“You may have these withdrawal symptoms for a couple of days or a couple of weeks,” says Dr. Solanki. “It’s different for different people.”While pain intensity scales are useful in assessing and treating acute pain, they have a limited role in assessing and treating chronic pain. While chronic pain intensity is important to assess, ten-p… Read More


Mirror therapy: Using a mirror, the existing limb is reflected in a way that makes it appear in the place of the amputated limb. The patient learns to reposition the missing limb using visualization techniques.The prevalence of chronic pain in the US is difficult to estimate, but its impact is profound. Fifty to eighty million Americans experience … Read More


Pathophysiology: primary somatosensory cortex neurons that formerly respond to signals from the amputated limb respond to signals from adjacent neurons that carry sensation from other parts of the body ? functional reorganization of the somatosensory cortex [8]While pain intensity scales are useful in assessing and treating acute pain, they have a … Read More


Type I fibers are the mitochondrially dense fibers and, therefore, the type we want to recruit the most for endurance activities. Fast twitch fibers will have few or pelo mitochondria, so energy pathway development is less important than the Type I fibers.Pain management helps you regulate pain with medications, procedures, exercises and therapy. P… Read More