Pain and inflammation can occur in any joint in the body and for a wide variety of causes but most commonly it is caused by arthritis. Nearly 54 million Americans suffer from joint pain caused by arthritis. Symptoms can range from mild discomfort to debilitating, all-consuming pain. Diagnosing … [Read more...] about Joint Pain
Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is defined as any pain that persists past a normal healing time and lasts longer than 3 to 6 months. For a person with chronic pain, 3 to 6 months can feel like a lifetime. The pain can be caused by any number of injuries such as a back sprain, or there may be an ongoing cause like … [Read more...] about Chronic Pain
Early Signs & Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that targets the skin, lungs, eyes, heart, blood vessels, and joints with damaging inflammation. As many as 1.3 million Americans – 1 percent of the world’s population – were diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis last year. While the … [Read more...] about Early Signs & Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Louisiana Pain Care redesigns website with a blog
Louisiana Pain Care recently redesigned our practice website to include more ways for patients to interact with our office. The website offers a patient portal, online appointment requests, and an award-winning patient education library. We will be blogging about the latest information … [Read more...] about Louisiana Pain Care redesigns website with a blog