Unfortunately, the importance of proper posture is often undermined or downplayed. Believe it or not, but years of maintaining good posture has the ability to save you from years of back ache and pain. We learn our postural habits at a very young age, so...
Back pain is the number one complaint heard at the doctor’s office. There are a variety of potential causes for back pain. For most sufferers, it can be difficult to understand why your back hurts and what can be done to make it better. Fortunately,...
When individuals overuse their elbows while playing sports or in everyday activities, it can lead to having intense joint pain. Our pain management experts can give you a proper diagnosis on your condition and recommend a suitable treatment or program. An overuse condition that we see...
Nerve pain has the potential to dramatically reduce your quality of life – leading to depression, sleep disorders, or limited mobility or functionality. Unfortunately, nerve pain is a fairly common condition amongst Americans. Nerves are present throughout our entire body and they assist us in...
It is not uncommon to go to the doctor’s office and be diagnosed with a case of chronic knee pain. Following back pain, knee pain is the number two cause of chronic pain in America. From this fact alone, you can assume that there are...
Knee pain is one of the most common issues that plagues people who come through the doors of our pain rehabilitation clinic in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. However, there are many steps that a person can take to prevent some of the more common problems that...
Simply put, arthritis is stiffness and pain caused by the body’s immune system mistakenly attacking connective tissue in the joints. The body responds by inflaming the area, which is supposed to help clear out the damage. With arthritis, the pain and swelling returns or remains...
We put our knees through a lot of stress day in and day out. Whether it’s walking, jogging, running, kneeling or playing sports, all of these activities put our knees under strain. But at some point in life, or every so often, our knees will...