Preventing Chronic Pain

But I don't want to have pain forever" she cried as we sat and discussed her intense lower back pain. True be told, the failure to properly rehabilitate an acute injury or acute condition and eliminate your pain complaint may be detrimental to your long term health and ability to function. Chronic pain may be the end result of said failure.

Chronic pain is basically described as a persistent pain, often a pain that's lasted more than six months. According to Steven Richeimer, M.D., "The most important result so far is that the more intense and prolonged an acute pain episode is, the more likely it will lead to chronic pain." Steven Richeimer, M.D. Eliminate the acute pain episode with a specific rehab protocol and eliminate your potential for chronic pain. Worthy cause? I'd say!