Neuralgia

Spinal neuralgia is a term used to describe pain or atypical symptoms experienced in the spinal nerves or nerve roots. The most famous examples of neurological spinal pain are pinched nerve conditions and sciatica. Nerve pain can be a scary and torturous condition for the patient to endure. This is one of the most difficult conditions to accurately diagnose and there is considerable controversy concerning many nerve pain diagnoses. There are also a number of myths commonly accepted as fact, by patients and even by some doctors.

Neuralgia

Spinal Neuralgia

Spinal nerve pain is perhaps the worst type of pain possible. The spinal cord is the main nerve conduit in the body and the nerves that branch off from it serve large anatomical regions. These nerves are responsible for providing nerve messages from the brain to the body and from the body to the brain. Nerve symptoms can affect the sensory perceptions, motor abilities or autonomic functions of any area in the body. Nerve symptoms can be very serious, especially when autonomic functions are disturbed. This neurological disturbance can cause severe reactions in the body which are rarely linked to the spinal nerve condition and are therefore very difficult to effectively cure.

Nerve Pain Conditions

Many physical nerve pain conditions are relatively short lived and will be resolved without any medical treatment. Other neurological pain syndromes can be acute and require emergency intervention to prevent permanent nerve damage. This situation is best demonstrated in the example of cauda equina syndrome. Still other pain syndromes become a chronic concern. The most common cause for these long lasting neurological symptoms is oxygen deprivation as a regional process. This ischemic pain can affect muscles, ligaments and nerves leading to debilitating pain which can last for years.

Recommendation on Spinal Neuralgia

The most common cause of all chronic nerve pain is psychosomatic back pain using oxygen deprivation as its enforcer. If you have treatment resistant nerve pain, you should consider the chance that you too are experiencing this very common condition. If you have been diagnosed with nerve pain as the result of degenerative disc disease, herniated discs or spinal arthritis, be very careful. These scapegoat conditions are often blamed for pain they do not actually cause. If you have tried a variety of treatments with no success, I recommend giving knowledge therapy a chance. It is my first choice of back pain treatments since it has the best results for the complete and permanent resolution of all symptoms, regardless of the diagnosis.

Neuralgia to Back Pain Home page 12/7/07