USAISR is working with MIT Lincoln Lab to develop a new device for providing regional pain control in trauma patients at or ...

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other ...

People enter low-temperature chambers below Arctic temperatures to experience recovery and enhanced athletic performance. The treatment known as cryotherapy delivers its promised benefits of restoring ...

In the second world war, the physician Henry Beecher observed that some of his soldier patients, despite being injured on the ...

A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...

The manufacturer of AV-101, an investigational, oral nonopioid, NMDA-targeting therapy to treat neuropathic pain, announced ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the ...

Coaches, athletes and therapists alike have relied on cryotherapy to reduce pain and inflammation, aiming for a quicker return to play.  However, as sports medicine evolves, so does our understanding ...

For example, muscular pain may feel achy, tight, or like a spasm. Nerve pain may cause stabbing, burning, or shooting pain, while pain in the bones may feel deep and dull. Some back issues can ...

The body registers pain through nerve endings throughout the body. Touch a hot stove, for example, and the nerve will send signals to the spinal cord and up to the brain that you’re experiencing pain ...

Four in 10 patients treated with chemotherapy experience persistent severe peripheral nerve pain, a recent study found. The study, published in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, analyzed data ...

The flow of electrical impulses is directed from the source of the pain along nerve fibers that connect to sensory neurons. Sensory neurons can also support complex movements like picking up utensils, ...