There are many reasons why you may experience muscle and joint pain. But when you find that pain issues continue unabated, there may be reason for concern. If after a few days of trying to address your pain with home treatment – rest, heat, compression, ice, and ibuprofen – then you should make an appointment to see your primary care physician. Working with your primary care provider, you can determine whether there is a virus or other underlying illness that might be causing you to experience muscle and joint pain.
Reasons People Experience Ongoing Pain
Joint and muscle pain may be symptomatic of a number of conditions. Viral infections, injuries from sports or accidents, arthritis, fibromyalgia, lupus, and Lyme disease can all cause unresolved muscle and joint pain. Again, with the help of your primary care provider, you can find out if the pain is something that will recede with a round of antibiotics or when the virus has run its course. You’ll also learn if you have a more systemic reason for experiencing ongoing pain.
How a Pain Management Specialist Can Help
In most cases, if you have a virus or other illness of which pain is a symptom, the pain will resolve when or soon after the malady does. In more serious cases, however, such as with a diagnosis of arthritis or fibromyalgia, or because of an injury that’s not healing as well as it should, pain can become a constant part of your daily life. It is in these instances that working with a pain management team can help you not only cope with the pain you are experiencing but also find new ways to treat your pain so that you can get back to living.
New Innovations in Pain Treatment Are Happening Every Day
Even if you have tried in the past to seek treatment for ongoing, unresolved muscle and joint pain, you should consider making an appointment with Spine LLC. We work closely with your primary care physician; listen to your needs, frustrations, and challenges; and design a plan that incorporates the most advanced treatment options possible to help you not just mask your pain but reduce or eliminate it, utilizing both pharmacological and non-pharmacological modalities.
Don’t Let Your Injury Stop You from Living
If you’re struggling with unresolved muscle or joint pain, you don’t have to live with it. At Spine LLC, we focus on giving our patients the ability to reclaim their lives through better pain management, more innovative healing therapies, and increased mobility. We specialize in treating pain with a spectrum of proven therapy options ranging from conventional procedures to the latest technology- and science-based approaches. Talk to your primary care physician today for a referral to our specialized pain management clinic and to arrange for a consultation. Let us determine which approach might be most effective for you.
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