Back pain affects millions of Americans each year, with pinched nerves ranking among the most uncomfortable and disruptive causes. This specific type of discomfort occurs when surrounding tissues—like ...

Researchers at the University of New South Wales Sydney are testing a new way to treat chronic nerve pain by training the ...

Any woman who suffers from sciatica knows just how unbearable living with that discomfort is. Sciatica refers to the pain that radiates along the path of the sciatic nerve, which branches from your ...

Almost everyone has pain sometimes. It might start as a twinge in your back, a dull ache in your knee, a tingling on the bottoms of your feet. Maybe you slept funny, or hoisted a full bag of groceries ...

There are different types of neck pain that can affect your muscles, nerves, or other nearby tissues. Each has different causes and different treatments that might be effective. Neck pain may result ...

Nerve pain (called neuropathic pain), is one of the more difficult and uncomfortable types of pain. Whether the pain comes from diabetes, shingles, fibromyalgia, chemotherapy, or a host of other ...

Neuropathy is a tenacious condition that frequently makes you feel anything but calm. It’s an ongoing battle against nerve pain, tingling feelings, and discomfort that refuses to go away. Many people, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Diane Omdahl is a Medicare expert who keeps her readers in the know. My back hurts so bad I can’t straighten up. My back pain is ...

Nerve pain affects millions of people worldwide, creating a burning, shooting, or electric sensation that can make daily activities nearly impossible. Unlike regular pain that responds well to common ...

Qutenza (capsaicin) is a prescription drug approved to treat nerve pain caused by shingles or diabetes. Qutenza comes as a skin patch. Specifically, Qutenza is used in adults to treat: Like most drugs ...

Until recently, most researchers assumed that the vagus nerve sent messages up to the brain from the GI tract using the equivalent of one northbound lane on a gut-to-brain communication superhighway.