Medically speaking, "referred pain" means that the pain you're experiencing on one part of your body isn't the actual source of the problem. An extreme but straightforward example of the referred pain ...

Phantom pain is when you feel pain in a body part that you no longer have. Most commonly, it involves limbs that are no longer there. This is specifically known as phantom limb pain. However, phantom ...

Trigger point injections can help treat some forms of chronic muscle pain. After your injections, you may experience some mild tenderness or soreness, but you can go back to your normal activities ...

Whether it’s a dull ache or sharp spasm, pain between the shoulder blades can be caused by a variety of things. It can be due to bad posture while staring at a computer screen all day, an exercise ...

Intercostal neuralgia is nerve pain that affects the area below your ribs and can be caused by several different conditions. People with intercostal neuralgia experience a lot of pain in their ribs, ...

WSJ’s Dion Rabouin unpacks the latest GDP report and explains what it says about the state of the economy. Photo: Li Jianguo/Zuma Press Last week we learned that the economy, far from sliding toward ...

Breast pain, including sharp shooting pain, is common and often goes away alone. However, if the pain is severe, persistent, or pressing, a person should seek medical attention. Shooting pain in the ...

Some people develop knee pain after hip replacement surgery. Causes include pre-existing knee problems, referred pain, and irritation to muscles and tendons during surgery. Experiencing knee pain ...

Ear aches are a common experience for many people. The causes vary widely, the most frequent being infections in your ear canal or behind your eardrum in your middle ear. Occasionally, however, a pain ...

Gallstones, hardened deposits in the gallbladder, can surprisingly cause referred pain in the shoulder due to shared nerve pathways. Inflammation from gallstones irritates the phrenic nerve, leading ...