Not all pain we experience is physical. There is also nociceptive pain (from tissue damage or inflammation), muscular pain, psychogenic pain (from emotional factors), and neuropathic pain (from a dysfunctional or injured nerve). Understanding neuropathic pain as a disease of the nervous system sheds on the riddle of why do we feel pain, solving the […]
To understand what a degenerative disc means it is helpful to study how the spine works, or at least how it looks like as well as its parts. The spinal column, commonly known as spine, is made up of bones called vertebrae. Between each vertebra is a disc that looks like a gel, which serves […]
Taking Control of Your Arthritis Pain Most of us know that Arthritis literally means inflammation of the joints. Although, joint inflammation is just a sign or a symptom rather than a specific diagnosis, Arthritis is a term used by doctors to describe a group of conditions affecting the joints. The two most common types of […]
What are trigger points? Painful muscles have been associated to “trigger points”. But what is a trigger point? A trigger point is a hyperirritable area of a tissue that is tender when compressed and can cause a referred pain. It could be a myofascial trigger point if it occurs in the muscle and fascia – […]
“For this reason my loins are full of anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor. I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see.” – Isaiah 21:3 Pain. Everyone experiences pain. We even have different pain classifications, characteristics, and names for pain. Although descriptions of pain […]
The vertebral column, commonly known as the spine or backbone is one of the most important parts of your body. It provides the main support, which allows you to sit or stand upright, bend, lean forward, and twist. 33 vertebrae form the spinal column. These individual bones are stacked one on top of the other. […]
People are experiencing more and more problems with their knees than ever before. In America, people who have been complaining pain on the knees have skyrocketed along with the number of individuals undergoing knee joint surgeries and replacements. Knee pain is uncomfortable and is debilitating. Simply put, knee pain hurts. However, pain is not just […]
WHAT IS SCIATICA? Sciatica is the symptoms of leg pain that comes from problems in one’s lower back. Degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, and lumbar herniated disc are all lower back problems that commonly lead to sciatica. Once problems in the lower back persist and travel down to one’s legs, the problems will then […]
The feeling of numbness or tingling in your hand or arm due to a pinched nerve located in the wrist is known as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. There are more than 3 million cases of carpal tunnel syndrome in the US per year, so it’s very common. Carpal tunnel syndrome is especially common in women. Normally […]
Anyone can be injured from playing sports, and sports injuries can hinder a player’s ability to continue at the same athletic level; if at all. It is very important to get the proper treatment to a sports injury, otherwise your injury may very well be the last memory of your athletic career. Below are the […]
ABOUT PEGASUS SPINE & JOINT INSTITUTE
Pegasus Spine & Joint Institute offers several locations in Dallas-Ft Worth for Orthopedics, Joint & Spine Care. Treating acute & chronic joint and spine pain; including back pain, neck pain, joint pain, and whiplash pain. Located in Dallas, Plano, Arlington, and Fort Worth, we specialize in the non-surgical treatment of back pain, joint pain, neck pain, acute and chronic pain.
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