This behavior can be an impediment to therapy and recovery. In these situations, behavior as well as pain treatment must become a focus of effective therapy. Certainly, pain is most often experienced as a result of injury and is treated by simply allowing the injured area to heal. But this is not always the case. Unfortunately, some pain conditions are more complex.
Chronic pain can occur without any apparent injury or trauma at all.
The body's pain system is extensive. Because of this, an injury may result in anything from normal healing without any further discomfort to total numbness, or even continuous disabling pain. Additionally,, various psychological and behavioral changes occur in patients with long-standing pain. Chronic pain conditions can be complicated. Treatment decisions at SAC are based on the presence and relative severity of each of multiple potential problem areas that may be present.