December 19, 2019 PAIN NEWS NETWORK By Pat Anson, PNN Editor The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) is recommending that new clinical guidelines be developed for the treatment of short-term acute pain to reduce the risk of excess opioid prescribing. A 247-page report released by NASEM cites a lack of guidance on…
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What is Chronic Pain?
ICP – INSTITUTE FOR CHRONIC PAIN Link to Original Article: http://www.instituteforchronicpain.org/understanding-chronic-pain/what-is-chronic-pain Patients and healthcare providers commonly think of pain as a symptom of an underlying injury or illness. Say, for example, you hurt your low back while lifting. Perhaps, you’ve injured a muscle or ligament, or perhaps it’s an injury to the spine, like a…
