How Do You Know If You Have Fibromyalgia?

How Do You Know If You Have Fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia can be a frustrating health condition to accurately diagnose. Unfortunately, once diagnosed it can also take time to find the proper combination of treatments that help reduce symptoms of this challenging, and painful condition. If you are experiencing certain symptoms, and various testing has eliminated other health conditions, you may receive a diagnosis of fibromyalgia.  Symptoms of Fibromyalgia Experts …

How to Tell if Back Pain is Muscular

How to Tell if Back Pain is Muscular

Experiencing back pain as an adult is relatively common. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 40% of adults in the United States will struggle with some degree of back pain during their lives. If you experience back pain, you’re not alone. Back discomfort is so common partially because it has many potential causes. Sometimes, it’s a …

Photograph of a person holding their lower back in pain as a doctor talks to them in an office setting.

How to Alleviate the Pain from Vertebral Fractures

Have you suffered a vertebral fracture? Whether from an accident or from pressure associated with osteoporosis, vertebral fractures are quite painful and can take months to heal. If you’re experiencing pain as a result of a fractured vertebrae, there are many ways to relieve it. Consider the following pain relief treatments to help manage the pain while your back heals. …

Neck Pain - Non-Surgical Alternatives

Non-Surgical Alternatives for Neck Pain

Neck pain is something that most of us have dealt with at some point in our lives. But while this pain is common, is vital to seek the proper treatment to limit the pain and keep it controlled. However, with our busy schedules and constant issues with neck pain, it can be difficult to find an effective treatment. That being …

Non Surigcal Alternatives for Back Pain

Non-Surgical Alternatives for Back Pain

Back pain is one of the most common types of pain, affecting roughly 80% of adults at some point in time. Many people reach for a bottle of over the counter pain medicine and perhaps a heating pad, which can be enough to address mild cases of back pain. For some people, however, back pain becomes chronic and excruciating, leading …

Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Messenger Signaling Cells – Frequently Asked Questions

Messenger Signaling Cells vs Embryonic Stem CellsFirst, it is important to distinguish between messenger signaling cells and embryonic stem cells. Messenger signaling cell are developed, unlike embryonic stem cells. Messenger signaling cells are what is being used in regenerative medicine and what we use at American Pain Institute. Can Messenger Signaling Cells Directly Regenerate Tissue?When people think of regeneration, they …

Messenger Signalling Cells

Messenger Signaling Cells in Regenerative Medicine: Science vs Myth

Many people have claimed that stem cells represent the future of medicine. We at American Pain Institute believe that stem cells represent merely the next chapter in medicine because medicine evolves. We are confident that given time, we will have other ways of addressing chronic pain in our patients. At this juncture, we are thrilled at the turning of this …