Pain Causes

• Poor posture
• Trauma & whiplash injuries
• Fibromyalgia
• Degenerated spine disease/ spondylosis

• Nerve compression
• Facet pain syndrome
• Spinal canal stenosis
• Diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, cancer

• Degenerative spine disease
• Herniated disc
• Facet joint dysfunction
• Sacro-iliac joint dys function

• Spondylolisthesis
• Spinal stenosis
• Osteoarthritis
• Spine Deformity

• Rotator cuff tendinitis
• Adhesive capsulitis (Frozen shoulder)
• Bursitis
• Rotator cuff tears

• Calcific tendinitis
• Spine related: cervical spondylosis, facet pain syndrome, hreniated disc

Acute injury:

• Fracture
• Herniated disc
• Meniscal tear

Medical conditions:

• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Osteoarthritis
• Infections

Chronic overuse:

• Plantar Fascitis
• Achilles tendonitis
• Heel spur
• Calcaneal apophysitis

• Calcaneal exostosis
• Bursitis
• Trapped plantar Nerve

• Diabetes
• Alcoholism
• Spinal nerve compression or inflammation
• Trauma or surgeries with resulting nerve damage
• Nerve compression or infiltration by tumor
• Amputation (results in phantom pain)

• Chemotherapy for cancer
• Radiation therapyfor cancer
• Complex regional pain syndrome
• Chicken Pox
• Central nervous system disorders (stroke, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, etc.)

• Spontaneous pain (pain that comes without stimulation): Shooting, burning, stabbing, or electric shock-like pain; tingling, numbness, or a “pins and needles” feeling
• Evoked pain(allodynia): Pain even with non-painful stimuli such as cold, gentle brushing against the skin, pressure, etc.
• Evoked pain(Hyperalgesia): Increase in pain by normally painful stimuli such as pinpricks and heat.
• Trouble sleeping
• Emotional problems due to disturbed sleep and pain