Gum disease in adults Let’s take a look at four critical signs of gum disease: Bleeding gums – when you brush your teeth or even eat hard food such as apples, your gums may bleed. Bad breath – as well...
Myofacial pain syndrome denotes the sensation of muscular pain isolated to an area of the body. This differentiates it from Fibromyalgia or Chronic Widespread Pain which is just that! Symptoms ...
Trigeminal Neuralgia is a specific type of facial pain resultant from the trigeminal nerve. It is characterised by sharp, lancinating sensations on one side of the face only. These will last a few sec...
The sacro-iliac joints are the largest surface area joints in the body but they are also very immobile, moving little during activity. Symptoms Inflamed sacro-iliac joints are estimated to be present ...
Poor posture is responsible for a number of ailments that can seriously affect your health and happiness. Modern life means that many of us are desk bound, hunched over a computer for hours and hours,...
Disc protrusions, bulging or herniated discs are all commonly referred to as a slipped disc. A slipped disc is a general descriptive term referring to degeneration or damage to the intervertebral disc...
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a condition which usually occurs after musculoskeletal trauma, particularly surgery. It is estimated to affect between 1:100 to 1:1000 people who with suffer such tra...
This is one of the most common complaints in pain management, with 1 in 3 people experiencing back pain at some point in their lives. Anyone who has suffered from back pain, will know that it can be e...
Symptoms Sitting is painful. The cause is often not known but trauma is common. Osteoporosis increases the risk. Diagnosis This is made from the history of pain with sitting but in addition, pressure ...
Botox (also available as product called Dysport) is used by me in the pain clinic only for the treatment of neuropathic scar pain and for greater occipital nerve blocks to hopefully provide long term ...