Pain – Acute and Chronic
As unfortunate as it is many people are afflicted with pain, muscle pain, shoulder pain, back pain and any type of joint pain. It may be from an accident or a disease such as arthritis. Pain can be debilitating or not, and sometimes, we just learn to live with it.
One might ask what’s the difference between chronic pain and acute pain?
Chronic Pain
Chronic pain typically last more the 12 weeks and as long as several years after the injury has healed. It can limit your mobility and flexibility. It can also be a sharp pain or a dull pain. It can also come and go with no indication or apparent reason and be in any apart of the body.
What can cause chronic pain? May things such as an injury causing back pain, herniated or degenerated disc, any part of the back, diseases such as cancer, arthr...
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