Whether it’s from dealing with too much stress during the week or taking on too many weekend chores, feeling tightness and pain in your arms and hands is not uncommon and can come from a variety of ...

Thoracic pain management remains a crucial aspect of both perioperative care and chronic pain therapy, with advances in regional anaesthetic techniques substantially improving patient outcomes.

Let’s be honest—upper back pain is something most of us experience, especially for those of us who sit at a desk all day. Sitting for long periods of time can cause tightness and soreness in the ...

Thanks to the popularization of smartphones and tablets, and the multiplication of video channels, computer games and educational apps, children and adolescents are spending more and more time looking ...

If nonsurgical treatments do not relieve a person’s thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms, a doctor may suggest surgery to relieve compression in the thoracic outlet. Surgery may include a first rib ...

You know that pitchers run the risk of blowing out an elbow ligament. But who would have thought they could lose a rib?

Post-herpetic Neuralgia (PHN) is a type of neuropathic pain that develops as a long-term complication of Herpes Zoster (HZ), commonly known as shingles. This study focuses on a 66-year-old man who ...

Can you identify the disease entity based upon the findings on chest radiograph? Test your clinical knowledge using the following example. This chest radiograph shows an area of marked oligemia ...

Medically reviewed by Reza Samad, MD Key Takeaways Rib cage pain can be caused by an injury, inflammation, or autoimmune condition.Rib fractures or bruises from injury can cause intense pain, and ...

In some cases, a pinched nerve in the upper back can cause chest pain. However, upper back pinched nerves are less common than those that occur in the neck or lower back. Pinched nerves can cause pain ...