Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Why Your Doctor Relies On Drugs To Treat Your Chronic Pain

By Linda Penzabene Assistant to Professor/Dr. Rothbart   If you've been from doctor to doctor seeking pain relief and question why most doctors rely solely on drugs to treat chronic pain, the answer may surprise you. It's certainly not because drugs are the best or even the only way to treat chronic muscle and joint [...]

What To Do If Your Primary Care Doctor Ignores Your Chronic Pain

Did you know that chronic muscle and joint pain affects at least 116 million adults in the United States alone? That's a lot of pain sufferers needing competent professional help. So why is it that so many primary care doctors ignore complaints of chronic pain? Why is the treatment that people with chronic pain receive [...]

Multiple Surgeries And Stronger Drugs Don’t Arrest Chronic Pain

Pain (such as sharp knee pain, hips ache and low back pain) is an effective survival mechanism your body uses to quickly get your attention that something is very wrong.  If you keep ignoring it, the pain volume control cranks up until you can't ignore it any longer. The pain becomes chronic and you must [...]