Why do anti-depressants help chronic pain?
People with chronic pain get depressed and anxious, have trouble sleeping at night, wake up in the middle of the night due to pain, and, of course, have pain. Certain anti-depressants have the ability to reduce anxiety and depression, help produce natural sleep, and reduce the perception of pain. Why should I use a brace? A brace is used to answer the question “what happens if I hold this part of the body still, using a brace?” The brace will not cure a chronic pain problem. The brace is really just a test, like a CT or MRI or X-ray. What do EMG/Nerve Conduction Velocity studies measure? EMG stands for electromyelography, which means electronic measurement of the activity of a muscle. Muscles are stimulated by motor nerve activity. Nerve conduction studies measure the speed with which a nerve conducts an electrical impulse along the nerve’s path. If there is damage in the muscle or in the nerve that supplies the muscle, doctors can use EMG/nerve conduction velocity studies to measure t
