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Frozen shoulder is a condition that manifests more commonly in individuals who are in the age range of 40+ years old. For younger patients, frozen shoulder can result after trauma to the area due to, for instance, a sports-related injury. This condition can also develop on a gradual basis and worsen over time before the … Read more
The existence of connective tissue disorder and hypermobile joints syndrome plays a significant role in sacroiliac (SI) joint dysfunction. Extra-articular elements, such as ligamentous injuries and enthesopathy, likely the most frequent sources of joint dysfunction and potential hypermobility (1,2). Prolotherapy is not a new treatment in medicine. However, the results of prolotherapy and the e‑ect … Read more
Introduction Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide and is associated with the highest economic cost among all psychiatric and neurologic disorders (1). The impact of pain has many negative consequences in previously healthy adults including loss of work productivity, lost wages, fewer work hours, and increased associated cost of care in the … Read more
Back pain conditions with non-radicular pain are a result of sacroiliac (SI) joint pain in 15% to 30% of patients. Many patients fail conservative treatment and proceed to intra or extraarticular steroid injection and radiofrequency ablation. Prevalence rates represent a bimodal distribution with higher rates in younger athletes and the elderly. However, the etiology of … Read more
Sacroiliac joint (SIJ) dysfunction is one of the most common causes of lower back pain. Diagnosis of the SIJ pain is challenging due to the anatomy. There are dierent factors that pertain to the etiologic cause of pain in this joint. These factors include leg length discrepancy, biomechanical abnormalities, trauma, scoliosis, surgery, and pregnancy (1-3). … Read more
The greater occipital nerves and lesser occipital nerves are primarily derived from C2 (variable origins from C1, C3, and C4). An anesthetic blockade is considered to have its clinical eect by reducing pain aerents to the cervical trigeminal nucleus caudalis (1). The exact mechanism of pulsed radiofrequency ablation is yet to be elucidated. Inan, N … Read more
Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a wide spectrum of painful conditions which usually occur after an initiating event and diagnosed clinically (1). S.W Mitchell was the first physician who reported the first CRPS patient in 1864 under the term of “causalgia” (2). In 1995, Stanton et a l called the disorders, including reflex sympathetic … Read more
Recently, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to suspend the H-1B visa for immigrants. In response, companies like Shopify launched a resource portal to support skilled engineers who have trouble getting into the states. Allevio is also doing its part by helping doctors who are considering Canada as an alternative. In this Tweet, … Read more
Friends, The last few months have challenged us all in ways we had never imagined. However, we are proving to ourselves and each other what we are made of, and just how well we can adapt to our ever-evolving world. I am so proud of the efforts we have taken to both be and feel … Read more
Allevio’s Dr. Ramin Safakish has posted a very helpful guide for how to connect to MEDEO on his website. Please click here for more information. Please note that the photo with this post is not Dr. Safakish, but is Andriy, our Nurse Practitioner who is also working with our patients virtually.