Pain Management and Chronic Pain - Symptoms

Choosing pain medication is challenging considering the dizzying array of options available. How do you know which one choose? That depends on what type of pain you re treating and your individual health profile.

Our 5 tried-and-true tips will keep recurring or chronic pain from ruining your holidays so you can ring in the season with true holiday spirit.

Why do some people get arthritis of the thumb and how can you manage this condition?

Do you know the difference between chronic and recurring pain? If not, learning more about these very different pain conditions may make a big difference in how you eliminate pain from your life.

If you're among those who can feel the weather in your bones via stiff, achy joints, here's what you need to know about what may (or may not) be causing it and what you can do to loosen up.

Many patients report pain several months or more after having surgery and scientists are developing clues as to why. Several studies have focused on understanding the interlinking roles of genetics, anxiety and pain.

Exercise is key to healing your current backache and preventing the next one. Some types of exercise, however, are bad news for backs. Others are just what the doctor ordered.

How do you know if it's time to visit an orthopedic surgeon? Well, you may want to consider scheduling an appointment if you have pain that won't let up, diminished function, or any deformity of your musculoskeletal system.

If nerve pain from diabetes is keeping you up, here's how to cope.

Tender points are the telltale sign that often leads to a Fibromyalgia diagnosis. But what are tender points and how do you know if you have them? Find out here.

It can be hard to determine if your child is attempting to delay lights out during bed time or if she is in serious pain. Read on to see when you should worry about your child's aches and pain.

Although no specific test can definitively confirm the condition's presence, certain criteria can help physicians make a proper diagnosis.

While most people of a certain age are healthy and living full, productive lives, growing older often comes with a few aches and pains. Not surprisingly, many older adults go through the same changes.

Once you ve gotten through back surgery, you re most likely eager to start your pain-free life. Unfortunately, simple activities like sitting can be a struggle.

People who suffer from chronic pain are three times more likely to develop mood or anxiety disorders, and depressed people are three times more likely to develop chronic pain.

Since fatigue is one of the main painful characteristics of fibromyalgia, getting sufficient quality sleep is essential.

If you are struggling with tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, there are a range of treatments to consider.

Dietary modification, environmental modifications, and allergy medications can all help in preventing the onset of allergy-related migraines.

Suffering from a rare pain disorder not only affects your physical health, but also your mental health.

A new study in men hints that popping over-the-counter painkillers regularly can also lead to hearing loss, especially in younger men.

It seems that trigger finger is not the most common of injuries that people experience, but when it occurs, it is a real nuisance. It affects your ability to grab objects and can be very painful.

While there are many back surgery success stories, surgeons advise that the decision for surgery should not be rushed.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most misdiagnosed syndromes.

Back pain can be caused by a number of conditions, but one that is often overlooked in osteoporosis.

While chronic neck pain caused by mental and emotional stress is a modern American epidemic, there are some neck pain symptoms that are slightly more worrisome and may indicate a more serious problem.

Physical therapist Mitchell Yass answers readers' questions about back pain in our exclusive weekly series.

Studies show that most people with fibromyalgia syndrome also suffer from fatigue.

A hernia is a result of part of an organ or tissue pushing through a weak area of muscle. If you have experienced a hernia already, there are some steps you can take to prevent a hernia from recurring.

A look into how the medical standards for assessing hip pain can fall short.

Kidney stones are one of the most painful urinary problems one could have. Passing one is even compared to the pain of giving birth. Although not a guarantee, doctors recommend some measures to prevent the formation of kidney stones.