Editor’s Note:
Can you imagine being told by your physician that the best they can do for your chronic pain is 50 percent relief and that you just may have to “learn to live with it”? What hope for healing do the twenty percent of American adults that grapple with daily, chronic pain have? A new study has found that more people suffer from chronic pain than any other condition, including diabetes, hypertension, and depression. These statistics highlight the importance of adequate treatment and prevention methods for non-chronic persistent pain—before it becomes chronic.
