Chronic Pain Health Center
The term chronic pain is generally used to describe pain that lasts more than three to six months, or beyond the point of tissue healing. Some forms of chronic pain can be linked to an identifiable cause, like degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis or spondylolisthesis, which can cause ongoing pain until successfully treated. Other forms of pain have no known or understood cause, such as fibromyalgia, chronic back pain with no identifiable problem, or neuropathic pain (nerve pain). Chronic pain treatment approaches vary considerably, depending on the person's condition and individual situation.
