Kyle Ruygrok, PT, DPT, OCS, is a physical therapist with Memorial Hermann Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. Nicolas Noiseux, MD, MS, FRCSC, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at University of ...

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As a chronic pain sufferer, I sometimes surprise people by telling them that my pain doesn’t have a physical cause. It’s a mind-body thing, I say, related to stress and emotions. To many, this sounds ...

Nobody likes to feel pain, but it’s something every person will experience at some point in their life. But why is that? I am a neuroscientist, and my job is to research why and how people feel pain ...

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Nearly impossible to measure, quantify, convey, pain is a truly mysterious human sensation. For the last 25 years in my life as a neurosurgeon, I have seen a lot of pain and suffering firsthand, so ...

Shoulder pain during pregnancy can result from expected changes in the body or more serious conditions. While simple methods such as resting or applying heat may relieve discomfort in some cases, ...

Since your nervous system needs to be in a space of safety to regulate and allow the body to properly heal, taking the time and care to integrate the brain science behind chronic conditions is a ...

Today is Saturday, and I’m sitting at my kitchen table, looking outside at the beautiful white snow falling on top of the four inches of snow that fell in my yard last night. I have an ice pack ...

Testicular pain is pain you feel in one or both of your testicles. Your testicles are the two soft, round structures inside your scrotum, the sac of skin underneath your penis. Testicles make sperm ...