Nerve compression syndrome occurs when a nerve is squeezed or compacted. Nerves in the torso, limbs, and extremities may be affected. Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common type of nerve ...

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is reputed to be one of the most painful conditions in human experience. Thus, many treatments, both medical and surgical, have been developed for this relapsing and ...

Degenerative cervical spondylosis is a chronic, progressive deterioration of osseocartilaginous components of the cervical spine that is most often related to aging. Radiographic evidence of ...

This week we are going to talk about one of the great imitators of more common elbow problems, the posterior interosseous. The posterior interosseous nerve (PIN) is a nerve that is a deep motor branch ...

When something compresses or pinches a nerve in the shoulder, a person may experience pain, numbness, or tingling. Pinched nerves typically heal without treatment. A ‘pinched nerve’ is a colloquial ...

Cervical stenosis (CS) is the medical term for the narrowing of the spinal canal in the cervical or “neck” region of the spine. In CS, the upper part of the spinal canal becomes narrowed, compressing ...

Your hands or fingers may go numb when you sleep if your sleeping position causes nerve compression. In some instances, numbness can occur with a more severe condition. Unexplained numbness in your ...

There are conditions that deserve special consideration because their presentation may mimic pain of neck origin. When these conditions coexist with primary neck pain, they render the separation of ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 81-year-old male in good health. Four months ago, I was diagnosed with meralgia paresthetica, a compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. I believe this occurred when ...