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Neuropathy: A Real Pain

Peripheral Neuropathy Neuropathy is a term that is broken up into two parts: neuro, which means nerve, and "path" or "pathy" which means disease or disease process. So simply stated, neuropathy is just a diseased nerve or nerves. This can be a debilitating, progressive, and sometimes even permanent condition if not taken care of properly. Most of the time the symptoms include pain, numbness, tingling, pins and needles, and sometimes shock like sensations or insensitivity to hot or cold. Neuropathies...

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3 Reasons to Avoid Spinal Injections

If you've suffered from pain in your back with radiating pain to the arm or leg, it could be caused by a spinal disc pressing on one of your nerves. If a medical doctor recognizes a pinched nerve on your MRI, they might refer you for a spinal injection. While this can sometimes be the right thing, new research has begun to show that spinal injections aren't very effective at treating back pain, and the risks may far outweigh the...

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