"Jane" is a 48-year-old woman who came to the office with a 31-year history of migraine-like headaches. These crippling headaches happened at least once a week and could last for up to three days, severely impairing her ability to function.

December 2, 2009 - 2:53pm — Posted by Dr. Norman Marcus

A muscle causing pain in your body will often produce pain in an adjacent muscle.

November 30, 2009 - 1:53pm — Posted by Dr. Norman Marcus

There are three different mechanisms that affect your pain when it is related to muscles- and that means most of the pain you will experience in your life.

1. Referred pain patterns- Pain may be referred from one muscle to another when the nerves carrying painful sensations in a muscle stimulates the same area in the spinal cord as an adjacent muscle.

July 31, 2009 - 5:53pm — Posted by Dr. Norman Marcus