by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Jun 26, 2026 | Back Pain
Summary: Upper back pain is harder to pin down than lower back pain, and it gets attributed to muscle tension far more often than the evidence actually supports. The real source may be the thoracic spine, including discs, facet joints, and nerve involvement, or...
by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Jun 24, 2026 | Back Pain
Summary: Back pain that keeps returning usually isn’t bad luck or a sign you’re simply prone to it. It’s a signal that something underlying was never fully identified or addressed, whether that’s an untreated spinal condition, muscle...
by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Jun 19, 2026 | Hip Pain
Summary: Most adults chalk neck pain up to tight muscles, and sometimes that’s accurate. But neck pain also stems from cervical disc herniation and degeneration, facet joint dysfunction, nerve compression, whiplash, and age-related arthritic changes, each of...
by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Jun 17, 2026 | Hip Pain
Summary: Most hip pain from minor overuse resolves on its own within a week or two, but pain that lasts longer than that, radiates into the groin or thigh, or comes with stiffness that won’t improve deserves professional evaluation. A smaller set of symptoms,...
by MAPS Centers For Pain Control | Jun 15, 2026 | Hip Pain
Summary: Hip pain doesn’t always originate in the hip. Lumbar disc herniation, spinal stenosis, and sacroiliac joint dysfunction can all refer pain into the hip, buttock, and thigh, producing symptoms that feel unmistakably like a hip problem. This is one of the...
