Pain Specialists of Charleston BLOG
From Whiplash to Back Pain: Finding Pain Relief After a Car Accident
From whiplash to wrist sprains, head injuries to road rash, car accidents can have the potential to cause severe damage to both your vehicle and you.
No one ever plans to be in a car accident, which leaves little room for preparation and knowing how to cope in the event of an injury.
According to a study published by Science Direct, 45% of car accident victims reported pain as late as two years after the car crash. While you can learn to live in a state of ...
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Charley Horses: Understanding the Pesky Midnight Muscle Spasms
A long day filled with countless office tasks, a sink full of dirty dishes, and a house in desperate need of a vacuum leaves you craving the comfort of your pillow.
There goes one sheep, then another, and another until sleep consumes you…
BAM! A sudden, burning pain in your calf tears you from sleep, and you’re left clutching your leg in agony trying to soothe the waging war in your muscles. Call them what you will – a charley horse, nocturnal leg cramps, or a ...
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Can’t Sit or Stand Without Pain? Gluteal Tendinopathy May Be to Blame
Today’s the day you’ve decided to stop considering “bending for the remote” a form of physical exercise and are ready to get on your feet and get moving!
Maybe you’ll run a marathon, or maybe you’ll finally sign up for that Zumba class in the park – the world is your oyster and you’re ready to start taking advantage of it. But as soon as you make a move to get up, the pain in your hip reminds you why you said no all these years.
Gluteal ...
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Coping with Nerve Pain Flares at Home
Have you ever experienced the moment as a child when your mom or dad told you not to touch the stove, but your hands somehow found themselves inching closer and closer to the heat source until something in your brain yelled at you to stop before you hurt yourself?
Pain is supposed to be a warning signal our nerves send to the brain when they believe something isn’t quite right. However, if those nerves are damaged, they send signals to our brain that we are experiencing ...
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It’s All in the Legs: Education on Proper Body Mechanics
Sometimes, walking down the yellow brick road of life is not as cheerful and easy as we would like it to be. As much as we would like to imagine ourselves moving with the ease and flexibility of the scarecrow, one wrong bend or lift can have us aching and stuck like the Tin Man.
While we are neither made of tin nor hay, we need to keep our bodies moving like well-oiled machines – and that starts with proper body mechanics.
Body mechanics describes the ...
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