DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 78-year-old woman. Last September I had severe pain in my right hand. The pain was so bad that I had to go to the emergency room, where they did an MRI. Results showed I have ...

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 78-year-old woman. Last September I had severe pain in my right hand. The pain was so bad that I had to go to the emergency room, where they did an MRI. Results showed I have ...

AN entrapment neuropathy of the ilioinguinal nerve can cause pain and disability that may present serious diagnostic difficulties. The nerve is analogous to an intercostal nerve since it has both ...

Dr. Stuart Himmelstein, DC, a Philadelphia-based chiropractor, examines how peripheral neuropathy is evaluated in ...

Compression of the ulnar nerve causes ulnar nerve entrapment syndrome to occur. The ulnar nerve is one of the principal nerves of the upper limb. It has a long course from the neck down into the hand, ...

Trigeminal neuralgia is a chronic pain disorder caused by dysfunction of the trigeminal nerves, which provide feeling to much of your head and face, including your mouth and teeth. People with ...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) can cause shoulder pain, although it is not one of the typical symptoms. In some cases, people may have shoulder pain without any wrist pain. If CTS is the cause, then ...

Medically reviewed by Amy Kwan, PT Lower right back pain can come from issues with muscles, discs, joints, or internal organs.  Numbness, tingling, or weakness with lower right back pain is often a ...

Q. What causes a pinched nerve and how is it treated? A. A nerve is called "pinched" when something is pressing on it — such as tendons, ligaments, or bone — which irritates the nerve and can cause it ...