Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is not something that E.T. uses to “phone home”; it is actually a procedure using radio waves or electric current to generate sufficient heat to interrupt nerve conduction. When the nerve tissues are heated it blocks pain signals from being transmitted.

What if I told you that two of the Pittsburg Steelers’ biggest stars, Hines Ward and Troy Polamalu used their own blood to help heal injuries prior to winning the Super Bowl?  Well, its true, and this is not one of those vampire stories either. The therapy they each received is called Platelet Rich Plasma […]

Nearly half of all people with diabetes have some form of nerve damage or diabetic neuropathy. There are several ways that diabetes damages the nerves but they all seem to be related to elevated blood glucose levels for an extended period of time. There are four types of diabetic neuropathy, peripheral, autonomic, proximal, and focal.

According to the American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, electrodiagnostic medicine is the “medical subspecialty that applies neurophysiologic techniques to diagnose, evaluate, and treat patients with impairments of the neurologic, neuromuscular, and/or muscular systems.”