If you have sciatica pain, you know the agony that can flare up in your body. The Mayo Clinic characterizes sciatica symptoms as pain that radiates along the sciatic nerve from your lower back, to your hips, bottom, and down one or both legs into the feet.
When the weather gets cold, we turn inward, seeking comfort foods and warm blankets. But we miss out on sunlight, leading to a lack of vitamin D. This can make you SAD.
Dr. Adam Schreiber is one of the leading practitioners of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Regenerative Medicine and Pain Medicine. His accolades include the Robert H. Condon, MD Teaching Award for outstanding contributions to resident education at Thomas Jefferson University; the Compassionate Doctor and the Top 10 Doctors awards, which is given annually by Vitals to fewer than 3% of doctors nationally; “Top Docs” for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in SJ Magazine’s; and Dr. Schreiber is a Fellow of the American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Chronic pain can happen to anyone and take many forms. Not all of them are visible, or even recognizable, to the outside observer. Those who suffer from painful ailments often do so in silence. This can get complicated when sufferers of chronic pain, especially those that are young and assumed to be in completely good health, are told that they “don’t look disabled.”
In the Year of COVID-19, Women in Healthcare Aren’t Getting the Love They Deserve In the year 2021, we are working through our second year of COVID-19, a disease that has oppressed the entire world, and one that we are still fighting through to return to the world as we know it.
Referred pain syndrome, often referred to as reflective pain, is a phenomenon where pain originating in one part of the body is felt in a different part of the body away from its source. During an occurrence of angina pectoris, a chest pressure due to insufficient blood flow caused by a heart attack, sensations of pain and discomfort are felt frequently in the arm or left shoulder. Similarly, pain from the spleen may be present in the left shoulder. And when thymus problems appear, pain may be felt in the crook of the neck by the right shoulder. Any number of sensations of hurt and discomfort can crop up in our nervous system.
Covid-19 has had a lasting set of symptoms from respiratory to neurological issues, including a surprising amount of lower back pain. A sedentary lifestyle brought millions of people related ailments, from arthritis to lumbar and pelvic pain, and psychological effects became prevalent, including agoraphobia (or the fear of crowds), increased Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, social anxiety, and generalized anxiety. These phenomena affect our mental and emotional well-being and can also manifest themselves in the human body, whether it is a psychosomatic rash, or any number of aches and pains resulting from the combination of the pandemic and negative emotions. The diagnosis, treatment, and management of such pain require a holistic approach as well as a sympathetic listener.
ReclaimAbility Physician Dr. Scaringe-Dietrich shares ways to listen and care for our loved ones while they are being treated for pain during a pandemic.
ReclaimAbility Physician Dr. Wong goes in-depth regarding the benefits of exercise, ergonomics, and goals for building momentum.
Gratitude will take on an important responsibility this year. It will remind us that regardless of how difficult life can get, there’s always something to be thankful for. It’ll also show us that despite the need to value what we have, it’s also necessary to recognize hardship and understand how a year like the one we’re in can impact everyone in vastly different ways. Inspired by this complex relationship with gratitude that we’ll all be navigating as Thanksgiving approaches, we decided to ask members of our team what they’re thankful for. The responses ranged and if you’re feeling down, hopefully these can spur thoughts about what you’re grateful for.
