All About Joint Pain

ALL ABOUT JOINT PAIN NECK PAIN AT A GLANCE MILD MODERATE SEVERE 15.1% OF AMERICANS CHRONIC NECK PAIN with chronic pain have neck pain can range from mild to severe CAUSES SPINAL MUSCLE DISC STENOSIS STRAINS DEGENERATION which puts pressure and muscular tension from aging or injury on your nerves and spinal cord TREATMENT LOW- MEDICATIONS SURGERY LEVEL SUCH AS WHEN indicated, depending on what's causing the pain laser therapy NSAIDS or cortico- directed toward steroid injections the painful area BACK PAIN AT A GLANCE 50% 2ND OF WORKING MOST COMMON Americans have back reason for visils lo pain symptoms every year the doctor's office CAUSES ACUTE HERNIATED DISC INJURY DISC DEGENERATION from sports or Occurs when a from aging or arthritis everyday tasks cushioning disc between bones bulges irregularly TREATMENT PHYSICAL OCCUPATIONAL SURGERY THERAPY THERAPY SUCH AS for increased to improve posture discectomy, strength and mobility and daily movements laminectomy, or spinal fusion HIP PAIN AT A GLANCE 7.1% MORE OF AMERICANS THAN 285,000 with chronic pain total hip replacements performed in the U.S. each year have hip pain CAUSES OSTEOARTHRITIS RHEUMATOID FRACTURES ARTHRITIS which causes hip a chronic inflammation caused by falls or bones to rub against that leads to pain bone weakness from each other and stiffness osteoporosis TREATMENT NO-IMPACT ASSISTIVE HIP EXERCISE DEVICES REPLACEMENT such as swimming for walking and getting surgery for to strengthen surrounding muscles around the home severe cases INFOGRAPHIC PROVIDED BY www.stluciemedblog.com St Lucie Medical Center Sources http://stluciemed.com/our-services/orthopedics/general-ortho.dot http://stluciemed.com/your-health/?/432903/ http://stluciemed.com/your-health/?/223181/Disk-degeneration http://stluciemed.com/your-health/?/1643/ http://stluciemed.com/your-health/?/1702/ http://stluciemed.com/your-health/?/1786/Hip-fracture http://www.acatoday.org/levela,ess.cefm?TiID-13&T2ID-68 http://www.painmed.org/patientcenter/facts.on.pain.aspx http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topicrac0377 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/spinal-stenosis/DSoos15