Resolving to quit smoking is something that some people do at least once every year. If you are like the majority, your attempts at quitting are more like hitting the pause button than stopping. You make it for a week or two before your compulsion to smoke takes over. You probably have an arsenal of…
DetailsIn the first two parts of this series of articles, we explained the two basic types of pain, and the most common options used to treat acute and chronic pain. For many patients dealing with chronic pain, these basic and mid-level treatment options work, and enable them to manage chronic pain in a way that…
DetailsIn the first part of this “Pain 101” series of articles, we discussed what pain is (nerve impulses telling us something is wrong with the body) and where it is experienced (in the brain, not necessarily where we “feel” the pain). In this second part, the pain management specialists from MTV IR explain how modern…
DetailsOne of the areas of medicine that we specialize in here at MTV IR is pain management. We use our skills as the best interventional radiology (IR) doctors in Dallas to treat many conditions, but a common attribute of most of these conditions is that they can cause a great deal of chronic pain. So,…
DetailsIf you have been told that you have one or more DVT blood clots, the best interventional radiology doctors in Dallas at MTV IR want to re-iterate what you have probably already been told by your doctors. That is, DVT is a serious condition, and you should really take it seriously. We say this because…
DetailsYour feet play a role in almost everything you do. They keep you upright, get you from place to place, and they rarely complain. Women, especially, take their feet for granted, putting them in ill-fitting shoes with unnaturally high heels. It isn’t until we get older and, along with the rest of our bodies, we…
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