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The term "chronic pain" can be applied to a variety of conditions - it could mean foot pain, back pain or all-over pain. It could be a product of an injury, childhood abuse or a chemical imbalance in the way the brain processes pain.
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In June 2011, the Institute of Medicine released a landmark report on chronic pain, which demonstrated that chronic pain has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S. and that treatment for chronic pain patients is woefully inadequate. As a result of that report, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) was…
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