What is Neuralgia?

I always knew it was just a matter of time and it finally happened.  I was speaking with a patient of mine who was a bit more than one year…

This question is one of the most common articulated in my office and I believe represents an underappreciated component of our everyday lives that can certainly impact many facets of…

Just this past week, several patients have asked about the tight muscles in their necks and upper backs. They have all wondered at some point whether it’s the tight muscles...

As I have written previously, neur-algia simply means ‘nerve pain’.  The question always becomes, can you figure out which ‘neur’ (i.e., nerve) is causing the ‘algia’ (i.e., pain).  Secondly, if…

As before, neur-algia simply means ‘nerve pain’.  The question always becomes, can you figure out which ‘neur’ (i.e., nerve) is causing the ‘algia’ (i.e., pain).  Secondly, if you can figure…

The title of this post represents the million dollar question.  I have posted many times in the past about how ON can be caused by compression from spastic neck muscles,…

I am asked routinely about the relationship between whiplash and occipital neuralgia.  First of all, what is whiplash?  Simply put, it is a sudden jerking of the head, usually in…

This post will be a relatively short one, but this question is very important.  I have been queried about this phenomenon numerous times in the office and while lecturing to...