In my last blog I told you about the MPDD, an instrument to tell you which muscle causes your pain. But you might have said that doesn’t help me- I have a herniated disc!
My patient this morning said that- his MRI showed the disc and he felt the pain exactly where he thought the disc would be. He didn’t know that in some studies 40% of patients have herniated discs and 70% have degenerated discs and No Pain.

March 4, 2010 - 4:12pm — Posted by Dr. Norman Marcus

In order to move a muscle and see if it is painful, I developed an instrument with the cooperation of the Stevens Institute of Technology that can move one muscle at a time and find which muscle in a region of the body is the cause of your pain. It is called the Muscle Pain Detection Device (MPDD). It works by being able to stimulate the nerve fibers that produce muscle pain in the area where they are most often found, the parts of the muscle that attach to the tendon and the tendon to the bone as well as stimulating the trigger points.

February 28, 2010 - 7:47pm — Posted by Dr. Norman Marcus

Muscle pain has confused physicians for centuries. Muscles account for half the weight of your body but they are strangely absent from the examination and treatment that you generally get from your doctors.  There are many reasons for this, including: 
1.    Physicians don't agree on what to call muscle pain,
2.    They don't teach about muscles in medical school,
3.    We don't have a standardized examination for muscle pain, and

February 19, 2010 - 12:00am — Posted by Dr. Norman Marcus