HOUSTON PAIN MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Discomfort, chronic pain, or inflammation arising from any part of a joint - including cartilage, bone, ligaments, tendons, or muscles.

Muscle aches in the back, including shooting, burning, or stabbing sensations or chronic pain.

Pain that starts in or around the spine beneath your head, usually associated with radiating pain down one or both of the arms.

Pain from hip joints, usually stemming from hip injuries. This does not necessarily need to come from your hip directly over the hip area; it can also be experienced in your groin or as pain in your thigh or knee.

These most commonly occur during sports or exercise, but are not limited to athletes. For example, factory workers get tennis elbow, painters get shoulder injuries, and gardeners develop tendinitis, even though they may not participate in sports.

A herniated disc occurs when a portion of the soft center of your spine pushes through a crack in its tougher exterior. Symptoms become apparent if the herniation compresses a nerve.

A pinched nerve can occur in many areas throughout the body. It occurs when too much pressure is applied to a nerve by surrounding tissues, such as bones, cartilage, muscles, or tendons. This results in pain, tingling, numbness, or weakness in the affected area.

Spinal cord compression happens when pressure on the spinal cord causes the nerves within to swell, slowing down or blocking their blood supply. This stops the nerves from working normally.