Chronic Pain Essay Examples

Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is very common problem encountered by physicians in day-to-day practice. Prevalence of this disease varies from country to country. It was believed that “no acid, no ulcer”. During the last two decades there has been a tremendous progress in understanding the...

Our study case relates to a patient is diagnosed with complex pain disorder (reflex sympathetic dystrophy). Reflex sympathetic dystrophy is a condition that causes lasting pain on the legs or arms mainly after an injury, stroke. However, since the pain is from tissue injury, it’s...

A self-control program was developed to increase my weekly exercise schedule from 0 to 5 times a week for 50 minutes daily. I am a 26-year-old female with a medical condition where I am required to keep my strength and muscles built with a low...

With the change in lifestyle large numbers of people are diagnosed with chronic pain and not only people from old age group but large numbers of people who are in the younger age group are also facing this problem. However, with the advent of medical...

Pain is defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), as the “unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage” (Merskey & Bogduk, 1994, p. 210).  According to Bond and Simpson...