NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Volleyball players with patellar tendinopathy reported an immediate easing of their pain after isometric exercise, and the effect persisted for 45 minutes after the intervention, a new study has found. In contrast, isotonic exercise appeared to diminish the athletes’ pain to a lesser degree, and the effect did not last at the…
Lyme Disease Not Predictor of Long-Term Physical, Mental Health Issues
Lyme disease is often considered a cause of chronic fatigue, pain and other incapacitating symptoms. This assumption stems from analyses of patients who seek retreatment for Lyme disease. However, a new study suggests that Lyme disease is not life altering in the long term for most patients. Specifically, patients with culture-confirmed Lyme disease have similar…
Progress Made in Search for a Fibromyalgia Biomarker
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA) all exhibit multifaceted manifestations, and many patients exhibit overlapping comorbidities. However, patients with FMS are distinct from others in that they experience widespread pain, fatigue and mood changes, including anxiety and depression. Although its hallmark symptom of pain causes rheumatologists to consider FMS a pain disorder,…
Mind-Body Focus Can Improve Treatment, Outcomes in Rheumatic Disease
Recognizing psychological effects of chronic conditions can help rheumatologists implement multidisciplinary approach to patient care
Physical Therapy Helps Patient with Hip Pain Avoid Surgery
Radiographs reveal greater trochanteric calcific bursitis; guide targeted treatment
fMRI Provides Visual Evidence of Pain
Functional MRI scans that show how pain changes the brain could help rheumatologists develop better approaches to pain relief
Chronic Pain: The Psychiatric Perspective
Why rheumatic pain is more than a joint issue
Systemic Sjögrens: More Than a Sicca Disease
Differences in its epidemiologic, clinical and immunologic features underscore need for a homogeneous diagnostic and therapeutic approach
Atypical Fractures Associated with Bisphosphonates
Plus, FX006, odanacatib and other rheumatology drug news, safety updates
Hypersensitivity to Non-Painful Events May Be Part of Pathology in Fibromyalgia
New research shows that patients with fibromyalgia have hypersensitivity to non-painful events based on images of the patients’ brains, which show reduced activation in primary sensory regions and increased activation in sensory integration areas.
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