Knee pain. Evidence-based medicine vs common practice Evidence-based medicine Knee pain. Evidence-based medicine vs common practice DR Nehama Milson Ben-Gershon drnehama.com 43% of healthy people over forty have cartilage defects on imaging, with no pain at all 61% of meniscal tears cause neither pain nor stiffness <1% of knee MRI results actually change management Knee…
Obesity and Chronic Pain. Three Mechanisms of Connection Dr. Nehama Milson Ben-Gershon The connection between excess weight and chronic pain is usually explained simply. More weight means more load on the joints, hence pain. And there is undoubtedly some truth to this. The mechanical component accounts, by various estimates, for fifteen to twenty-five percent of…
Internal Pharmacy – Dr. Nehama Milson Ben-Gershon Exploring Pain Internal Pharmacy 6 powerful painkillers that exist in your body and are easy to activate. Dr. Nehama Milson Ben-Gershon · drnehama.com 1 Oxytocin Pain Relief Through Love Oxytocin is the hormone of attachment and closeness. It lowers cortisol levels, reduces anxiety, and directly decreases pain perception…
Хроническая боль всегда связана с воспалением | Dr. Nehama Pain Neuroscience · Inflammation Chronic pain is always linked to inflammation, even if blood tests don’t confirm it Chronic pain without inflammation is like a fire without smoke. Theoretically possible. In practice, almost never. In this article 1 Familiar story: pain is present, no diagnosis 2…
Hypnosis Is Not a Trick, but Neuroscience | Dr. Nehama Neuroscience · Integrative Medicine Hypnosis Is Not a Trick, but Neuroscience What happens in the brain under hypnosis, why myths about it outlive facts, and why I prefer working with those who “resist” hypnosis “I can’t be hypnotized” — say my favorite patients. And it…
Medications for Chronic Pain Treatment | Dr. Nehama Chronic Pain · Treatment Medications for Chronic Pain Treatment Why I say there are no medications that cure chronic pain, how I prescribe them, and how to ask your doctor the right questions In this article 1 Why I say there are no medications that cure chronic…
Headache During Pregnancy | Dr. Nehama Evidence-Based Medicine · Pregnancy Headache During Pregnancy We analyze recommendations from the world’s leading obstetrics and gynecology organization — what is safe, what is prohibited, and when to see a doctor urgently 📋 Based on: ACOG Clinical Practice Guideline No. 3, 2022 Good News! If you suffered from migraines…
When a person lives with chronic pain, even if they are not consciously aware of it — pain itself becomes the center of their life.It decides what they can and cannot do.What they want and what they don’t want.Where they will go and where they won’t.Who they meet, what they do, what they postpone.Pain is…
I am a wolf. A wolf, as you know, is fed by its feet. The life of an adult wolf, a family father, is not a carefree childhood of jumping in puddles and playing tag with sunbeams. Today, I am more interested in live, and well-fed, hares. I am a husband and a father, head…
In a discussion under one of my posts on Facebook, I realized that my readers really don’t know the difference between narcotic and non-narcotic medications. Could it be that all these terrible cases of long-term narcotic drug use are caused by insufficient public awareness? A person truly thinks that since the doctor prescribed a chronic…