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Everyone will suffer pain at some time in their lives.Grim as this may sound, some pain is necessary - it is a signal from our brain that something is wrong in our body, something we will need to address to protect our health and well-being.It can be caused by anything from a dental cavity to a broken bone to a disease.Once we determine where the pain is coming from, we can diagnose and address the health issue, thus alleviating the pain...

More than 65 million Americans suffer from back pain each year.It's by far the most common complaint from people seeking medical care.Advances in medicine have created many treatment options for people looking back pain relief.Alternative treatments have increased in number and availability as well.However, there's still no"miracle cure" able to rid the world of back pain once and for all.Since the intensity, causes and specific conditions vary with each patient, you want to talk about treatment options with a health care professional so as to tailor treatment to your particular condition...

You use your knees every time you walk, run, or move your lower body at all.Knee pain, therefore, dramatically affects the daily life of victims, who must use their knees through the day.Knee pain is the second only to back pain among American adult pain sufferers.Knee trouble is most frequently caused by osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint condition in which the cartilage that surrounds the two bones that contain the knee joint wears away, sometimes causing painful joint-on-joint contact...

Everyone will experience pain at some time in their lives.Pain is a necessary form of protection against accidents, diseases, or conditions that would otherwise impair or kill us.Pain alerts us that something isn't right.Pain can be either 'acute' or 'chronic' - the distinguishing characteristic between the two is their duration.Acute pain usually occurs after a particular injury.It appears fast and is usually very extreme - one example is the pain of a broken bone...

Your knees, shoulders, and elbows are all large joints.Your hands and feet contain many joints.Our joints are used for almost every movement we make.Half of adults over age 65 - or more than 20 million Americans, suffer recurrent or chronic joint pain, stiffness, and sometimes swelling.Joint pain can be so severe that ordinary daily activities of victims, such as eating a bowl of cereal or washing one's hair, become difficult or even impossible...