Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are a common sports-related injury, but data show ACL tears and strains don’t affect men and women equally. While many ACL injuries seem to be associated with male-dominated sports like football, women are far more affected by these kinds of knee injuries. At Pacific Sports...
Up to 2% of Americans suffer from herniated discs every year, typically in the lower back (lumbar spine) or neck (cervical spine), the two most flexible parts of the spine. Spongy and filled with a gel-like substance, your spinal discs act like built-in shock absorbers for your spine, and they...
Nearly 60 million Americans have arthritis, with joint pain and stiffness that can eventually lead to disability. Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis, and it’s also a common cause of knee pain and hip pain among older adults and very active younger people. Fortunately, there are lots of...
About a quarter of Americans suffer from chronic knee pain, with symptoms that affect even simple daily activities, like walking and climbing stairs. While today, there are many innovative treatments that can help, there are also some things you can do on your own to help relieve symptoms and enjoy...
Spondylolisthesis is a relatively common cause of low back pain among older people, caused by degenerative changes that lead to spine instability. Yet, although it affects up to 6% of adults, many people don’t know about spondylolisthesis, the symptoms it causes, or how it’s treated. With offices in Eugene and Roseburg, Oregon, Pacific Sports...
Lots of problems can cause back pain, and if you’re lucky, those symptoms fade after a little rest and TLC. But chronic back pain lasts — sometimes for a lifetime — and its effects can be life-altering. Spinal stenosis is a relatively common cause of chronic back pain, affecting...
If you’re suffering from low back pain, you have plenty of company: Data show that as many as 84% of people have low back pain at some point during their lifetimes, and about a quarter of adults in the United States have low back pain at any given time. Low back pain can take...
As many as a half million Americans suffer from symptoms of spinal stenosis, a degenerative spine condition that causes chronic pain and other symptoms that can interfere with your regular routine. While conservavtie treatment options can help many people find relief, others need additional treatment to keep their pain at bay. Our team at Pacific...
As many as 40% of Americans will experience the painful symptoms of sciatica during their lifetimes, with about 5% of the population developing sciatica pain within any given year. Unlike some medical problems that affect one gender more than another, sciatica appears to have no preference, affecting both women and men in...
Wrist injuries are extremely common, especially among people who use their hands, wrists, and forearms for sports, work activities, or hobbies. Not surprisingly, the extra strain on ligaments, tendons, and joints also increases the risk of wrist injuries and contributes to pain, stiffness, and long-term functional problems. At Pacific Sports and...
More than 200,000 people suffer from complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), an uncommon medical condition that causes chronic pain in a specific region of your body, typically an arm or a leg. Although CRPS can strike anyone at any age, it’s about 3-4 times more common among women and much more common among adults....
For athletes of all levels, few things are as exciting and satisfying as participating in a sport they love, and few things are as frustrating and disappointing as being sidelined by an injury. Any sports injury is concerning, but in high-contact activities, injuries can have serious complications. While our team at Pacific Sports...
Every year, millions of athletes of all ages and all levels sustain sports-related injuries. And, unfortunately, many of those athletes get some pretty bad advice: Play through the pain, grin and bear it, suck it up, and pain makes you stronger. The problem: While some pain may go away on...
An anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is a fairly common knee injury, especially among athletes. In fact, in the United States alone, about 200,000 ACL injuries happen every year. Your ACL plays a pivotal role in the way your knee functions, and plenty of people worry that when they injure...
Your spine is a very complex structure made up of multiple components. If anything goes wrong with any of these parts, the result can be very painful. Thickened ligaments are one relatively common cause of chronic back pain, especially if you’re older. At Pacific Sports and Spine in Roseburg and...
You know what it feels like when a hand falls asleep, usually because you’ve bent it or compressed it in an odd way. That kind of tingling is temporary, clearing up when circulation is restored. Chronic, ongoing tingling or numbness is different. Long-term symptoms could be the result of an...
In the 1957 film “The Incredible Shrinking Man,” the lead actor finds himself growing smaller after exposure to a strange, mysterious fog. In real life, people shrink, too — but it’s not the fog that’s to blame. Loss of height can happen for different reasons, most related to the spine....
If you have chronic pain, you have plenty of company. The CDC estimates that about 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain and about 20 million have high-impact chronic pain, dealing with symptoms that limit life or work activities on a regular basis. Chronic pain can be hard to manage,...
As many as a half million American men and women have spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the space inside your spine. Like some other spine conditions, spinal stenosis becomes more common with age, especially among men and women with osteoarthritis and other age-related joint changes. Our team at Pacific Sports...
Chronic back, neck, or limb pain can make your life a misery, transforming even the simplest activity into a painful chore. While physical therapy and medication can help relieve some types of chronic pain, those approaches don’t work for everyone. At Pacific Sports and Spine, our team is skilled in...
Oregon offers plenty of opportunities for outdoor fun and relaxation. But if you have sciatica, you may find those opportunities are pretty limited. That’s because sciatica causes a host of uncomfortable symptoms, from back pain to pain, tingling, and weakness in your legs and buttocks. Worse, without proper medical treatment,...
Migraine headaches are among the most common medical complaints in the United States. In fact, every 10 seconds — about the time it takes to read this paragraph — someone heads to the emergency room, seeking help for painful migraine symptoms. While some people have migraines once or twice a...
Chronic neck and back pain are common, and they tend to become even more common as you get older. In fact, some data suggest more than 80% of people over the age of 60 have some degree of chronic neck or back pain. Many younger people deal with painful symptoms...
At least 20% of Americans suffer from arthritis of the knee, the most common site for osteoarthritis. In fact, the number of people with knee arthritis rose dramatically in the past few decades. There was a time when the only way to treat painful knee arthritis was with pain medication...
Regenerative medicine offers innovative solutions for a wide range of problems, including pain. However, it’s important to note that regenerative medicine isn’t one specific treatment. Regenerative medicine is a scientific and medical discipline that harnesses the body’s natural ability to regenerate and heal damaged tissue and cells. In this blog,...
LONG-TERM OUTCOMES FOLLOWING INTRAOSSEOUS BASIVERTEBRAL NERVE ABLATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN: 5-YEAR TREATMENT ARM RESULTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND SHAM-CONTROLLED MULTI-CENTER STUDY Jefrey S. Fischgrund1 · Alfred Rhyne2 · Kevin Macadaeg3 · Gregory Moore4 · Evish Kamrava5 · Christopher Yeung6 · Eeric Truumees7 · Michael Schaufele8 · Philip Yuan9 · Michael DePalma10 · David Greg...