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    Chronic pain has burdened its victims with major difficulties that often span beyond the physical discomfort to psychological, social, and economic well-being (1). The prevalence of non-cancerous chronic pain in Europeans ranges from 8%-60% across many studies involving different methods and populations. Nearly 1 in 4 adults in Europe report experiencing chronic pain which affects their daily lives (1) and 30% of Americans report chronic pain (2). In particular, 1% of all individuals in the developed

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    ENC1101-83 16 April 2014 Chronic Pain: Curable or Not Abstract Chronic Pain is an interesting problem in society today. The exact cause of Chronic Pain is not the same in every patient. In fact most patients present with different symptoms and associated pathologies, such as the strong link with depression. Treatment of Chronic Pain is often performed a single practitioner whether that be a Medical Doctor, Chiropractor, Nutritionist, or an alternative health care professional. Chronic Pain is often extremely

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    The intended audience, is people with chronic or acute pain (2). The audience also includes veterans, working families, the elderly, and other people who experience pain. I know this because virtual reality can help veterans with their PTSD (6). A growing number of scientists and entrepreneurs are using it to treat medical conditions, including PTSD and chronic pain." (3). At the University of Southern California, researchers virtually recreate battle scenarios for veterans to treat their PTSD (6)

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    Assessment Assessment of chronic pain first begins with understanding what chronic pain is. Chronic pain is any pain with or without obvious injury that lasts longer than the expected healing period. Like many chronic diseases, it has periods of remission, an absence of symptoms, and exacerbation, an increase in the severity of the symptoms. A recent study suggested that chronic pain affects about 80% of elders in nursing homes. (Pateinakis, 2013) Proper treatment of chronic pain begins with gathering

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    Chronic Pain is a major health problem for many people, and it is defined as pain that persists or progresses for more than three months. Chronic pain can be related to many other medical conditions such as cancer, fibromyalgia, diabetes, and arthritis as well as previous injury. Studying chronic pain is important because inadequate treatment of chronic pain significantly reduces many people’s ability to be active participants in their daily activities, which has the potential of negatively affecting

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    found by the National Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Association. Fibromyalgia is a disease that affects the body in many different ways. It comes with pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Along with chronic muscle pain, it also comes with fatigue, sleep problems, and painful trigger points. Although many doubt a diagnosis of Fibromyalgia, it is a real disease affecting so many people. This confusing diagnosis leads to daily struggles like fatigue, pain all throughout the body, and even depression

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    Pain is one of the most recurrent nursing diagnosis and the most common problem for which patients in the clinical setting seek the most help. In a common perspective, pain can refer to distressful, unpleasant, and a painful feeling. Pain is a critical problem in the health care system and it affects more people than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined. Chronic pain can begin with an injury or a problem such as a problem in the lower back. Also, it can be related to headaches, back pain,

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    There are several stages of pain and ways how people get hurt. It is important to learn about pain and how we feel pain.what makes the pain we feel from sham and jealous so cutting is that vanity's can give us no assistance in bearing them this quote is from françois de la rochefoucauld. There are several point in the pain pathway where the signal can be modify your nervous system is made up of two main parts your brain and your spinal cord.

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    Chronic Pain Relief At Ease Chronic pain has plugged into thousands and millions of people in this fast developing world. There are number of cases found suffering from chronic pain conditions and takes a long period of time to recover. People tempt to get chronic pain relief through some natural ways. Around 50 to 80 millions of Americans are suffering form chronic pain condition. The chronic pain if treated at an earlier stage can be well treated but if it sustains for a longer period than the

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    Chronic pain is a major medical and social issue that affects millions of people, their families, the workforce and society in general. Although definitions may vary, it is generally accepted that chronic pain originates in actual or potential tissue damage and lasts longer than six months after the initial damage has healed. The Gateway Control of Pain Theory best explains the pathophysiology of pain and which also explains why thought out emotions influences pain perception. Central Sensitization

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