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What is Lumbar Spinal Stenosis? Lumbar spinal stenosis is a condition in which the lower spinal canal narrows and compresses the spinal nerves in the lower back. This happens as the result of degenerative processes in the lumbar spine which includes a thickening of a ligament known as the ligamentum...
You’ve probably heard talk about CBD, or cannabidiol, if not tried it yourself for any number of conditions it is advertised to help. If you’re wondering what CBD is, if CBD helps control or lessen acute or chronic pain, and how to take or use CBD, you’ve come to the...
Does obesity directly cause chronic pain? Well, no, obesity is not a direct cause of pain. However, many conditions that cause chronic pain are far more common in people who are obese, and obesity and chronic pain often exist side by side. What comes first, obesity, or chronic pain? The...
If you’re a patient that has tried all types of conservative treatment, such as physical therapy, medications, injections, nerve blocks, and more, without relief, peripheral nerve stimulation, or PNS, might offer you the pain relief you’ve been searching for. A peripheral nerve stimulator is a device much like a spinal...
Tai Chi: Exercising and Connecting Your Mind & Body As humans, we tend to put everything we know into categories, and exercise and stress relief are often seen as mutually exclusive events. Exercise includes running, weightlifting, playing sports, swimming, and so forth. Stress relief includes breathing exercises, massage therapy, meditation,...
Surgery seems to be one of the most feared recommendations for patients, especially patients with low back pain. The thought of getting rods, plates, and screws inserted into your spine is enough to prompt anyone to look for other methods of dealing with lower back pain. There are certainly times...
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a condition that causes chronic and debilitating pain in a person’s arms, legs, hands, or feet. The pain usually originates after an injury to the limb or with surgery on that affected limb. The cause of CRPS isn’t clearly understood, but it’s believed to be...
Picture this: You are a patient with chronic back pain. You decide to do something about your chronic back pain and see a doctor. You start with the simple treatments- medications, physical therapy, rest, ice and heat, and maybe even chiropractic care or acupuncture. But your pain lingers. You take...
If you’ve been diagnosed with spinal stenosis, it’s usually only a matter of time until your condition worsens and spinal surgery seems like your only option for pain relief. Fortunately, there is a treatment option in between physical therapy and spinal surgery called Vertiflex Superion that has provided pain relief...
Regenerative Medicine is a branch of medicine focused on the development and application of new treatments to heal and/or restore function to tissues or organs damaged by disease, trauma, age, and degeneration. Regenerative Medicine is a modern solution to ailments that physicians diagnose and treat every day, and the success...
What is a Ketamine infusion? In a Ketamine infusion, a physician administers small doses of Ketamine to a patient through an IV. The entire process takes less than an hour and resembles a relaxing spa treatment rather than a medical procedure. Patients sit back in a comfortable armchair and often...
Dr. Daniel Roshan, a Pacific Pain Physician, performed a successful Vertiflex interspinous Spacer at L2-3. The patient was suffering from the narrowing of the spinal and nerve canal at the L2-3 level causing him right side dominant low back and leg pain. His pain was worsened by walking and relieved...
Dr. Daniel Roshan, a Pacific Pain Physician, performed a successful HF-10 spinal cord stimulator implantation. The patient was suffering from Failed Back Surgery Syndrome with chronic low back and leg pain for many years. She had tried medications, physical therapy, surgery, and other injections without any lasting relief. The patient...
Do you suffer from chronic pain? Did you know that diet can play an integral role in management of pain? Inflammation can best be defined as the response to toxins. This is why as we age managing our diet even more closely can be crucial in pain related factors related...
Yoga was found to be comparable to physical therapy (PT) in relieving chronic low back pain (LBP) in a controlled study that followed low-income, minority patients for one year after an initial course of treatment. The findings were particularly gratifying for lead investigator Robert Saper, MD, MPH, of the Department...