Chronic pain involving both the spine and visceral organs can present significant treatment challenges, especially in patients refractory to pharmacologic and interventional modalities. We report a case of a male in his late 50s with chroni…
BACKGROUND: Available therapeutic options are currently limited by their modest efficacy. As a result, novel pharmacotherapeutic treatments with different mechanisms have recently attracted empirical attention. Magnesium, a divalent cation,…
Lower back pain (LBP) is one of the most common presenting complaints in clinical adult medical patients. While most often diagnosed as "nonspecific mechanical" in etiology, several lesser known, rarer causes of LBP exist, some of which can…
Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) in women is defined as noncyclical and persistent pain lasting more than six months perceived to be related to the pelvis. There are many etiologies that can cause CPP, including gynecologic, urologic, gastrointest…
Patients with chronic pelvic pain are often referred to a variety of specialists in gynecology, urology, and gastroenterology with the hope of finding a diagnosis and treatment. We describe a 51-year-old woman with long-standing chronic pel…