You Don’t Have to Live With Lower Back Pain

“I am in constant pain. I can’t get any relief at all. I can’t sleep, and I’m tired all day long. I have lost all sense of enjoyment of my life. My husband and I are having problems now, and the kids have had to depend on themselves and their friends’ parents more and more [...]

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How to Help A Loved One in Pain

Everyone suffers from pain at some time in their life. Millions of Americans awake every morning to chronic pain—a pain that dictates every life move. It’s a different game, however, if the one suffering is your wife or husband, your brother or sister or even your child.  It’s difficult to watch someone you love suffer and [...]

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Which came first—the insomnia or the pain?

Mays and Schnapp Pain Clinic and Rehabilitation Center Affairs of the heart and the mind are the predominant cause of insomnia, but physical pain certainly ranks a close second. As a physician who specializes in pain management, I am confronted daily with cases considered very difficult to treat. Although these patients come to me for problems [...]

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The Pain Paradox

Aesculapian Aesthetic Anti-Aging Institute Recently, my staff and partner approached me with a specific request to discuss pain patterns and degree (or absence thereof) associated with our aesthetic procedures. I suspected perhaps, that like many people, certain staff was considering receiving the beauty enhancement treatments and I welcomed the request.

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New Vaccine Can Help Prevent Shingles

Mays & Schnapp Pain Clinic and Rehabilitation Center Dreadful. Horrific. Agonizing. Ask anyone who has ever experienced shingles and, if you don’t hear one of those words, you’ll hear something like “it was the worst pain I’ve ever experienced”. This year, nearly one million new cases will be diagnosed, primarily affecting people age fifty or older. [...]

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