Getting To Grips With Chronic Pain
The Chronic Pain Haven doesn't provide medical information and it doesn’t go into individual conditions very much. It is about using techniques and behaviors that can help everyone who lives with chronic pain . They are complementary to the medical care that you may be receiving
What Is Chronic Pain?
Chronic Pain is defined as pain which continues for more than three to six months, depending on who you talk to. One thing all are agreed about though is that its pretty debilitating and can sometimes amount to torture.
If you have any long standing intractable pain such as back pain, arthritis, IBS, or fibromyalgia you are suffering and life is not very good for you.
Common side effects of chronic pain are stress, muscle tension, insomnia, depression and fatigue. Constant pain wears you out. It can alienate you from family and friends and deprive you of income. But, no matter how bad things are, you can begin to reverse this cycle of events and take control of your life once again.
Pain does not have to mean endless suffering. An important part of pain treatment is learning to use the power of your mind. Your mind is a powerful ally and you can enlist it to control your pain and greatly relieve your suffering.
This is not in any way to suggest that pain is all in our heads. In fact if you understand how pain happens you will see why these mind body pain management tools do work.
Because this site is for information on living with chronic pain of any type, it does not provide much information about specific conditions. That information is available elsewhere and links are provided to useful sources of information on various conditions.
There is some such information about specific painful conditions but the main objective is to provide information that can be a help to manage any type of chronic pain.