The Only Thing We Have Is Now
In our lives we are trained to do things and forget to be and live at the moment. However, the past and future are only concepts and the only reality…
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Dr. Kevin Rod
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Gene Therapy Hope for Lower Back Pain Patients
It looks like the Gene for Chronic Lower Back Pain is located and researchers are trying to find new medications to block it. It is called HCN2. IF they find…
Nerve Blocks for Pain Management
Injections of local anesthetics or other appropriate medications into areas where the sensory nerves are can help to manage many chronic pain conditions. In Chronic Pain the ongoing pain signal…
Chronic Pain and Addiction
Many of medications used in chronic pain management can cause addiction. This is specially of importance when it comes to Narcotic medications. On the other hand, the number of real…
Chronic Pain and Depression
CHRONIC PAIN and DEPRESSION are co-morbid conditions. It means that they are linked to each other. Many of Chronic Pain patients complain of Depression and many of Depressed patients suffer…
Chronic Pain Is A Condition, Suffering Is An Option!
What does this mean. Chronic pain is a condition, suffering is an option. This may sound very simplistic and judgemental at first. But in my years of practice in chronic…
Gene Therapy and Chronic Pain
[row cols_nr=”2″][col size=”12″] [/col][/row] When my patients ask me, Doc, if I am so bad at this age, what will happen to me when I am older, I always…
Art Therapy and Chronic Pain
Art therapy can help chronic pain patients. It is more than just changing the focus from PAIN to ARTS. It changes the quality of life and allows a chronic pain…
Phantom Limb Pain
Phantom Limb Pain is the pain of a limb that does not exist. Most of the times it happens after amputation. Although the amputated limb does not exist anymore, the…
Trigeminal Neuralgia
TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA or TN is a very disturbing chronic pain condition. The pain of Trigeminal Neuralgia is felt on one side of face. It is usually a series of sharp…