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Joints: C2/3 ZA joint, C2/3 disc Muscles: Mutifidus, semispinalis Causes and Sources of Neck Pain Cervical Pain Maps Differential Diagnosis Checklists

Written by: Dr Jeremy Steinberg – created: 28 June 2020; last modified: 12 May 2024 This article is still missing information. de Quervain tendinopathy

This article is still missing information. Voltage gated sodium channels are transmembrane polypeptides. The α-subunits are made up of four domains (I-IV)

directed at postulated central processes) despite the fact that peripheral sources have not been ruled out using validated measures. For example they may have

Written by: Dr Jeremy Steinberg – created: 11 May 2024; last modified: 12 May 2024 This article is still missing information. Intersection syndrome is

This article is still missing information. There is no formal definition. It is generally described as pain at the tendon insertion or myotendinous junction

anaesthetic spread to other structures that might suggest an alternative source of pain. The findings some studies are limited by them typically not differentiating

This article is a stub. The MSK physician should be familiar with Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). This is because in chronic BPPV the majority

Written by: Dr Jeremy Steinberg – created: 24 March 2021; last modified: 20 May 2023 This article is still missing information. Small fiber neuropathy

Written by: Dr Jeremy Steinberg; peer reviewer: Dr Lucy Holtzhausen – created: 4 December 2022; last modified: 11 February 2024 The prevalence of smoking

constitute possible sources of pain. The lumbar intervertebral discs and lumbar zygapophysial joints have the most evidence as established sources (i.e implicated

This article is still missing information. This article reviews surgical options for chronic low back pain, radicular pain, and lumbar spinal stenosis

Written by: Dr Jeremy Steinberg – created: 16 June 2021; last modified: 17 April 2022 This article is still missing information. Dupuytren's disease is

known about possible sources, but not a great amount about actual sources of neck pain. The cause of the pain is the disease process or disorder that is

This article is a stub. Thoracic facet joint pain is felt in the parasagittal region and doesn't cross the midline. Thoracic Zygapophyseal Joint Pain Patterns

demographics by Thomson. Bogduk and McGuirk. Causes and Sources of Chronic Low Back Pain In: Medical Management of Acute and Chronic Low Back Pain. Elsevier

and sources are largely unknown (around 95% of cases are unknown), The sources of chronic low back pain are largely known (see Causes and Sources of Chronic

information. Sacroiliac joint pain, and sacroiliac joint dysfunction are common sources of chronic low back pain. Pain generators are the joint itself, and the

This article is still missing information. Report writing is the process by which the clinician summarises the salient features of the patient's condition

This article is a stub. Physical inactivity is a primary cause of most chronic diseases, including musculoskeletal diseases. The components of an exercise

This article is still missing information. Carbamazepine is most commonly used in the treatment of epilepsy, bipolar affective disorder, and neuropathic

This article is a stub. Osgood-Schlatter Disease (OSD) also known simply as Osgood-Schlatter is an apophysitis of the tibial tuberosity at the site of

This article is still missing information. The sacrum usually has five fused sacral vertebrae. However variations are common such as lumbarisation of S1

Prevalence data can be determined here. Causes and Sources of Chronic Low Back Pain Causes and Sources of Neck Pain Bogduk, Nikolai; Aprill, Charles; Derby

Written by: Dr Jeremy Steinberg – created: 16 April 2022; last modified: 11 March 2023 This article is still missing information. Lateral plantar nerve

back pain, there has been little progress in understanding the causes and sources of thoracic spinal pain. The aetiology in most cases is unknown. The strongest

The most common sources are soft tissue infections and sequelae from spinal surgery or other invasive spinal procedures. The source is unknown in one

This article is still missing information. Proximal muscle weakness involves the axial and limb girdle muscle groups and can be caused by a wide array

This article is still missing information. Neuronopathy means the cell body is affected rather than the myelin or axon as in peripheral neuropathy. This

than one source of pain. King and Bogduk reference two studies to argue that patients with chronic low back pain only rarely have concurrent sources of pain

than one source of pain. King and Bogduk reference two studies to argue that patients with chronic low back pain only rarely have concurrent sources of pain

This article is still missing information. This article relates to degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis, rather than congenital lumbar spinal stenosis.

nitroglycerin, and percutaneous needle tenotomy. Ellis et al (closed source) Strauss et al (closed source) Strauss EJ, Kim S, Calcei JG, Park D. Iliotibial band syndrome:

Syndrome is a painful knee condition due to a synovial plica becoming a source of pain due to an increase in volume and decrease in elasticity. The medial

and are one of several sources that contribute to the plexus that overlies the discs and vertebral bodies. The other sources are the grey rami communicantes

transforaminal epidural steroid injections based on the physician referral source". Interventional Pain Medicine (in English). 1 (3): 100114. doi:10.1016/j

even a relative kyphosis is poorly tolerated in the lumbar spine. The source or sources of pain are not well understood. In adults, disc degeneration and facet

Written by: Dr Jeremy Steinberg; additional contribution by: Dr Amanda Cormack – created: 17 June 2020; last modified: 15 March 2023 This article is still

Written by: Dr Amanda Cormack; additional contribution by: Dr Jeremy Steinberg – created: 15 March 2023; last modified: 15 March 2023 This article is still

potential sources. Likewise the common carotid artery can be considered a cervical structure. There is less evidence for structures below C3 being sources of

intra-epidermal nerve fibre density. NP: neuropathic pain Modified from various sources

Written by: Dr Jeremy Steinberg – created: 20 August 2020; last modified: 11 March 2023 This page is probably complete! It is awaiting peer review Cervical

missing information. Sacroiliac joint pain is common, and the structure is the source of pain in 16-30% of cases of chronic low back pain. The area can be injected

at the junction of the bilateral iliac wings with the sacrum, is a common source of acute and chronic low back pain. It has a complex structure. It's primary

entrapment, or 2% of the total dissected branches. See also: Causes and Sources of Chronic Low Back Pain Kuniya and colleagues reported on prevalence data

Written by: Dr Don Ponnamperuma – created: 1 August 2022; last modified: 2 August 2022 This page is probably complete! It is awaiting peer review Ultrasound

trochanteric bursitis. However it is now understood that tendon tears are the source of pain, and the presence of any bursitis is merely an epiphenomenon. A

This article is a stub. Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are a heterogenous group of hereditary connective tissue disorders. The predominant features are

Written by: Dr Jeremy Steinberg – created: 15 May 2021; last modified: 11 March 2023 This page is probably complete! It is awaiting peer review Cauda equina

Written by: Dr Jason Chin; peer reviewer: Dr Jeremy Steinberg – created: 16 March 2022; last modified: 12 March 2023 Pyomyositis is a bacterial infection