Arthritis and osteoarthritis are two diseases that affect the joints. In many occasions, it is common to talk about them as if they were the same, but in reality they are two different pathologies. They are two rheumatic diseases, which are more frequent in women than in men. Both generate pain and can affect one … Read more
Sport is health, the perfect complement to life habits. We have all practiced sport at some time and we all know its advantages. Not only can we improve our performance and extend our endurance, but we can also improve our limits and the performance of our organ and musculoskeletal systems. However, in competitive sport things … Read more
Most of the time we are not aware of how definitions can limit reality. This is exactly what happens when we refer to chronic pain. The distribution of the pathology, in order to facilitate its study and treatment by different specialists, has deepened its specific knowledge but many times the great proximity to a pathology, … Read more
Alzheimer’s is a disease produced by cognitive deterioration as a consequence of the accumulation of a kind of “brain junk” that leads the sufferer to an alteration of memory and complete recognition of much of their experience. These patients begin to respond and act like small children with simple responses and stereotyped behaviors in the … Read more
The concept of breakthrough pain is used to name a picture of pain that appears in patients with chronic painful pathology, generally oncological, which appears suddenly and has a short duration. It is important to detect these conditions, since when they appear they become unbearable despite receiving adequate treatment for their baseline pain. The pain … Read more
We must insist on the importance of lifestyle habits in order to be able to maintain our health and prevent pathologies. In this sense, we are going to focus on a science that is unknown to many and neglected, ergonomics. What is ergonomics? Ergonomics is defined as the science that studies the efforts and movements … Read more
Pain remains the most enigmatic of our perceptions. From a physiological point of view, it corresponds to the excitation of pain receptors and their propagation pathways to the central nervous system. It is produced as a consequence of tissue injury and corresponds to an essential defense system in the living being. But it is also … Read more
Prolotherapy is a treatment for chronic muscle and joint pain that has been used for many years and has recently expanded its indication to other types of pain such as neuropathic pain. It is basically based on the injection of irritating substances, without the adverse effects of other substances such as corticosteroids, into the joints … Read more
Dr. Arranz Duran has a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Faculty of Medicine of Zaragoza. He is also an expert in Bioethics and holds a Diploma awarded by the European Society Regional and Pain Practice. He is currently Coordinator of the Acute Pain Unit at the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria University Hospital … Read more
Dr. Arcas Molina, a specialist in the Pain Unit, explains that there are two main causes of low back pain and pain radiating to the legs, which are “facet syndrome” and radicular or sciatic pain, respectively. The facet syndrome has its origin in the arthrosis of small joints called “facets” that articulate some vertebrae with … Read more