BODY PAIN SYMPTOMS & CONDITIONS

Around 1 out of 3 people diagnosed with a form of cancer experience cancer pain during treatment. Those who have had cancer spread throughout their body or have reoccurring cancer have a much higher chance of experiencing cancer pain. Your pain can be dull, achy or sharp and range from mild, constant, intermittent or severe.

Complex regional pain syndrome is a type of chronic, long-lasting pain. Most commonly, it develops in an arm or leg that has been previously injured. With CRPS, you may have severe, unexplained pain that won't go away.

This condition results as a problem with the peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous system consists of nerves that branch out from your brain and spinal cord and travel to all other parts of your body.

If you notice abnormal tingling, weakness or pain in your hands or feet, or a lack of coordination and falling, seek medical care right away. Early diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy and treatment in San Diego offers the best chance to control your symptoms and prevent further damage to your peripheral nerves.

"Phantom pain" is the phenomenon that comes from painful sensations coming from a lost limb or another part of your body. Phantom limb pain is common among amputees and can become a chronic problem for some people.

We provide steroid injections at The Pain Center in San Diego. A sacroiliac joint steroid is injected into the sacroiliac joint, where the spine and hip bone meet. The steroid medication is used to reduce swelling and inflammation in the joint.

Suppose the patient begins to experiences extended pain relief after a therapeutic sacroiliac joint injection. In that case, he or she can start a physical therapy or rehabilitation program to reduce pain further and return the patient to normal activity levels.

Sciatica is caused by an irritation or compression of one or more nerve roots in the lumbar spine. Because these nerves travel to the hips, buttocks, legs and feet, an injury in the lumbar spine can cause symptoms in these areas. Sciatica may be the result of problems deriving from bones and tissues or the lumbar spinal column.

According to the Arthritis Foundation, over 30 million Americans have been diagnoses with osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis, also referred to as OA, is the most commonly occurring type of arthritis. Osteoarthritis is a disease of the joints, affecting the entire joint and involving the cartilage's deterioration. OA has a gradual onset and generally develops around the age of 50 and up.

Rheumatoid Arthritis, also referred to as RA, affects an estimated 1.5 million people in the US. RA is an autoimmune disease that attacks the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis causes inflammation of the joint lining (synovium), leading to damage to the joints. As with many autoimmune diseases, RA comes with flare-ups like waves of worsening symptoms that can come and go.