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Maybe you were out for a pleasure cruise, or maybe you were rushing somewhere. No matter why you were in the car, everything changes the second you get into an accident. It’s a shocking situation for everyone involved, even if no one is visibly hurt.  You want everyone to be...

As we learn more about how the human body functions, we gain ways to develop more targeted and effective treatments.  Take pain that doesn’t respond to other treatments as an example. Not so long ago, the primary path for managing persistent pain was medication. These often come with side effects,...

We need our joints to move through our lives. The ball-and-socket joints of our hips and shoulders let us side-step issues and reach for things up high, while even tiny joints like the ones in our hands and feet help us take on the day.  With roughly 350 of these...

When back or neck pain interferes with your daily routine despite conservative treatment, an epidural steroid injection (ESI) may be a solution. That’s especially true if your symptoms are related to radiculopathy (pinched nerve). Dr. Ike Malik of Texas Pain & Orthopedics in Pflugerville, Texas, is a double board-certified pain...