Musculoskeletal

Tennis Elbow – Lateral Epicondylitis Tennis Elbow or Lateral Epicondylitis is a painful condition of the lateral elbow that typically occurs because of overuse.  The muscles that attach to the lateral epicondyle of the elbow, primarily responsible for wrist extension,  get injured.  The condition is very common in tennis players, but racquetball, squash and pickle ball players are not immune to the common condition, that is why many of them end up hiring an injury lawyer.   The condition can develop … Read More

Arthritis Pain Relief of the Spine: Medial Branch Blocks Rocky Mount, Wilson and Raleigh Medial branch nerves are small nerves that feed out from the facet joints in the spine and carry pain signals from the facet joints to the brain. A medial branch nerve block is a procedure in which an anesthetic is injected near small medial nerves connected to a specific facet joint.  The illustration below shows the facet joints with medial branch nerves innervating the joints at … Read More

What is a facet joint cyst? A facet joint cyst is a fluid-filled sac that is an out-pouching of the capsule that surrounds the facet joints.  Facet joint cysts are typically found in the lumbar spine and are most often related to degeneration.  The facet joint cysts can be present in the neuroforaminal space or in the extra-foraminal area.  When the cyst is located in the neuroforaminal space, patients may experience radicular legs symptoms and discomfort.    When the cyst … Read More

Do you love tennis but your elbow pain is too much to bear? Do you love fishing but can’t stand the elbow pain? You may have a condition known as Tennis Elbow. If the elbow pain has been present for longer than 6 months, then you may have chronic lateral epicondylitis. Well, New Breakthrough treatments at Carolina Sports and Spine for lateral epicondylitis are proving beneficial to end the suffering of thousands of patients of our medical intuitive clinic you … Read More

Radiofrequency ablation for back pain (This is a 7-part series that will help you explore decisions that could help you avoid Back Surgery. Always talk to your doctor before starting any health program to see if it’s right for you.) First, we need to understand a little about the sources and causes of back pain.  Unfortunately, there are many sources for a person’s back pain. the main sources are muscles, ligaments, tendons, discs, joints and nervous tissues.  Anyone of tissues … Read More

Spinal Arthritis Treatment The way that I try to explain this to all my patients is that our spine is like the mast on a ship.  The spine is pretty static by itself. In fact, by itself, the spine could only support about 35-40lbs.  Of course, we weigh a lot more than that. On a ship, the mast would surely break if it were not for the strong rope supports and riggings that keep the mast in place and upright. … Read More

Frankenstein Neck The following exercises help alleviate the muscles in your neck: Sometimes the area of pain will benefit from conservative measures like ice, stretching and rest.  See stretching exercises above.   If these techniques do not work, it may be necessary to try massage with trigger point work or trigger point injections with a physician.  A physician can achieve a great deal of success with a simple lidocaine, or these natural products check top brands on Dmag or sterile … Read More