Your nervous system is a key force behind so many important bodily functions. But when your peripheral nerves—those found outside of the brain and spinal cord—are damaged, it can cause pain and ...

Chemotherapy has long forced patients to choose between fighting their cancer and living with nerve pain that can linger for ...

Jill Schneiderhan, MD, remembers only receiving one or two lectures on basic pain physiology during medical school. Jill Schneiderhan, MD That time was not enough, Schneiderhan said, who is now a ...

For millions living with nerve pain, even a light touch can feel unbearable. Scientists have long suspected that damaged ...

A hidden immune stress switch may be driving chemotherapy nerve pain and scientists have found a way to turn it off.

Chronic low back pain significantly affects quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Back pain makes it difficult to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...