When pain doesn’t go away, it can be difficult to focus on anything else. According to the CDC, in 2019, more than one in five Americans reported recently having chronic pain. In many cases, this problem significantly limited their life or work activities.
Read more: What Musculoskeletal Conditions Require Pain Management Treatment?
Pain doesn’t always go away with time and over-the-counter treatments. An injury or chronic musculoskeletal condition can cause acute or ongoing pain that interferes with even the simplest of daily functions.
Nearly 300,000 children and teenagers in the United States have juvenile arthritis (JA), a chronic autoimmune or autoinflammatory disease. The good news is that increasingly effective and varied options are available for treating JA. Thanks to recent developments in medications and therapies, kids can live more fulfilling, active lives than in the past.
Some 1.5 million Americans have been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic and more serious form of osteoarthritis. While RA is not curable, there have been many advances in the treatment of it in recent years.
The term “arthritis” gets used a lot, oftentimes by people with undiagnosed joint pain. It’s no wonder; the Center for Disease Control estimates that or 58.5 million people in the U.S. – nearly a quarter of the population! – have some form of this condition.
The wrist and elbow are highly intricate joints that connect with bones, tendons and cartilage – all of which are susceptible to injury in children and adults alike. Fortunately, advances in medicine and diagnostic technology make many of these conditions highly treatable, with less time needed for healing than in the past. Take a look at some of the most common wrist and elbow injuries.
Most people would have a hard time getting through the day without extensive use of their shoulders. And anyone who has experienced chronic shoulder pain knows that the slightest discomfort can derail their daily activities. But getting to the root of your shoulder problem can be challenging. Take a look at some of the most common shoulder conditions today, and the various ways they are treated.
The use of our hands is crucial to just about everything we do in life. If you find yourself struggling with ongoing, unexplainable pain, you might be dealing with something a little more troublesome than just a mild strain. Even a slight, ongoing discomfort in the thumb or wrist can severely limit activities as basic as cooking, typing or caring for a child.
