When the Pain Doesn’t Go Away
Imagine pain that does not go away, or that subsides for days, weeks, or months but then returns. If you can do more than imagine this condition, you may be suffering from chronic pain, and you are not alone.
Chronic pain is one of the most common reasons people seek health care, and they do so up to five times more frequently than the general population.
A random sample of 5,036 patients age 25 and older from 29 general practices completed questionnaires about chronic pain lasting three months or more. More than one in two respondents, 50.4%, reported chronic pain. The proportion increased with age, from 31.7% in the youngest group to 62% in the oldest group.
If aches and pains are a daily or near-daily occurrence, consider seeking care from your local Keller chiropractor. Call Keller Spine and Auto Injury at 817-798-4226.
Reference: Elliott AM, Smith BH, Penny KI, et al. The epidemiology of chronic pain in the community. Lancet 1999;354:1248-52.