Back Clinic Chronic Pain Chiropractic Physical Therapy Team. Everyone feels pain from time to time. Cutting your finger or pulling a muscle, pain is your body’s way of telling you something is wrong. The injury heals, you stop hurting.
Chronic pain works differently. The body keeps hurting weeks, months, or even years after the injury. Doctors define chronic pain as any pain that lasts for 3 to 6 months or more. Chronic pain can affect your day-to-day life and mental health. Pain comes from a series of messages that run through the nervous system. When hurt, the injury turns on pain sensors in that area. They send a message in the form of an electrical signal, which travels from nerve to nerve until it reaches the brain. The brain processes the signal and sends out the message that the body is hurt.
Under normal circumstances, the signal stops when the cause of pain is resolved, the body repairs the wound on the finger or a torn muscle. But with chronic pain, the nerve signals keep firing even after the injury is healed.
Conditions that cause chronic pain can begin without any obvious cause. But for many, it starts after an injury or because of a health condition. Some of the leading causes:
Arthritis
Back problems
Fibromyalgia, a condition in which people feel muscle pain throughout their bodies
Infections
Migraines and other headaches
Nerve damage
Past injuries or surgeries
Symptoms
The pain can range from mild to severe and can continue day after day or come and go. It can feel like:
A dull ache
Burning
Shooting
Soreness
Squeezing
Stiffness
Stinging
Throbbing
For answers to any questions you may have please call Dr. Jimenez at 915-850-0900
Can individuals with herniated discs find the relief they are looking for from traction therapy or decompression to provide pain… Read More
Can individuals with spinal pain in their necks and back utilize decompression therapy to restore spinal disc height and find… Read More
Can individuals dealing with muscle pain find relief from acupuncture therapy to get back to their daily activities and well-being?… Read More
Can individuals with lumbar spinal stenosis utilize spinal decompression to reduce low back pain and restore mobility? Introduction Many individuals… Read More
Can individuals dealing with joint pain incorporate acupuncture therapy to manage lupus symptoms and restore body mobility? Introduction The immune… Read More
Can individuals with thoracic outlet syndrome incorporate electroacupuncture to reduce neck pain and restore proper posture? Introduction More times throughout… Read More
Can plantar fasciitis patients incorporate non-surgical treatments to reduce hip pain and restore mobility? Introduction Everyone is on their feet… Read More
For individuals dealing with musculoskeletal pain, can incorporating acupuncture and electroacupuncture therapy provide beneficial results? Introduction The upper and lower… Read More
Can the effects of electroacupuncture reduce sciatica in individuals dealing with low back pain to restore their mobility? Introduction When… Read More
Can individuals dealing with gut inflammation be relieved with electroacupuncture to reduce low back pain symptoms & improve gut function?… Read More