition characterized by long-lasting (chronic) pain affecting many areas of the body. There may be tenderness that occurs with touch or pressure on the muscles, joints, or skin. Some affected individuals also report numbness, tingling, or a burning sensation (paresthesia)

In between the bones in your Spine are soft disks filled with a jelly-like substance. These disks cushion the Spine. As you age, the disks break down or degenerate. As they do, they lose their cushioning ability. This can lead to pain if the back is stressed. A herniated disk is a disk that ruptures.

Hip arthritis is a degenerative condition that involves pain in or around the hip joint due to joint inflammation or loss of cartilage. You may feel pain from your hip directly over the hip area or in your groin or pain in your thigh or knee. Treatments include rest, ice, medications, physical therapy,

If you feel pain and stiffness in your knee, you might have arthritis. Most kinds of arthritis cause pain and swelling in your joints. The knee joint is where the femur and the tibia meet. Over time the knee joint has cartilage which wears down and can result in pain and inflammation in the joint.

Most people have at least one backache in their life. Although this pain or discomfort can happen anywhere in your back, the most common area affected is your lower back. This is because the lower back supports most of your body's weight. Low back pain is the number two reason that Americans see their

Lumbar radiculopathy is when a spinal nerve in your low back becomes pinched, compressed, or inflamed and causes pain down the leg or legs. It can be very painful. There are multiple causes for lumbar radiculopathy, including herniated disc, spinal stenosis, and facet arthritis. Disclaimer:

Meralgia paresthetica (also known as lateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment) is a condition characterized by tingling, numbness and burning pain in the outer thigh. It's caused by compression of the nerve that provides sensation to the skin covering your thigh. Anything that compresses the nerve

A migraine is a type of headache. Typically, it is triggered by certain smells, foods, or stress/anxiety. Symptoms may be nausea, vomiting, or sensitivity to light and sound. In most people, a throbbing pain is felt only on one side of the head. Most medical experts believe migraines begin in the brain

Neck pain is very common. Neck pain may cause localized pain or radiating pain to the shoulder, jaw, head, or upper arms. Muscle strain or tension often causes neck pain. The problem is usually overuse, such as from sitting at a computer for too long. Sometimes you can strain your neck muscles from sleeping

Post laminectomy syndrome is a condition in which the patient continues to feel pain after undergoing a correctional laminectomy or another form of back surgery. Patients with failed back surgery symptoms may experience the same pain as before surgery, and/or discomfort of a different kind (such as numbness,

The Sacroiliac (SI) joint is the connection between the sacrum and the ilium, 2 major bones that form your pelvis. Major reasons for pain around the SI joint include pregnancy, arthritis, leg-length discrepancy, trauma, history of pelvic fractures, or muscle tightness. Treatments to alleviate pain include

Sciatica is a symptom of a problem in the low back, typically a pinched or compressed nerve in your lumbar Spine. When you have sciatica, you can have pain, weakness, numbness, or tingling. It can start in the low back and extend down your leg to your calf, foot, or even your toes. It's usually on only

Tendons are flexible bands of tissue that connect muscles to bones. They help your muscles move your bones. Tendinitis is the inflammation or swelling of a tendon. Tendinitis usually happens after repeated injury to an area such as the rotator cuff in the shoulder. It causes pain and soreness around

Compression fractures in the Spine can occur suddenly. This can cause severe back pain. The pain is sharp and "knife-like." Pain can be disabling, and take weeks to months to go away. Osteoporosis is a cause for compression fractures and sometimes fractures develop slowly or can occur suddenly. Multiple

Spinal stenosis is narrowing inside your Spine, which leads to pressure on your nerves. This can put pressure on the spinal cord and spinal nerves which leads to pain in your low back and legs, and may give you trouble with standing and walking. Some people with spinal stenosis have no symptoms. Others