“Doctor, my arm went numb.” This sounds like a clear communication, doesn’t it? Most physicians would interpret this complaint as meaning that the skin of the arm lacked full sensation. But maybe the patient meant that the arm had extra sensations, like tingling or shocks. Or even that the arm’s muscles became weak.
In my community-based [...]
Strokes affect millions of people every year and can be deadly. Some occur suddenly; some have pre-stroke warning signs. TIA?s, or transient ischemic attacks, may or may not happen prior to a stroke. During a TIA, a blood vessel going to the head or neck becomes partially occluded, and this decreases [...]
Numbness and tingling (paresthesia) are abnormal sensations that can be felt anywhere in the body. Most commonly, they can be perceived in the hands, arms, legs or feet. The feeling of numbness or tingling is a signal unrecognized by the brain and signals that something is wrong. The problem can come from [...]
Problems with the neck, shoulder and arm are often called different things by patients: neuritis; bursitis; neuralgia; rheumatism; frozen shoulder; fibrositis; sprained, strained, or sore muscles; or ?poor circulation.? Some people may blame their shoulder (or other joint) problems on ?old age? even though their other shoulder, which doesn?t have any problems, is [...]
Millions of people are suffering from all types of job injuries ranging from the stress of working in a bad position to improper lifting or carrying to falls and other trauma. Among the most common on-the-job injuries is spinal injury.
That’s one of the reasons why 85 percent of the population will experience disabling low [...]
Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD) have been widely used labels since the early 1990s. They are considered catch-all diagnoses by many clinicians. Frankly, ADD/ADHD is poorly understood within the health care profession. Many clinicians have difficulty with classification of different behavior disorders, which are then lumped under the [...]
If your sciatic nerve becomes inflamed, the condition is called sciatica (pronounced si-ad’-i-ka). The pain can be intense! It often follows the path of your nerve - down the back of your leg, ankle, foot, and toes - but it can also radiate to your back! Along with burning, sharp pains, you [...]
There is an extremely important relationship between the brain, the IML (intermediate lateral cell nucleus of the spinal cord), and motor activity (activity that allows us to move in regards to chronic pain syndromes). The intermediate lateral cell nucleus, or IML, of the spinal cord drives the sympathetic nervous system. Increasing the sympathetic [...]
Insomnia and fatigue are two sides of the same coin: if a person is unable to sleep at night, they are usually fatigued during the day. However, some people get eight to 12 hours of sleep a night and still have fatigue.
The top part of the brain stem is called the mesencephalon, and it [...]
People who do repetitive tasks - housewives, secretaries, meat cutters, assembly line workers, carpenters, musicians, computer users and others - may be more likely to develop carpal tunnel syndrome. Fractures, falls on the hand, and poorly designed vibrating hand tools may also damage the palm of the hand and cause carpal tunnel syndrome. [...]
