Acute vs. Chronic Back Pain
It is important to note that acute pain is different from chronic pain. We have all experienced acute pain from a sudden soft tissue injury, such as a sprained ankle, or even just a simple paper cut. The pain is immediate, but as the injured part heals the pain goes away. Unlike acute pain, however, chronic pain does not correlate to an anatomical injury. It comprises a constant low level of stimulation to the nervous system that eventually becomes a pattern.wichita fibromyalgia specialist It may even persist as a “neural memory” after the initial source of irritation has resolved. The nervous system adapts to this chronic stimulation by creating an environment in which events that previously caused no pain become a source of pain. Pain may even progress to uninjured areas. Emotional distress and certain medications can exacerbate this phenomenon. An effective solution is to distract the nervous system by means of active exercise in a controlled, non-destructive manner. Active exercise also helps to create the physiological conditions that allow the injured structures to heal.
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