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Chronic pain is defined as pain that persists beyond acute pain, typically over six months. It can be initiated with an injury or disease, but may persist after the triggering injury has healed.
Generalized body pain and headaches are common experience after sleep disruption. How does sleep disruption lead to generalized pain is unknown. Here, authors reveal that N-arachidonoyl dopamine, an endocannabinoid, is critically implicated in pain perception after sleep disruption.
A new report indicates that low back pain remains the leading cause of disability worldwide, and that case numbers are expected to increase substantially in the coming decades.
Cognitive functional therapy is a safe, effective and low-cost intervention for individuals with persistent disabling low back pain, according to results from the phase III RESTORE trial.
