If you think that knee pain only happens to athletes and the elderly, you’re sadly mistaken. Knee pain can happen to anyone, both young and old, but luckily, you have more options today than any other time in history. To go over all your potential options for knee pain as an alternative to surgery, we spoke to the CEO of Integrated Pain Consultants, Dr. Nikesh Seth, who is also an award-winning health care professional named “Top Doc” in the field of pain management by Phoenix Magazine.

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Whether you have chronic or acute pain in your knees, you know…

In recent years, there have been numerous studies examining the benefits of yoga on both physical and mental health, with many health care providers suggest adding it into their patients’ daily routine. Dr. Nikesh Seth, a pain management physician from Scottsdale, Arizona sees numerous patients daily with chronic pain issues, especially in regard to back pain. Many yoga asanas (body postures) help to strengthen our body’s core, and hence can provide some advantages, including for patients suffering from chronic pain issues. …

With an estimated 70% of the population being affected at some point in their lifetimes, lower back pain is a fairly common condition, with any age and sex being susceptible, although it is generally seen more commonly in older patients. Dr. Nikesh Seth is a board certified pain management physician that runs the Integrated Pain Consultants clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. As a pain specialist, Dr. …

Surgical implants are becoming a powerful weapon in the fight against chronic pain amid the backdrop of the peaking opioid crisis, as doctors look for safer ways to help patients cope with their discomfort.

One of the doctors leading this emerging and important trend is Dr. Nikesh Seth of the Scottsdale, AZ-based Integrated Pain Consultants. Dr. Seth says that dangerous and addictive medications have been used to mask pain for far too long, with disastrous results. He is heartened by the fact that the healthcare industry appears to finally be getting shaken out of its own pill-dependent malaise.

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There is still some debate over whether marijuana use is an appropriate treatment for chronic pain relief given its pharmacological effects and the fact that it’s still an illegal substance under U.S Federal Law.

And while the drug has been approved for medical use in 33 U.S states as well as the District of Columbia, it’s nonetheless rarely approved for the long-term treatment of chronic pain despite the evidence of its effectiveness as a pain treatment, ostensibly due to the fact that its long-term effect on patients has not been studied enough.

One workaround that is making waves in the…

We are only beginning to scratch the surface of our body’s remarkable ability to heal itself under the right conditions and mindset. There very well may come a day when we are so in tune with our subconscious that we can self-direct our own healing.

Until then, stem cell treatments are an exciting new intermediary between medical therapies and self-healing which help spur the body’s untapped healing potential.

Stem cells are produced within “stem cell niches” found deep insider certain areas of the body, including the brain, bone marrow, and fat. These stem cells can divide to form either more…

Lumbar stenosis is one of two forms of spinal stenosis, a painful condition which is caused by the vertebral canal narrowing at certain points, putting pressure on the spinal nerves around that area. That narrowing most commonly occurs in two areas, the neck (cervical stenosis) and the lower back (lumbar stenosis).

In the case of lumbar stenosis, which is routinely called sciatica given that it pinches the sciatic nerve which runs from the lower back down through each leg, patients can suffer intense lower back pain depending on its progression, as well as a numbing sensation or weakness in the…