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Dr. Ming Kao

Pain physician & PhD statistician

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Category: About pain

March 25, 2019 Centralized pain / Gentle pain treatments

What low-impact exercises are good for pain?

Patients struggling with chronic pain find it difficult to engage in exercises. Yet research shows that physical activities is one

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March 11, 2019 Frameworks of pain

What causes pelvic pain and how to treat it?

Pain around the vagina, penis, anus, & buttock are often experienced by patients but seldom reported. Patients should know that

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March 3, 2019 Centralized pain / Gentle pain treatments / Neuropathy

Gabapentin and pregabalin: How do they help with pain?

For chronic pain conditions, gabapentinoids (gabapentin & pregabalin) are often first-line treatments because of their effectiveness & safety. They bind

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February 12, 2019 Neuroscience

Brachial and lumbosacral plexus

While spinal nerve impingement can cause shooting arm or leg pain, many patients have instead pain from nerve entrapments. Common

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February 6, 2019 Frameworks of pain

National Pain Strategy

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services convened a panel of national experts in pain management which crafted a

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January 26, 2019 Frameworks of pain

Pain medicine

The medical specialty of Pain treats chronic pain using interventions & interdisciplinary care.

January 22, 2019 Centralized pain / Fibromyalgia

How to best treat fibromyalgia

Patients with fibromyalgia experience chronic, diffuse pain across the body, due to exquisitely sensitivity of the brain & spinal cord

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December 22, 2018 Centralized pain / Frameworks of pain / Gentle pain treatments / Headache & migraines / Neuromodulation / Neuropathy

Treating pain at nerve-body interface

Small sensory nerves throughout the body gather information & interact with the body directly. This nerve-body interface underlies many diseases.

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November 30, 2018 Frameworks of pain

How to treat chronic pain by breaking the pain cycle?

Patients with pain often feel that pain causes more pain. Pain is persistent and many treatments that seem at first

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November 15, 2018 Centralized pain / Frameworks of pain / Gentle pain treatments / Neuroscience

How to activate the brain to treat pain?

Pain signals converge in the core of the brainstem where they deeply influence behavior. For checks & balances, the brainstem

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Dr. Ming Kao is a Harvard-trained computational biologist and a double board-certified Pain Medicine as well as Rehabilitation physician. He is the Clinic Chief at Stanford Pain.

Opinions are Dr. Kao’s only, and are not medical advice. Dr. Kao receives no industry support. No financial interests in pharmaceutical company, device company, or pharmacies. (Open Payment record)

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