subject: Help Me With My Back Pain And Treatment In New York, Ny [print this page] Back pain and treatment is a tricky subjectBack pain and treatment is a tricky subject. For people looking for relief from back pain, there is a new method of treatment to consider. Back pain is frequently caused by muscles, which are an often under-diagnosed source of pain. While this may sound simple to diagnose, it is quite the opposite. Since our bodies use muscles in an orchestrated manner, a muscle causing pain in your body will often produce pain in an adjacent muscle. Many groups of muscles work together in order for us to move, so pinpointing the exact muscle that is causing pain requires specific diagnostic work.
How does muscle pain work?
Are you currently hitting a roadblock in identifying where your pain originates? As an example, most patients with neck and shoulder pain report discomfort in the trapezius muscle, which travels from the top of your arm, up into your neck.
In New York City, we find that more than half the time the uncomfortable trapezius is not the actual source of the pain. Rather, it is the infraspinatus muscle, which overlies the shoulder blade. So you can imagine how it will not be very effective to treat the trapezius in these cases, since it is only where you feel the pain. Instead, we go directly to the source of the pain and treat the infraspinatus.
The same treatment approach exists for the low back as well. The pain you're feeling may actually originate in the low back and be felt in the buttock. Conversely, it may originate in the buttock and be felt in the low back. So, how do we know for sure which muscle is causing the pain, and thus help you find relief from back pain?
How can the Muscle Pain Detection Device help my back pain and treatment?
Back pain and treatment may be diagnosed and implemented following evaluation of tender muscles by applying pressure to areas where you are experiencing pain. This is not an accurate way to find out which muscle is the culprit. This is exactly why the Muscle Pain Detection Device (MPDD) was developed!
The MPDD uses technology that electrically identifies which muscle(s) is causing back pain. In a randomized trial at NYU/Langone Medical Center, the MPDD was shown to be more accurate than pressure in identifying the correct muscles thus allowing patients to find relief from back pain by treating the actual source.
Currently, too many people who think they are suffering from non-specific (not diagnosable) back pain are receiving the incorrect treatment, since they are actually experiencing muscle pain. Back pain treatment guided by the Muscle Pain Detection Device helps these patients receive accurate and individualized treatment in New York. If the source of pain is found, relief from back pain can be achieved quickly and easily.
