Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Tips, Neurosurgery
Guest post by Joshua B. Bederson, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Health System and specialist in Trigeminal Neuralgia. To make an appointment with Dr. Bederson, call 212-241-2377.
Trigeminal Neuralgia is a disorder with episodes of severe, stabbing, electric shock-like pain in the face as the result of a blood vessel or other lesion coming in contact with the trigeminal nerve. Contact with the trigeminal nerve causes excruciating pain on that side of the face, most commonly in the lower face and jaw, although it sometimes may occur around the nose and above the eye. (more…)
Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Tips, Your Health
Experts estimate that as many as 80% of people will experience back pain at some point in their lives. While the pain can be debilitating, most are able heal by themselves however, many have to turn to alternative options for treatment.
The foundation of all treatments of back pain is physical therapy yet, depending on the particular cause of back pain, there are additional treatments available. Below are five common causes of back pain and Pain Management treatments to help improve the pain. (more…)
Nov 20, 2013 | Research
A joint research project between the Department of Neurosurgery and the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine is evaluating the use of meditation to decrease pain after spine surgery. This particular meditation technique has been shown in clinical trials to reduce patient’s need for pain medication for those with chronic pain, and has been shown to reduce people’s perception of the severity of a painful stimulus. Arthur L. Jenkins, MD, associate professor in the Department of Neurosurgery, and Patricia Bloom, MD, associate professor in the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, devised a research trial to see if teaching this technique to patients could reduce the amount of pain medicine needed to manage their pain after spine surgery.
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