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Many people with a diagnosis of hypothyroidism will suffer from joint pain. Hypothyroidism is a medical condition where the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone for normal body function. Their joint pain comes from under-active (hypo) thyroid gland causing excessive protein deposits in joint tissue. The knees, ankles, feet, and hands the most common pain site in hypothyroidism. However, recent research suggests far broader connections. Researchers suggest (1) that the autoimmune thyroid disease also known as Hashimoto thyroiditis, caused a significantly elevated prevalence of temporomandibular disorders (jaw related pain). Therefore patients with temporomandibular disorders who do not respond

There are a good number of research papers that make a connection between a woman’s low estrogen level and her chronic joint pain. Further, low hormone levels may contribute to other problems such as metabolic disorders such as obesity, high blood pressure, fatigue, general malaise, etc. These are all challenging conditions to manage. When we see menopausal or post-menopausal women, whether they are engaged in an active lifestyle, make good lifestyle choices, or not, and they have knee pain or hip pain, it is a worsening chronic condition that has, in many cases, suddenly escalated into a more acute type

Many people find relief from neck pain through various treatments. Among these treatments are neck epidural corticosteroids injections. These steroid injections can provide temporary relief in situations of chronic neck pain and in cervical radiculopathy where inflammation is causing compression the cervical nerves and pain and numbness into the arms, hands and fingers. However, long-term results can be less successful. An October 2021 study (1) investigated the effect of preoperative epidural steroid injection on future outcomes  in patients undergoing surgery for cervical degenerative disease. In this large study: 97,117 patients underwent cervical degenerative surgery, of which 29 963 (30.7%) had