Introduction: The Evolution of the Human Spine
The human spine has evolved from that of 4 legged animals where the stability was very well distributed between four legs. When humans adopted the erect posture we gained the benefit of height with a better vantage to survey the surroundings,]the hands were freed for skill development. However, the weight of the whole body came […]
Chikungunya Pain: Understanding Causes and Effective Treatment
Chikungunya is a viral infection which is commonly associated with incapacitating, severe joint pains after the infection has subsided . At Ashirvad Institute for Pain Management and Research, we consider that these joint pains are because of enthesopathies. Enthesopathy is when shortened muscles pull on their ends in the joint capsule to produce inflammation which then […]
Muscle: Blind Spot or Philosopher’s Stone of Chronic Pain?
Muscle has been considered as an ‘also ran’ structure amongst pain generators in pain literature. So much so, David Simmons who along with Janet Travell has done seminal work on myofascial trigger points and taut bands had to lament that “Muscle is an orphan organ, and no medical specialty claims it “As a result muscle […]
Chikungunya pain
Chikungunya is a viral infection which is commonly associated with incapacitating, severe joint pains after the infection has subsided . At Ashirvad Institute for Pain Management and Research, we consider that these joint pains are actually the shortened muscle pulling on their ends in the joint capsule. The muscles get shortened because of myositis (inflammation […]