Category Archives: 2017

by Dr LATA BICHILE Every individual suffers from backache in his or her life time. Nature of it is either acute, subacute or chronic. This write will focus on sub acute to chronic back pain occurring in patients below the age of 40 years. Pain characteristics are either severe and do not permit movement at […]

by Dr NACHIKET KULKARNI The current issue of MAI Annual Magazine has a very interesting theme ‘Neck and Spine’. This theme has a great importance from medical, social and philosophical perspective. Philosophically back(including neck and spine) is considered the basis of a strong body – the literary use of the phrase ‘backbone’ is not anatomical […]

by Dr KIRAN ADAM Low back pain(LBP) is not a specific disease but rather a complaint that may be caused by a large number of underlying problems of varying levels of seriousness. The majority of LBP does not have a clear cause but is believed to be the result of non-serious muscle or skeletal issues […]

by Dr NAGNATH KHADKE Pain is one of the fundamental entity / perception that exists. However its application is strictly subjective. Pain as such is defined scientifically as- An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage… pain is always subjective. Each individual learns […]

by Dr PARVEZ SHEIK Chronic joint and muscular pain can be distressing and needs attention and care as early diagnosis and treatment has more chances of recovery . Rheumatology encompasses a wide range of medical conditions which cause joint inflammation .Rheumatological disorders may reveal mild to severe changes in the joints on radiological investigations depending […]

by Dr AJIT N. DAMLE The contents of this article, are related to those conditions, which often need surgical intervention, for its treatment. The other conditions are excluded, to keep the discussion related to surgery. Most people suffer from back pain, some time or the other in life and is the second common site of […]

by MANJIT SALUJA When afflicted with Musculoskeletal illness, major focus should not become mainly on managing pain but also to improve the quality of life. Arthritis is a painful disease, which causes joints and back pain. This disease can primarily be treated with medication; there are certain lifestyle changes that you can make which will […]

by MRS. SHARAYU BHAT I am a patient of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) for the last 25 years. Many times the pain is so much that I cannot do anything. I have to cancel all my scheduled programs and meetings. All the people around me are moving swiftly, doing so many things happily, laughing loudly and […]