Migraines affect more than 28 million people in the world, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. That is no small number. Migraines have a number of causes such as allergies, stress, malnourishment, dehydration, low noise tolerance and the like. Up until recently, specialists were only willing to give solutions like painkillers,

Chronic vs Acute: Who’s Got it Worse? Pain, as unpleasant as it is, is a necessary part of the human experience. From muscle soreness after a rigorous workout, to something as violent as a gunshot wound, different types of pain exist on different levels. Most of the time, it’s just something fleeting: a pinch, a

How Physical Therapy Can Reduce Pain The last thing a person wants to do when they’re in pain is to move their body. Moving seems to exacerbate the pain, or one would think. However, physical therapy can be a great part of pain management. It can help to ease the pain rather than make it

Physical Pain and its Mental Effects As a society, we tend to put our physical bodies first. It makes sense: our bodies are what we present to the world. Without them, we couldn’t do anything. We couldn’t drive on our Michigan roads, we wouldn’t be able to dine at the best restaurants, and we couldn’t take

Injections for joint pain are quite important as they offer you the relief you need when you have struggled with your joints for some time. You may have been plagued for years by your joints, and you do not deserve to be in the amount of pain you are. You must have a remedy, and

Diabetes can have quite a few negative effects on the body due to the inability of a person to produce or respond properly to insulin. The resulting abnormal metabolism and elevated levels of glucose can often lead to diabetic neuropathy which is essentially nerve damage caused by the aforementioned. With proper care and monitoring the

Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate Therapy or BMAC is a cutting-edge regenerative therapy that shows great promise in helping to accelerate the healing of moderate to sever tendon and osteoarthritis injuries. Michiganders need to know that it can also make a big difference for people forced to live with the discomfort of advanced, degenerative injury or

Platelet Rich Plasma Therapy (PRP) is a non-operative procedure to relieve pain in joints, tendons, ligaments, and other areas. It has become popular as a natural healing agent for professional athletes and active individuals. It is sometimes referred to as PRP Therapy, plasma replacement therapy, PRP injection therapy, or PRP shots. PRP Therapy takes an

Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a painful condition arising from damage to the intervertebral discs. These are disc-shaped cushions of connective tissue between each vertebra. These discs act as shock absorbers and minimize the impact of movement on the vertebrae. The unique architecture of the discs prevents the vertebrae from crushing against each other under

Shoulder and neck pain can vary from person to person. Some people will only experience neck pain, while others experience only shoulder pain. Many people experience pain in both areas. Muscles, nerves, veins, ligaments, bones, arteries and many other structures are involved with the shoulder and neck areas. Due to all of these different structures,