Chronic Pain Treatment

Your body keeps hurting weeks, months, or even years after the injury. Doctors often define chronic pain as any pain that lasts for 3 to 6 months or more.
Chronic pain can have real effects on your day-to-day life and your mental health.

Symptoms

Chronic pain can range from mild to severe. It can continue day after day or come and go.

The pain can feel like:

• A dull ache
• Throbbing
• Burning
• Shooting
• Squeezing
• Stinging
• Soreness
• Stiffness

Sometimes pain is just one of many symptoms, which can also include:

• Feeling very tired or wiped out
• Not feeling hungry
• Trouble sleeping
• Mood changes
• Weakness
• A lack of energy

It can take a mental toll on your self-esteem and make you feel angry, depressed, anxious, and frustrated, preventing you to do the things you normally do.