Does Excess Weight Cause Chronic Pain?

My patient, Mary, was told by her doctor that her excess weight was the cause of her chronic knee and back pain and that if Mary lost weight, her pain would go away. Though Mary recognized that her excess weight was not good for her health in general, she wondered if it could actually cause [...]

Using Aspartame Is Inviting Chronic Pain

Aspartame is an artificial sweetener used widely in a plethora of consumer products like NutraSweet®, Equal®, Spoonful® and Splenda®, and as an ingredient in diet colas and other soda pops. Surprisingly, it is often a hidden ingredient in prescriptive and over-the-counter medicine for children and adults.  If you have chronic pain and are using aspartame, [...]

Causes Of Back Pain Your Doctor Probably Doesn’t Know About

Though back pain affects hundreds of millions of people around the world, its cause(s) (for many) still remains a mystery. This is probably because back pain can be caused by so many different things and in this age of 'specialization', not too many physicians can identify (or are even aware of) the various reasons for [...]

Various Treatments For Plantar Fasciitis

In my article Plantar Fasciitis -Its Cause And Treatment, I discussed a common cause of stabbing foot pain. Here I'll explain some of the treatments for this condition. The heel pain resulting from plantar fasciitis is often intractable (non responsive) to any one type of therapy. For this reason, many different types of therapy are [...]

Chronic Pain Symptoms You Would Never Expect Are Coming From Your Feet

In my blog post, Tracing Your Chronic Pain Symptoms Back To Their Source, I talked about how chronic symptoms are not the cause of your problem, but merely an indication of an underlying cause.  This underlying cause is often an abnormal foot structure, either the Rothbarts Foot or the PreClinical Clubfoot Deformity. It may be [...]

Tracing Your Chronic Pain Symptoms Back To Their Source

Symptoms are commonly mistaken for, diagnosed as, and treated as the cause of chronic pain.  So it's no wonder that you may think that your symptoms are actually the cause (source) of your pain. Your doctors are giving you misinformation.  Contrary to what they are telling you, arthritis, tight muscles, back pain, scoliosis and leg [...]

Even The Rich And Famous Suffer From Foot Pain

What may you have in common with the rich and famous? Wealth?  Maybe not. Fame?  Probably not. Bad feet?  Most Likely Celebrities may look good, but when the camera turns away they have the same health problems as everyone else.    Paris Hilton suffers from painful bunions. In fact, she so frequently wears designer heels [...]

7 Common Myths About Foot Problems

It’s important to take good care of your feet in order to prevent serious foot problems. But, unfortunately, foot care myths abound – leaving us to wonder what really works and what doesn’t. For the treatment of ingrown nails to heel spurs, here are some foot care facts to help you take better care of your [...]

A Chronic Pain Patient’s Experience With Exhaustion

Pain is bad enough. But when you have pain that doesn't go away, it starts wearing you down. Other (equally as devastating) symptoms start making their appearance and can drive you to the brink of wanting to commit suicide. One of the worst is exhaustion. My patient told me her story and with her permission [...]

Did Anna Nicole Smith Die Because Of Undiagnosed Foot Abnormality?

Vicky Lynn Marshall (who's stage name was Anna Nicole Smith) suffered from back and intestinal pain most of her life.   After failing to find a physical cause for her chronic pain, her physicians diagnosed  Anna Nicole Smith as having chronic pain syndrome, a name given to a group of symptoms for which the cause [...]

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