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When living with chronic pain, it can often seem like the options available to make your life more comfortable, more functional, and just plain worth living are fairly limited. Too frequently we find ourselves reaching for prescription painkillers that come with a whole host of unpleasant side effects, or simply having to sit it out on many of the activities we enjoy as a result of our discomfort.  The good news, however, is that a solution to help manage and ease our chronic pain doesn't necessarily lie solely in pharmaceuticals...   When it comes to pain management, the stakes are...

Did you know that peripheral neuropathy can, in some cases, actually be a side effect of some medications? Peripheral neuropathy is a symptom of nerve damage that happens on the outside of an individual’s brain or spinal cord, in a network known as the peripheral nerves. Perhaps surprisingly, these same neuropathy symptoms can also be the result of some medications, due to the fact that particular drugs can actually cause some nerve damage as a side effect of their use.  The use of these specific medications indirectly leads to neuropathy, as the nerve damage which has occurred overlaps with the sensations...

To ensure your body is firing on all cylinders and achieving its optimal function, all the parts need to be well oiled, so to speak. Going by that theory, one might wonder if knee pain can actually be caused by issues in your foot.

Here, we explore the correlations that can occur, and see how problems in your foot can in some cases lead to knee pain...