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Principal Investigator: Dr. W. Michael Hooten. M.D. IRB # 20-010302 The Mayo Clinic pain clinic in Rochester, MN is seeking volunteers with chronic back pain and…
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Doris Jessesski tried a host of treatments to ease her chronic back pain. Then a Mayo Clinic Pain Medicine specialist recommended a new…
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Quantitative Assessment of Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy after High Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation: (QUANT) HF10 Study Seeking volunteers with Type 2 Diabetes and painful peripheral…
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A snowmobile accident left Blake Sunde with limited use of his right arm and triggered severe, chronic pain that lasted for years. Two years…
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Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for chronic pain was first described in 1967 by Dr. Shealy. It consists of applying electrical current to the posterior aspect…
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The diaphragm is a dome shaped muscle that sits on top of the stomach. It is the primary breathing muscle. Along with the intercostal…
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In January, Bea Fiala and her husband drove eight hours through a blizzard from their home in Grand Island, Nebraska, to Rochester, Minnesota, in search…
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At 35, Tyler McDonald felt like his best years were behind him. Affected by mystifying mobility issues and severe pain, he needed a cane…
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Originally posted via Mayo Clinic News Center Ken Start is an optimistic, energetic husband, father and grandfather with a job and family he loves.…
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Nearly every medical appointment you go to these days will ask if you are experience pain. If you say "yes" the next question is likely…
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Dr. Cornelius Thiels and colleagues including Dr. W. Michael Hooten recently published an article, “Chronic use of tramadol after acute pain episode: cohort study” in…
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Originally posted via Sharing Mayo Clinic on May 22, 2019 There was a time in her life that Valerie Nicolaison didn't think she would ever…
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One of the most common orthopedic surgeries today is a knee replacement operation. This is usually done for advanced arthritis of the joint and ongoing…
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Any progressive pain clinic will include education on the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in the management of chronic pain. CBT consists of the…
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Of all the challenges patients may face, one of the most difficult scenarios may be pain related to cancer. In addition to being a serious…
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Originally posted via Sharing Mayo Clinic on March 4, 2019 Ron Schlicht thought the chronic pain he'd been living with in his right leg was…
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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="362"] Image courtesy of SPR Therapeutics, Inc.[/caption] In the United States chronic low back pain affects approximately 25 million patients and millions…
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Opioid medications are among the most powerful pain relievers available and can be effective in managing severe short-term pain and cancer pain. However, side effects…
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The use of cannabis (marijuana) as a medical treatment has been around for thousands of years. In its earliest form, the cannabis plant was utilized…
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Original published via Sharing Mayo Clinic on December 17, 2018. After years of chronic back pain, Guy Gottschalk was not optimistic that he would ever…