I have been preaching my VOMIT poster for almost 10 years now. The only aim of the poster is to help inform patients of common and normative finding seen on medical imaging of different parts of [...]
Do you recall learning about classical conditioning and about Pavlov’s dogs in your psych101 course? You may be asking yourself, “What does classical conditioning or dogs salivating when they [...]
This recent study (Zadro et al 2021) demonstrated that the way shoulder pain is described and diagnosed can influence the individuals’ perceived need for imaging and surgery. Patients told that [...]
Other than a pro-inflammatory diet, vitamin D insufficiency may also be a significant contributing factor to chronic LBP. The prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency / deficiency has been reported [...]
It is evident that unhealthy diet is associated with various diseases such as cardiovascular and even certain cancers; but could poor diet be also associated with chronic musculoskeletal pain? [...]
To demonstrate the value of our presence when treating patients, similar to being present when teaching birds to fly, I would like to summarize this eye-opening study done in an Italian hospital. [...]
The word “pain” comes from the Latin word “poena” meaning punishment. It is sad to think that at some point in history people of various cultures and religious beliefs [...]
The relationships in our lives, determine the quality of our lives. The relationships we have with our parents, partner or children, determine the quality of our lives. The relationships we have [...]
The use of opioids has been supported for acute post surgery and individuals with cancer pain. However there is now evidence against the use of opioids for patients with fibromyalgia (Littlejohn [...]
This eye-opening article, suggests that the current opioid crisis should not simply be linked to a pain crisis but to a health condition known as opioid use disorder (OUD). Greater incidence of [...]
