Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Pain

by | Mar 18, 2024 | Pain Management, Pain Treatment

Back pain can originate from multiple locations. One of the more common causes of low back pain is dysfunction of the sacroiliac (SI) joints. What are the SI joints? Sacroiliac joints are the joints between the base of the spine (sacrum) and the pelvic bones (ilium)....

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

by | Nov 20, 2023 | Pain Management, Pain Treatment

What is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome? Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic neuropathic pain disorder that usually affects the upper or lower extremities and occurs after an injury to tissue, bone, or nerves. The onset of CRPS often correlates with a...
Muscle Pain vs Nerve Pain

Muscle Pain vs Nerve Pain

by | Dec 4, 2021 | Pain Management, Pain Treatment

What is muscle pain? Muscle pain is pain originating from the muscle tissue and related connective tissues. What is nerve pain? Nerve pain is pain originating from the brain or spinal cord (the central nervous system), or the peripheral nerves that branch off from the...
Chronic Pain and Medical Marijuana in Utah

Chronic Pain and Medical Marijuana in Utah

by | Aug 18, 2021 | Pain Management

Since Utah’s medical marijuana (cannabis) program went live in early 2020, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to lear that tens of thousands of patients in Utah have started using it. There are several qualifying medical conditions written into the law for...
Postherpetic Neuralgia

Postherpetic Neuralgia

by | May 27, 2021 | Pain Management, Pain Treatment

Postherpetic neuralgia is a severe chronic neuropathic pain that can linger after a shingles infection. Shingles is caused when the chicken pox virus (varicella zoster) reactivates. This virus lives dormant in nerve cells. When it becomes reactivated, it causes...

Spinal Arthritis

by | Jan 4, 2019 | Pain Management

The vertebral column is loaded with joints throughout the spine and provide contact points between each vertebra.  These joints allow mobility of the spine. These joints are most commonly called facet joints or zygapophysial joints (z-joints).  They are prone to...